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A14 THE SENTINEL-LEDGER Ocean City, N.J. Thursday, April 22,1993
SJRT's Smoke on the Mountain sets the spirit afire
ByEDWISMER .
. ' Sentkiol-Ledgor Critic
•.SOMERS PONT
Joseph LaZarus. has ?
fdnhed the stage of SJRTs
Gateway Theater into a
rural North Carolina church
sanctuary; • • ,
' ,The stark wooden interior,,
is somewhat .primitive 1 and
echoes the. brand of .emotional
reli^on served up in
this Depression-era Appalachian
church, the audience
' serves as congregation and
alternately is amused by the
action oh stage and enthusiastic
in the-role of participants.
John DiPinto as Rev.
SJRT
South w ersey's Prerpiere Theatre
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credit to the Statlers or any tension takes place when
of the groups on TNN. the Sanders get carried
Even the reverend squeezes away and begin dancing,
a mean accordion'.' All are which offends some very/
Obviously trained musicians conservative parishioners'
a review
Smokft oh the Mountain runs thru fyay 2 at South Jersey
Regional Theatre, Bay Avenue, Somers Point. Performance
1 times: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 8
p.m.; Friday, Saturday,'8:30 p.m.; matinees Wednesday
at1 p.m.. Sunday at 2 p.m. Call 653-0553.
who are doing What comes and the pastor.
naturally and acting up a Each one of the Sanders,
storm at the same time. gives testimony concerning
their peccadillos.
Dennis becomes quite fervent
after, an inarticulate
beginning, while mother
Vera maims one of her
The instruments are also
used as tools to establish
character. June is supposed
to be bereft of musical ability
or rhythm so she signs,
even though there aren't
any hearing impaired in the
congregation.
Greta Parrott's spastic
whacking of her hand with
a tambourine (rather than
banging the thing with her
hand) is a trick that can
only be done by the knowledgeable.
Brook Hedick and Wake-
Held play a more thanpassable
blue grass banjo in
addition to their competence
on any number ot
other instruments.
Familiar old hymns like
Church in the Wildtvood and
v
Garden Club plans
car-pool for trip
seemed to thoroughly enjoy
' all aspects of the show.
They seemed to'appreciate
the nostalgiaand the basic
naivete of the characters
which-harked back to a simpler
past
;
.
/Writers Connie Ray and
Alan Baily know and love,
their .'subject and would
very much like this production.
The show is deftly
directed by SJRT artistic
director Joanna Papada,
and Inge Malmstroms costumes
are appropriately
"Waltonesque. Smoke on
the Mountain has been
embraced warmly, by its
audiences since the original
production by the McCarter
Theater Company of Princeton;
it's easy to understand
audio-visual aids.
why. .
Audience response to the Several of the cast members
are alumni of SJRTs
many humorous moments
was.gratifying to the actors. production of Pump Boys &
There are many sects that Dinettes a few years back. In
still are quite literal and fact, John DiPinto who, in
humorless even these days addition to his major role as'
and of course they're also the Reverend, is also listed
super-sensitive.
as music director, was also
The audience was com-posed of a great ethnic, All in the cast seem to
"Pump Boy."
racial and age. mix andhave trained voices and yet
have achieved an authentic
country twang. A number
of the hymns were a capeUa
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Bible for a Roadmap establishes
the country origins of Church, 30th.and Bay, at 9:15
of Holy Trinity Episcopal
the show. ~7 •
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Ocean City
coming events
Thursday, April 22
Ocaan Clty/Uppar Townahlp
Rotary Club — Mac's Reataurant,
6^30 p.m.
Ocaan City Canl Oub • Daal Bid
— Youth Cantar, 6th and Atlantic 7
pjn.
Friday, April 23
Rummaga sala — Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church. 30th and Bay, 0
ajn.tt>3p.m.
Falmaaa In Taxaa — Youth Cantar,
6th and Atlantic, 130 p.m.
Saturday, April 24
Rummaga aala — Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church, 30th and Bay, 9
am to 3 p.m.
Earth Day — Lake Memorial Park,
409 Wesley Ave.; bring work gloves
and tools, 0 a.m.
Alcoholica Anonymoua- — Holy
Jobtast — High school. 6th and' Trinity Episcopal Church, 30th and
Atlantic, 8 ajn. to noon
Bay.SpjTi : '. _
Child Sataty Day and bicycle
aamlnar — Intermediate school, 18th
and Bay, 10 am. to 1 p.m.
Mh annual Doodah Parada —
along Asbury Avenue, between eth
and 12m, to the boardwalk, north to
the Music Pier torprizes, noon. •
Alataeh — SL John Lutheran
Sunday, April 25
Frianda of Music praaanta "Four
Hla Glory" In concert — St. Pater's
United .Methodist Church, 6th" and
-Central, tobenefit the church's mutlc
fund,7pjn.
Monday, April 26
Exchange Club — Schooner's res-.
taurant, 630 p.m.
Ocean City Card Club — Youth
Center, eth and Atlantic, 7 pjn. '
VFW Post No. BSSO — 1501 Bay
Ave., 8 p.m.
Order el the Eastern Star, Chap-'
tar No. S3 — Masonic Temple, 10th
and Wesley, a pjn.
Pride of Ocean City Elfca Lodge
No. 757-1-618 Bay Ave.. 8 p.m.
Tuesday, April 27
Civic Club of Oeaan CHy — Youth-
Center, 6th and Atlantic Ave., noon.
Boy Scout Troop No. 33 — VFW,
15th and Bay. 730 p.m.
Knlghta ot Columbua aoelal
meeting — St. Augustine's rectory
basement. 730 p.m. ••
Ecumenical Council — 730 p.m.
Matchpolnt Jra. duplicate brldg*
— Youth Center. 7:30 p.m.
Hasonle Club — Masonic Temple.
10th and Wesley, 8 pjn.
Church, 10th and Central, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 30 • '
Upper Townahlp/Ocaan City
Kiwanla Club — Dlno's Dinar.
Seaville.7:30am.
Wornen'a Cooparatlva Laagua —
Youth Canter, 9 a.m!
Good Counsel Lelaura Club —
Church social hall, 40th am) Central,. 1
p.m. ' ••• ' •'•'• " :
St Francea CabrirU Social Oub
— for anyone age 55+, SL Francea
Cabrlni Church. 2nd and Atlantic. 7
p.m. .
Baaehwalk volunteer training
aaaalona — Recreation', Canter, 8th
and Haven, 7 pjn.
Board of Education
school library, 730 p.m.
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Earth Day Fair
schedule of events
Saturday, April 24
County Park, Route 9, Swalnton
8 a.m^ ~ 5K run registration
9 a.m.—5K run
' 10 a.m.—Color oueud by area Girt Scouts; prizes to
winners of the-5K run; official opening of the fair, Freeholder
Daniel Beyei
• Ail exhibits will be open from 10 am. to 3 p.m.
• Cape May County Library storyteller Kathleen
Duffy will be telling environmental tales throughout the
day
1 p.m. — Logo/slogan contest awards ceremony &
["Tree planting ceremony
Special appearances;
10 a.m. to noon—Sara the Sea isle Turtle
10 a.m. to noon"— Everybody's Favorite Purple
Dinosaur
noon to 3 p.m. —Recycle Pete *
Musical Performances:
^ 4 0 W a £ m . ^fOower papeHtoy
HiflhScjtooliazzband *v: :"',"* A> /
^no|^ 1 p^$>ij$pjp Kopp * environmental sing*
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1:30 to 1 p.m. — Sydney Kelly
2:30 to 3 p.m.—The Snake Brothers
Activities:
."« Help make an Earth Day Quilt with the Wetlands
Quilters.' ••' . ,
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• Environmental Board Games for kids
• Children's Arts and Crafts — paint a mural, make a
puppet from reusable items and morel'
• Environmental Quiz — test your environmental \Q.
First 500 to complete quiz win a free day lily plant .
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, sttlts will" participate In theTV show.
8th annual Doodah Parade Two units from the Philadelphia
Mummers Gown
set for Saturday at ncion.
The march begins at 6th Division Will- participate,
and Asbury, proceeds the Murray Brigade, which
through the business district
to ,12th and Asbury. of the last seven ^rears and
has won first place'six out
wanders on to the boardwalk
at 12th' ; .St' then stag-
The legendary PUirtan
. the Good Timers. c
gers to the Music Pier Hobo Band will follow the
where awards will be presented
and some units will
go through routines.
An Earth Day project
Jobfest and bicycle safety
seminar are also set for Saturday
as is the first day of
Bayfest in Somers Point.
More about this later. '
marvelous sense of humor.
—«*««••^r •iy«»i jn\pir yica~
ti's classic rloneymooners
Raccoons with other lively
musical group scheduled
including the Palmyna
String Band, Golden Eagle
Marching Band, Nae Breaks
Bagpipe Band and Danny
Kean, the ragtime piano
player who performs from
the back of a pick-up truck.
The Ocean,City Humane
from Haddonfield*, will ipet section, who also
arran
open the 14th seasott of ngesmehymn*. Abaritone,
lackburn hails from
Friends of Music concerts, West Virginia and has been
when they appear 7 p.m. active in vocal quartets all
Sunday, April 25 at St
Church,
The concert, sponsored
by the Friends of Music in
association with the Ocean
Qty Arts Center, will fea-
College and graduated certs.
from' Curtis Institute of This concert will .be
Music. • . unusual in its presentation.
Other members of-the- g^^^^^la^field
United
Church choir.
. The quartet was organized
Jn 1988 by Roger
Blackburn, a member of the
p-special Doodah cheers. The
costume.
Six radio stations Will be LuLu Temple Shrine down*
represented With will march along, with
WAYV-FM helping to Mumnriers -Parade perjformftppnsqr
the parade. Al ers the Joanne Reagan
Alberts, TV personality and School of Dancers and the
founder of the Four Aces South Jersey School of
will be grand marshal and Dance Sailor's Brigade,
honored for his contribu- There will be antique
tioiiis toentertainment and cars, street rods, a classic
his ability to abide many bike brigade and costumed
corny jokes from h& youth- characters including Mr.
Jul charges. . Peanut, FamOy Plus Chick-
A bevy of beauty queens en, WFNN Bear,. McGxuff,
will appear in humorous Trash Buster, the canned,
attire including Laurie crusader with Little Trash
Kbhr, former Miss New Jer- Buster, Aunt Litter, the
sey, Amy Fissel, former Nold and Monkey, the Eas-
Miss New Jersey and cur- ter Bunny, Mickey, and
rent Miss New Jersey much, much more.
U&A;, Katie inmer. Little A big thanks to our
Watson Co., TastyKake
Baking Co., the Ocean Qty
,— » _. V^WKU >v unwieoaera . nom ucean Retail Merchants Assodashowoff
their pets, some in Qty schools will perform tion, Boardwalk Merchants
*****"-— •_._-- Association, Chemical
Bank, Ocean Pontiac-Cadillac,
At The Shore Magazine
Miss Ocean City, Jennifer Doodah sponsors who
""" Miss Sunshine and make this foolishness possi-
Thuraday, April 22,1883 Ooanaty. WJ. THESEN7WEL-LEDQER A15
begins ofnom
Bring work gloves, paint
brushes, scrapers, shovels,
rakes, trash bags, hoses,
"wheel barrows and a friend
starting 9 a.m. You can take
.ari'*hour ^off to watch the
Doodah parade. •*-• ••
A child Safety Bicycle - Members of the Art
Seminar is set from 10 a.m. Center will te admitted
to 1 p.prt. Saturday at the. free. Non-members will be
intermediate school, 18th charged' $5 applicable
and Bay,' sponsored by thetowards an individual $15
"Ocean City Police' Depart- membership. For information,
contact the Arts Center
• m'ent. Fingerprinting' 1 * and
photos will be taken-. • • 399-7628 or Dr. Jack Devine,
The Ocean City Chamber seriesdirector, 399-0198.
of Commerce holds its seventh
annual job.fest Saturday
at the high school, 6th
and Atlantic, from 9 a.m. till
speak onl*Stanford White's
New York."
-Lowe is professor ojf
architecrural history,' New
York School of Interior
Design and author of Stanford
White's New York, Doubleday,1992:
' .. - ;.
toopen
noon. You'll be out in time
andiheCity of Ocean Qty,
for the Doodah parade. '
Dietz and Watson,
Interviews will be given
and some folks hired on the
. — TastyKake and Spike Jones
spot Information on housing
will be available- p.m.
***.£? •Hi M-m "•'*-!•• >« YnArkorkM will receive awards along
will follow the concert at 6
Oi IVIUSIC S63SOI1 with Al Alberts in front di Refreshments will be Concert and dinner are
•aucipiua vrcnescra- Orchestra ted