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November 12,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Police Honor Guard presented the colors at Saturday’s Veterans Day ceremony at Van Neste Square Park. Even the cold weather could not stops people from honoring our men and women in uniform. Thank you to our friends at American Legion Post 53 and all Veterans who have served our country ?? — at Van Neste Square.
The Ridgewood Concert Band “A Salute to Our Veterans ”
November 9th 2014
Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Concert Band “A Salute to Our Veterans ” Friday November 14th at West Side Presbyterian Church and is FREE for Veterans and Active Duty Military Members .
The Ridgewood Concert Band (RCB) will continue their 32nd Season with their annual “Salute to Our Nation’s Veterans” concert. As a sign of our appreciation for their service, this concert is free of charge for veterans and active duty military members.
The RCB is pleased to welcome back Col. Arnald Gabriel, conductor emeritus of the U.S. Air Force Band, as a guest conductor. It is fitting that Col. Gabriel joins the RCB for their annual salute to veterans as he was a combat machine gunner with the United States Army’s famed 29th Infantry Division during World War II and received two awards of the Bronze Star Medal, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, and the French Croix de Guerre.
The program will include a wide variety of music ranging from patriotic classics to a new clarinet concerto by Michael Gandolfi performed by the RCB’s Concertmaster Richard Summers. The RCB will also perform Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Hail! California”, which has not been performed in 100 years. (See “Program Note” below.)
The Mahwah High School Band under the direction of Jeffrey Bittner will open with a prelude performance at 7:30pm and the RCB program will begin at 8:00pm.
