Don't miss the Asbury Park Music Legacy Presentation

On Wednesday, February 11, Charlie & Pam Horner the curators
of the month long exhibit, “Asbury Park’s Springwood Harmony”will present a multimedia presentation
of the music from Asbury Park’s West Side from 1910-1970 at 7:00 PM
It will include song clips, videos and fascinating stories that go along
with the exhibition, “Asbury Park’s Springwood Harmony”

Long before Asbury Park became known for rock music, the city’s
African Americancommunity rocked on Springwood Avenue. Between 1910 and 1970, the city’s West Side pioneered the sounds of jazz, gospel and rhythm & blues. This exhibit explores, chronicles and highlights Asbury Park’s black music scene from Count Basie to Billy Brown,
through an impressive collection of rare photos and memorabilia.

It is a huge exhibit of photos and memorabilia relating to black music in Asbury Park from 1910 to 1970. To all my Long Branch residents be on
the look out for a picture of The Street People. The R&B/disco group from New Jersey who first began recording in 1974. They were produced by Ray Dahrouge. The members included Roy Daniels, Milton Daniels, Thomas “Toot” Williams, Joe Gardner and Rick Johnson. Also be sure to take notice of some old “back in the day” young pictures for Long Branch’s UEZ Director, Jacob “Jake Jones.

Asbury Park’s Springwood Harmony exhibit runs from February 1 – February 28 in the Pollak Gallery at the Pollak Theatre which is located within Monmouth University at 400 Cedar Avenue in West Long Branch. Please enter via the Norwood Avenue entrance, make a left towards Pollak Theatre. Follow the road around to the Pollak Theatre
(Norwood Avenue Entrance is “E” on the map) If classes are still in session, you may have to stop at the guardhouse and say you’re attending the Pollak Gallery Exhibit. You will then make a left to the parking lots. Gallery Hours are Mon - Fri 9am-7pm and select weekends

This outstanding extensive exhibit first opened at Heaven Art Gallery on January 11th Over a year’s work went into the research, gathering of photos and memorabilia, matting and framing items, preparing plaques, acquiring a gallery location, handing publicity, hanging and labeling
all the photos, etc

From what I see by all the pictures of the preparation, neither of the exhibits show it all.  It truly deserves its own permanent exhibit.

For further information contact , Charlie Horner at cuh@att.net

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