9/11: A Day To Remember In Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Ocean City’s annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony is set for Tuesday, Sept. 11, 6 p.m. in front of the Ocean City Fire Department headquarters, located on Asbury Avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets.

“A Day to Remember” will include music, prayer and reflections on the memory of lives lost and on the community spirit that was renewed in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. All are encouraged to attend.

The following is a list of other events in Ocean City that will take place later in September:

LATIN NIGHT WITH THE OCEAN CITY POPS (Sept. 5): Guest conductor Bradley Thachuk leads a show with heated melodies and driving rhythms of Latin music, including light classics featuring Mexican/American violinist Maureen Conlon-Gutierrez and Los Angeles guitarist Steven Thachuk. Show is 7:30 p.m. at the Ocean City Music Pier. For tickets, visit oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice or call 609-399-6111.

THE PIANO MEN (Sept. 7): Dr. Daniel Weiser and his young protégé, Scott Nuss, will perform the music of Billy Joel on dueling grand pianos. The show includes guest performer Andrew Hink. Proceeds to benefit Ocean City Band Boosters and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Showtime is 7 p.m. at the Hughes Performing Arts Center, Sixth Street and Atlantic Avenue. Tickets are $15 or $10 with a student ID and will be sold at the door.

LET’S MISBEHAVE — A COLE PORTER REVUE (Sept. 12): Guest conductor Keith Hodgson and the Ocean City Pops Orchestra celebrate the music of Cole. Show is 7:30 p.m. at the Ocean City Music Pier. For tickets, visit oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice or call 609-399-6111.

BOARD WALK TO DEFEAT ALS (Sept. 15): This two-mile walk raises funds to support patient services and research. Help us take steps towards a cure for ALS. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at the Sixth Street practice field. Walk begins at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.oceancitywalktodefeatals.org or call 215-664-4143.

OCEAN CITY AIRPORT FESTIVAL (Sept. 15): Annual festival at the Municipal Airport runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features a ground display of unusual airplanes ranging from World War II to the present. The event will feature a parachute jump from Team Fastrax.

PARACHUTE PYROTECHNIC SHOW (Sept. 15): Consists of several highly trained and specially licensed Team Fastrax parachuters exiting an aircraft 6,000 feet above Ocean City’s beach and boardwalk. Brilliant white or multi-colored projectile pyrotechnics are then ignited and flown in formation, creating a dazzling display for spectators on the ground. The 8 p.m. jump will end with a landing on the Seventh Street Beach and will be viewable along the entire Boardwalk.

BOARDWALK AEROBATIC AIR SHOW (Sept. 16): Some of the best stunt pilots and aerobatic champions in the world put on a show over the beach and boardwalk between Sixth Street and 14th Street starting at 1 p.m.

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