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she said. “I can’t tell you how often people will stop me and tell stories about how they got engaged at the 500 Club or how they stood in the back alley just to hear the entertainers inside. It’s a part of their history—and ours.” The historical connection was one reason Hill courted Deana for over a year. “We met through mutual friends,” said Gary. “Michael Feinstein had performed at our inaugural event, and Deana was performing at Feinstein’s at the Regency in New York. It was a year of relationship building, looking at schedules, and seeing what we could work out.” “I loved that it was being held at Caesars,” said Deana. “At the beginning of my career, I played Caesars Palace in Vegas. Since then, I’ve been back to Atlantic City many times. But I never had a chance until now to play Caesars again.” Deana is excited to be singing in front of a full orchestra, which isn’t very common anymore. She promises a loving tribute to her dad and his contemporaries, including a duet that she’ll sing with a video of him. “We’re debuting the video, which is taken from home movies and photos,” she said. “My husband found the original handwritten arrangement of True Love, one of the finest ever written. It touches the soul in a way that I can’t describe. I hope that I don’t cry.” The benefit is scheduled for Friday, May 31, at 8:30 p.m. in The Circus Maximus Theater at Caesars Casino & Hotel in Atlantic City. Tickets for the show are priced at $45 and $60. For $200, patrons can get VIP seating and enjoy a meet-and-greet with Deana after the show. Tickets are available through Ticketron and the Caesars box office. Because the performance is a benefit, tickets are tax-deductible. Hill hopes the varied prices will help bring people out. He is looking forward to the reaction of the crowd when Deana takes the stage. “I’m really just going to be looking the Atlantic City shimmer in people’s eyes,” said Gary. “They’ll be reliving the Rat Pack days. And it’s going to be extraordinary.” The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 | 49
SAVING THE SEA: Bob Schoelkopf and The Marine Mammal Stranding Center By Danielle Gomes Just as the famed ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau noted, the sea holds the hearts of many, particularly at the Jersey Shore. Many of us risk Mother Nature’s wrath just so that we can live close to the shores of the Atlantic and anticipate any free moment to dip our toes in the surf. However, for Bob Schoelkopf, the sea is more than just a source of wonder, the sea and its inhabitants have become his life’s purpose. In 1978, Schoelkopf founded the Marine Mammal Stranding Center and 35 years later he continues to run this organization. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is a privately funded, non-profit organization that rescues and rehabilitates stranded 50 | The Boardwalk Journal | April 2013 “The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” —Jacques Yves Cousteau. sea animals. The MMSC is the only organization in New Jersey that is federally authorized to handle these animals. This means that this center is solely responsible for 1800 miles of shoreline. Since the MMSC’s inception, they have responded to over 4,000 calls for stranded whales, dolphins, seals, sea turtles, and one manatee. The sheer fact that Schoelkopf has managed to save the lives of thousands of marine animals on funds he’s raised privately is amazing in itself, but that’s just part of his story. Schoelkopf’s devotion to marine life is evident in his work. However, his purpose in life was not always so clear. Prior to finding himself at the helm of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, Schoelkopf was a medical corpsman in the Navy and worked with special operations Marines in Vietnam. Following an injury sustained in the war, Schoelkopf was taken to a Philadelphia Naval Hospital. He quickly tired of the recuperation process and took a nighttime job at an aquarium around the corner from the hospital, called The Aquarama Aquarium Theater of the Sea. It was a special place for marine life lovers as it was part aquarium and part circus. Aquarama’s performers included their porpoises and pilot whales whom were housed in the aquarium’s large tanks. Schoelkopf’s job was to clean the tanks at night, and in a short time he learned he had a true penchant for this line of work, playing with the animals whenever he could. Soon, Schoelkopf was promoted to animal trainer and in 1969, the owner of Aquarama moved the operation to the boardwalk in Atlantic City. There, “Captain” Bob trained and performed daily shows on The Steel Pier. As a locally recognized marine animal trainer, Schoelkopf began receiving calls to rescue injured sea life. Initially, Schoelkopf rescued animals on the side, slipping out between shows; which did not please his boss. However, due to the local media’s positive reaction to Schoelkopf’s work, his boss was put in a position where he was unable to stop Schoelkopf from going on rescues. Then in 1978, Schoelkopf, together with his wife Sheila Dean, initiated the Marine Mammal Stranding Center—a first for New Jersey. With this, marine animal rescues became his full-time job. The MMSC’s sole purpose is to rescue, rehabilitate, and release stranded animals. Consequently, human contact is limited and the animals are not named. They are treated and as soon as they are healthy, they are returned to the wild. Schoelkopf explains, “They are all federally protected animals, marine mammals and sea turtles as well, so we respond to those animals to determine if they’re injured, what’s wrong with them, how we can recover those animals, rehabilitate them and turn them loose in the wild again. The dead animals, of course we have to find out why they’re dead. ‘Were they hit by a boat? Were they shot by somebody? Were they caught in fishing line or did they swallow hooks?’ This is all important information. It goes to the federal government for an overall picture of the Danielle Gomes and Bob Schoelkopf on Tour at MMSC.
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