Friends of the Ocean City Pops

Our Mission: To promote excellence in the programming, performance and continuing development of the Ocean City Pops Orchestra

Your support goes directly to enhancing the Ocean City Pops and their performances.

It allows us to assist the orchestra and to extend the scope of their activities.

In 2012 the support of our many Friends helped pay for:

–  Solo performers and specialty acts
–  Season brochure and program books
–  Two additional musicians for the season (funded by the Friends’ Ruggieri Society)
–  Extra musicians for the augmented Orchestra
–  Accommodations for visiting performers
–  Purchase and rental of musical scores
–  Additional rehearsals
–  Student outreach programs

We welcome and thank you for your support. and hope you will support us in 2013 also.

Support by Mail -- click here to get a printable form to mail in.

Support Online -- click the donate button to go our secure payment site. 

Page Last Updated 25/March/2013

Check below for Friends membership levels. 

Friends Membership Levels

Friend $50 to $84
Friends attend occasional after-the-concert receptions and have names printed in the programs.

Patron $85 to $349
Patrons receive the above benefits and are invited to “Get to Know the Music Series” before the concerts.

Music Lover $350 to $749
Music Lovers receive all of the above benefits and are invited to bring up to six guests to a special POPS rehearsal at the Music Pier.

Bravo $750 to $999
Sponsors receive all of the above benefits plus are entitled to conduct the POPS in one selection on a mutually agreed upon date!

Laureate $1000 to $1999
Laureates receive all of the above benefits plus a POPS special memento.

Benefactor $2000 and above
Benefactors receive all of the above benefits plus six guest tickets.

Ruggieri Society Membership  $2000 a year for three years
Ruggieri Society members make 3-year commitment to join the Ruggieri Society.

 

Ruggieri

*Deceased

Dr. & Mrs. Wesley W. Walton	Col. Paul E. & Dr. Doris M. Martin
Mr. & *Mrs. Joseph Flesher	*Florence E Tomlinson IMO Edgar A. Tomlinson
*Joseph T. Koffenberger	Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Hoover
*Mr. & Mrs. Frank Manco	Mr. & Mrs. John Cucinotta
*Mr. & *Mrs. Abram Samuels	*G. Nelson Strubinger
*Esther C. & *Paul H. Weil	Mr. & Mrs. Roy Gillian
*Mr. & Mrs. John T. Coates	Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Kull
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond S. Jones	Mr. & Mrs. Walt Gauta
Ellen Gieseler Gallagher	Carol & Neil C. Randall
Dick & Polly Leonard	Jane E. Friel
Gaytana M. Pino	John & Dr. Edna Cellucci
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bangle	Carmen & Geraldine Ruggieri DiPersia
*Catherine E. Talese	Frank & *Gladys Donnelly
Sylvia & Jim Linus	Tyra Payant
Joan & Dave Phillips	Miriam & Stan Meltzer
John & Christine Nanni	Kathleen C. Cellucci, Esq.
*Maxine G. Haneman	John H. Cellucci, Esq.
Dr. Elizabeth & *Col. Charles W. Bowden	Anonymous
Flora U. Baker	Judith C. Perkins
Jane Shaulis	Stanley D. Ginsburg

 

Benefactors

 

Anonymous

Dr. Elizabeth M. Bowden

Richard and Mary Anne Kull

*Doris Coates-Ollis

Frank Ruggieri Society

Norman and Joanne Schaut

Scheible Encore Society

 

Laureates

 

John and Dr. Edna Cellucci	Ken and Phyllis Hoover
Richard and Bernice Connolly	J.D and Velma Krassenstein
John L. Curto	Joan Redding
Bart Greenspan & Stan Meltzer Families	William and Sally Scheible

Bravo

Bill and Madel Scheible

Delores Dengler-Vitas

Music Lovers

Leonard and Evelyn Baldt	Catharine Piper
Dr. Michael and Jacquelyn Clancy	J Meredith Rapp
Ms. Elizabeth S, Harper	Bill and Kay Sundermeir
Mary and Gene Hille	Roy and Edwina Wagner
Bette Lee Kehoe	John and Rita Warren

Patrons

James & Sarah Affleck	Mary Ann and Jack Gabel	David and Mary Kate O'Kain
Bill & Ellie Allshouse	Ellen and Gene Gallagher	Robert and Judy Palestini
Lois Altman	Carol and Richard Geschwindt	Barbara Parsons
Rose Anne and Al Amato	Henry and Joan Gibbel	Tyra Payant
Jim and Joan Andrews	Donald and Susan J. Gilbert	Judith C. Perkins
David and Heidi Angelastro	Jane M. Glenn	Janet Perotti
Flora U Baker	Teresa Godfrey	Mr. and Mrs. David Phillips
Dr. Paul and Amelia Batastini	Carol and Jay Gorhin	Mary I. Pike
William and Mildred Bender	H. Barton and Elaine Greenspan	John Pirilli
Bill and Nancy Bland	Elizabeth Grisbaum	Bruce Rahn
Mr. and Mrs. James Bourgeious	Stephen and Mary Anne Gring	Neil and Carol Randall
Betty Britain	Gertrude Gurevitch	Laura Ravitch
Don and Gail Brown	Barbara Haas	Eleanor Raymond
Jim and Joyce Brooks	Keith Hartzell	Dot and Don Rose
Gorden Buchert and David Herman	William and Mary Healey	Howard and Shirley Rosenfeld
Sara Bunnell	Linda Herbert	Jules and June Rosenfeld
Vincent and Joan Caldarella	Herbert and Ina Herman	Midred Rowland
William and Marian Callen	Edwin Jacobs	Carol Ruggiero
Mr and Mrs Robert Carpcop	Jilly's - Paul Levchuk	Robert and Judy Sames
Dr. Bernard and Brenda Casel	Gail Jones	Rachel Sauls
Virginia Coco	Bernadine Keyes	Carl and Virginia Scheetz
Mrs. Lorna Cohen	Helen Kirkpatrict	Ms Mary Jane Schmitz
Mrs. Dorothy Connell	Marie and Bud Knight	Mark and Barbara Schoenthal
Helene Cooperman	Mary Ann Kratz	Eileen Schrader
Rich and Joy Cougle	Mrs. Lois LeBlanc	Harry Scott
William and Alice Crockford	Dick and Polly Leonard	Peter and Marie Shafron
Mrs Joseph Damone	Norma Lever	Fred and Sheryl Sherman
Donald and Joan Dearborn	Sylvia Linus	Connie and Don Smedley
Mr and Mrs Carmen Dee	Lewis and Rosemary Lloyd	Robert and Colleen Snodgrass
Gerald Delapp and Mary Ramoski	Margaret E. Lloyd	Jay and Nancy Snyder
Roberta and John DeVries	Richard and Carolyn Lothian	Mark and Toby Soifer
C. Joel and Suzanne Dickson	Melinda Mayne	Richard Soucy
Doris G. Dixon	MaryAnne McGrath	Rosemary Speitel
James and Lavina Dorshaw	Mrs. Doris McHugh	John and Rita Stauffer
Louise N. Doughty	Joyce McKay	Charlotte Stark
Kathryn G. Ellis	Maureen Meehan	Fredrick Starn
Paula Engard	Miriam and Stan Meltzer	Loretta I. Steward
Jack and Regina Evans	Vincent Mento and Maria Heckendorn	Nick Talotta and Linda Waldie
Robert and Barbara Fasy	Madelyn Mignatti	Elizabeth H. Taylor
William and Joanne Faust	Karen and Louis Morelli	Alan and Judith Thomas
Theodore and Deborah Flint	Jim and Claire Moyer	Dorothy Tochterman
Julia Fors	Robert and Rajean Nickey	Dick and Nancy Waddell
George and Nancy Francis	Paula North	George Webster
Mrs. Edith Frost	Evelyn Obrant	Robert and Rosalind Williams
Janet A. Fuhrman	Jim and Helen O'Brien	Ed and Joan Wismer
		Thomas Wolcott

Friends

Lois Andreas	Pauline Gillis	Markproe Miller
Mr and Mrs Joseph Bellwoard	Emma May Goddard	John and Patricia Monaghan
Gilbert and Helen Bosies	Ruth and David Hemphill	Mae Agnes Pasquariello
Elizabeth Chandler	William and Jacquelyn Hux	Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Patrizio
Molly Ann Cooke	Margaret Juliano	Nancy Rice
Lawrence and Shirley Deming	Charles Jurman	Alfred and Barbara Rosenblatt
William and Joanne Drane	Suzanne Longacre	Howard and Mary Schaper
Alan and Linda Egloff	Suzanne Ludiam IMO Herb Turkington	Joanne and Dale Uhlig