Heart For Arts Concert To Benefit Project Graduation

Friday, June 5 and Sunday, June 7, Montville musicians will rock the town while raising money for two community causes.

The Hearts for the Arts Concert will be held Friday, June 5, at 7 p.m. in the gym at the Robert R. Lazar Middle School in Montville. Students from the flute choir, jazz ensemble, and vocal soloists will support the Lazar teacher band, Fridays @4.

The concert will benefit the Fine, Practical and Performing Arts Department at Lazar.

Tickets cost $5. Refreshments will also be sold.

Summer Festival 2015 mark the launch of summer at the Montville Community Park Amphitheater on Sunday, June 7. Beginning at 3 p.m., This outdoor event will feature the Montville Township High School’s award-winning School of Rock, under the direction of Anthony Sia.

Sia was awarded the Lakeland Hills YMCA Teacher of the Year Award in May.

More than 30 students and alumni will cover classic rock-n-roll, jazz, rhythm, blues, pop, and more from the past 50 years of dance music.

There will also be juggling, magic, face painting, and refreshments.

Admission is $5 for students and $10 for adults. The festival will go on for the afternoon and will be a great opportunity for the community to support the Montville Township Drug Awareness Council’s (DAC) annual Project Graduation event.

Now in its 31st year, Montville’s Project Graduation is the longest running program of its type in New Jersey. This annual DAC event is a drug free, post-graduation, party for Montville’s graduating seniors. On average, 98% of all graduating seniors from Montville Township High School attend Project Graduation.