For more information, email us or call the Ocean City Music Pier at 609-525-9291

June 2008

22 Sunday

OPENING NIGHT !  Actor/ Singer JAMES DARREN joins the POPS in a nostalgic look at hits from the 50s and 60s including Best Is Yet To Come, Come Fly With Me, Just The Way You Are and a retrospective on Gidget

Sponsored by Commerce Bank.

8:00pm Tickets $25/20

21 SATURDAY Friends of the Ocean City Pops’ Gala - Celebrate the opening of the POPS’ 80th anniversary season by dining and dancing at Harbor Pines Golf Club at 6:30pm.  Tickets $85.  For information call 609-399-2566.

 

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James Darren

 

29 Sunday

80th Anniversary Concert!  Maestro Scheible leads an augmented POPS for this special anniversary occasion!  Pianist Yang Bao plays Rachmaninoff 2nd Piano Concerto after raves at the Kimmel Center.  Also featuring award winning violinist Elena Urioste in Saint-Saens’ splashy Introduction and Rondo and the 1812 Overture and Grand Canyon SuiteA Blockbuster Concert! 

Sponsored by Ocean City Sentinel.

8:00pm Tickets $15/10

 

Yang Bao

Elena Urioste

 


 

July 2008

1 Tuesday
Tribute to the USA!

All-American program featuring patriotic favorites and singers Malinda Haslett and Jonathan Boyd

Sponsored by Mack and Manco in memory of Ensign John Elliott.              

8pm Tickets $15/10

 

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Jonathan Boyd

Malinda Haslett


6 Sunday
Our Three Tenors I!

Hear tenors Jonathon Boyd, Bryan Hymel and Richard Troxell bring the roof down. Also featuring young Andrew and Katharine Baloff in Mendelssohn and Bach for violins. 

Sponsored by Gold, Meltzer, Plasky and Wise.

8:00pm Tickets $20


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Jonathan Boyd

Bryan Hymel

Richard Troxell


 

8 Tuesday, 9 Wednesday, 10 Thursday
Broadway Musical 42nd Street

Fully staged!  Exciting dance routines to songs like We’re In The Money, You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me, and Lullaby Of Broadway.  Directed by Michael Hartman.  Hughes Performing Arts Center, 6th  Street and Atlantic Avenue.

Sponsored by: Tuesday - The McMahon Agency;  Wednesday - John W. C. Brooks; Thursday - Mack and Manco.

8:00pm Tickets $25




13 Sunday

Mad about Mozart

Hear gems from Mozart and friends.

Hughes PAC 6th & Atlantic Ave.

Sponsored by Joel A. Mott III - Ocean Abstract Company.

8pm Tickets $15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

15 Tuesday

POPS Goes Celtic!

Irish folk singer Cathie Ryan in a memorable night of Irish enchantment.  LA Times says “one of the leading voices in Celtic music today!”.  Former lead of Cherish the Ladies, Ms. Ryan “knows how to communicate with her audience…the enduring values of home, family, memory and spirit.” - The Irish Echo. 

Sponsored by Shore Title Agency.

8pm Tickets $20/15

Cathie Ryan


 

16 Wednesday

Children's LoliPOPS

Menotti's brilliant and memorable Chip and his Dog.           

Sponsored by Gillian’s Wonderland Pier

7:30pm $5/Kids FREE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


20 Sunday

Best of the POPS
With tenor Richard Troxell and flutist Mimi Stillman. Ms. Stillman plays Carmen Fantasy and Vivaldi. Mr. Troxell sings audience favorites. 

Sponsored by Kohr Bros Frozen Custard.

8pm Tickets $20/15

 

 

Mimi Stillman

 

 

 

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Richard Troxell


*22 Tuesday* AND 23 Wednesday

Boston Brass  

You won’t want to miss this exciting ensemble offering “breathtaking vocal harmony” in classical and jazz arrangements along with their “boisterous” antics on stage displaying a unique humor and personality!

Sponsored by: Tuesday - Primo Pizza; Wednesday - Florence Tomlinson in memory of Edgar Tomlinson

8pm Tickets $15/10

 

27 Sunday AND *29 Tuesday*

Broadway Lights!

Hear thrilling excerpts from musicals Les Miserables, Carousel, La Cage, Ragtime and Brigadoon. With Singers Kristen Plumley and Dominic Infererra.

Sponsored by: Sunday - Bluewater Wind; Tuesday - Sturdy Savings Bank

8pm Tickets $15/10

 

 

Kristen Plumley

 

Dominic Infererra


30 Wednesday

Free Concert to the Public!

Singers Kristen Plumley and Dominic Inferrera

Sponsored by: Shrivers' Salt Water Taffy and Fudge

7:30 pm

 


 

August 2008

3 Sunday

Barbone Street Jazz Band! 

A night of New Orleans style swing and jazz tunes in homage to Louis Armstrong. 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Ocean City Pops, Inc

8pm $10

 

   

*5 Tuesday* AND 6 Wednesday
Love Changes Everything

Songs of Love and Triumph

Singer and Entertainer Michael Hope in a full program celebrating friendship and peace. Featuring songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Celine Dion, and Josh Groban. Last year was a sell-out...you won't want to miss it!

Sponsored by: Tuesday - Primo Pizza; Wednesday -Johnson’s Popcorn

8pm Tickets $20/15


Michael Hope


 

10 Sunday
Operatic Delights!  Sensational singers in highlights of Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti and others. 

Sponsored by Dr. Elizabeth M. Bowden

8pm Tickets $15/10

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

12 Tuesday, 13 Wednesday, 14 Thursday

Broadway Musical The Wizard of Oz

Fully staged!  Fun for the whole family!  Michael Hartman, Director.  Hughes Performing Arts Center, 6th  Street and Atlantic Avenue. 

Sponsored by Gillian’s Wonderland Pier

8pm Tickets $20/Children $12

 

 

 

 

 


 

17 Sunday

Our Three Tenors II

Michael Fabiano, Cody Austen and Todd Geer. These tenors bring down the roof! 

Sponsored by Gold, Meltzer, Plasky and Wise.

8pm Tickets $20

Cody Austin

Michael Fabiano

Todd Geer


*19 Tuesday* AND 20 Wednesday

The Three Divas are back! Straight from big hits on the Great White Way these veteran divas and Toni-award winners, Debbie Gravitte, Jan Horvath and Melissa Errico sing sumptuous trios, saucy duets and spotlighted solos with Maestro Scheible! 

Sponsored by: Tuesday - Henry S. Knight Community Foundation; Wednesday - Mack and Manco.

 

8pm Tickets $20/12

Debbie Gravitte

Jan Horvath

Melissa Errico


21  Thursday

Friends of the Pops’ Nineteenth Annual Luncheon

At Harbor Pines Golf Club. 

For tickets call 609-204-2060.

12 Noon  Tickets $35

 

 

 


24 Sunday

POPS‘ Favorites. 

Featuring baritone Todd Thomas

Sponsored by Ocean City Board of Realtors .

8pm Tickets $15/10

 

Todd Thomas


26 Tuesday

Melissa Manchester with the POPS!  From Bette Midler to Don’t Cry Out Loud and Midnight Blue and Lovers After All, Ms. Manchester joins the POPS for one night only! 

Sponsored by Florence Tomlinson in memory of Edgar Tomlinson.

8pm Tickets $25

 

Melissa Manchester


28 Thursday

Broadway Singers Nat Chandler and Susan Powell (Miss America ‘81) with pianist Jeffrey Uhlig.  This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.  The funds were administered by the Cape May County Cultural and Heritage Commission, under the authority of the County Library Commission, for the Board of Chosen Freeholders. 

Sponsored by Raymond N. Beebe, Esq. and the Friends of the Ocean City Pops, Inc. in memory of Esther C. Weil

8pm Tickets $20/15

 

Susan Powell

Nat Chandler


 

September 2008

*2 Tuesday* AND 3 Wednesday

Broadway Musical A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum!  Fully staged!

Sponsored by: Tuesday - The Original Fudge Kitchen; Wednesday - CapeBank Charitable Foundation

7:30pm Tickets $20/15


   

 

 

 


 

7 Sunday

Let's Go to the Movies! Roll Out the Red Carpet

Highlighting Oscar winners over the years. Also featuring award-winning pianist Claire Huang-Ci playing the Liszt Hungarian Fantasy

Sponsored by Ocean City Home Bank

7:30pm Tickets $15/10


Claire Huang-Ci


9 Tuesday

Cole Porter Revue...Red Hot!

Vocalists Jody Kidwell and Markus Beam heat up the stage. 

Sponsored by Mack and Manco in memory of Frank Ruggieri

7:30pm Tickets $15/10

Jody Kidwell


Markus Beam


10 Wednesday
Patriotic Tribute to 9/11

With the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Justin Gonzalez.

Sponsored by New Jersey American Water Company.

7:30pm Tickets $20/12



 

14 Sunday

Out of this World!

Sit back and let the POPS take you to another galaxy! The orchestra plays excerpts from Holst's The Planets and E.T. GAMP Choir sings Haydn's The Heavens Are Telling, and saxophone soloist Ashu in John Williams' Escapades..

Hughes' PAC 6th St. & Atlantic Ave.

Sponsored by Comcast

7:30pm Tickets $15/10


 

Ashu