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Archive for October, 2009
Fall in love with South Jersey, great event friday 10/23
Author: adminOct 22
This looks like a lot of fun, for anyone wanting something really fun to do friday 10/23/09 you should check this out. What a great way to see some of the great places in South Jersey!
Tunes from the Crypt
Author: adminOct 22
(SALEM, NJ)—New Jersey Network has posted a new podcast featuring organist Joanne Owen discussing the Salem County Cultural & Heritage Commission’s upcoming concert, “Tunes from the Crypt,” Friday evening, October 23, 2009, 6 PM. The concert takes place in historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, 76 Market St., Salem, NJ, and is a free event.
“Having New Jersey Network feature Tunes from the Crypt is very exciting,” said Deputy Freeholder Director Beth Timberman. “It is wonderful to have Salem County’s cultural events recognized and publicized this way.”
NJN producer Eric Schultz visited Salem at the beginning of October to interview Owen at the console of the organ at St. John’s. The resulting program offers a taste of the “spooky music” that will be performed that evening, including Bach’s famous “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” and Gounod’s “Funeral March for a Marionette.” The podcast is available for listening and downloading here.
“When I came down for the interview I was really struck by the evocative beauty of the church and the surrounding graveyard,” said Schultz. “Hearing the organ live reverberating around me in that gothic setting was so powerful – a totally different experience from listening to a recording.”
“Tunes from the Crypt” is the perfect prelude for Salem City’s Annual Walking Ghost Tour, which begins nearby at 7 pm. There is no admission charge for the concert. For information, visit the Events Calendar or call (856)-935-7510 ext. 8532.
For a uniquely spooky start for your Halloween celebration, this is a program not to be missed.
Indoor campout on the pullout couch with my son.
Author: adminOct 11
My son is always asking me to have a “campout” with him on the weekends (and sometimes the weekday). This usually meens we setup camp in one of the spare bedrooms and stay up late and watch movies, eat snacks, read etc..
Well last night he decided he wanted to have the campout downstairs on the pull out bed that is in our couch, so we did and let me tell you, it was so much fun! We setup camp around 9pm and were in bed watching some movies and eating snacks until close to midnight. After pulling out the bed I realized how much I needed to vacuum under that area since we haven’t pulled out the bed in a few months. So after some cleaning and picking up old loose change we hit the bed and started our camping.
This was the longest he has slept in, we woke up a little after 9am and definatly are going to do this again, luckily it was the weekend so we could sleep in a bit. But what a fun time. It was a little to cold outside to camp in the tent and I was happy to be inside. In South Jersey our weather right now is nice but it definatly gets chilly overnight. Pumpkin time soon! Check out the clock for how many days are left until Halloween!
Another Video, Helicopter Ride in Atlantic City.
Author: adminOct 3
I finally am adding video into my posts, as you can see from the below post. That one used a plugin called blueberry powerpress. But we have a bunch on Youtube.com so this one is added with the “add media” button right on the wordpress post menu. This summer we took a ride in a Helicopter in Atlantic City at Steel Pier Helicopters, my wife and son loved it. I have another one posted on our other site www.bestsouthjersey.com so this one is a different one. I hope you enjoy it!










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