BOONTON TOWNSHIP — Boonton Township is celebrating its 150th Anniversary celebration on Saturday, July 15.
The events start at 3:00 p.m. with Raging Grace performing at the Rockaway Valley Aerodrome, Rockaway Valley Aerodrome Fields. There will be a number of food trucks, wagon rides and inflatables. At 5:00 p.m. Skeeters Pants will perform and at 7:00 p.m. the West Point Band. Then a fireworks display will follow.
The West Point Band is the oldest continuously serving Army band, and the oldest unit at West Point. The band traces its lineage back to a single drummer and fifer left to maintain the tradition of military music at West Point after the Revolutionary War. Over the next two centuries, the band evolved into one of the most capable and versatile professional performing groups in the world. Today, the band consists of multiple elements that perform styles ranging from traditional drum and fife music to the pop, country, and rock hits of today. Its standards of excellence, like those of the Academy, continue to be a source of pride to the Army and the nation. The West Point Band will perform American and patriotic fare featuring music of Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, George M. Cohan, John Philip Sousa, and more.
Rockaway Valley Aerodrome is located at 353 Powerville Road, Boonton Township.
Skeeter Pants is a Bona Fide and Highly Entertaining Country Band Performing New, Old and Original Country Music. With great musicianship and Style. Fun Entertaining professional musicians with touring, recording and album credits. Bona Fide Twangy Chickin picking country.
Raging Gracefully is a four piece classic rock band.
Utilizing drums, guitar, bass, keys and an occasional flute, they cover some of your favorite hits/groups from the 50’s-70’s (and beyond) including The Beatles, Rolling Stones, CCR, The Band, Santana, Procol Harem, the Animals, Jethro Tull and many more.
Frontman and bassist, Steve Cinque, is the musical director and lead vocalist for the group.
Steve drives the band with powerful vocals and solid bass lines and even throws in a few flute solos.
Possessing a substantial vocal range, Steve can handle anything from a soulful ballad by the Eagles to a gut-wrenching rock tune by Bob Seger. A true veteran of the music industry, Steve has played throughout the Eastern U.S. and Internationally over his extensive career. A native of NYC, Steve now makes his home in New Haven, Connecticut.
Drummer, Mike Bimonte, keeps everyone on track with his tight beats and adds his vocals to a few songs. Mike has more than 25 years experience working as a percussionist in Community Theatre and has worked in more than 100 productions. Over his career, Mike has opened for Tower of Power, Alexa Ray Joel, Mavis Staples and Frank Zappa’s Project Object Band and has played in some high-profile venues including the Shubert theater, Woolsey Hall and the New Haven Music & Arts Festival. Mike calls East Haven, Connecticut his home.
George Leka, on keys, provides those classic piano, organ and string accompaniments that identified so many songs from that era and picks up some vocals along the way, also. The brother of the late performer/producer/song writer Paul Leka (most notably Na, Na, Hey, Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye – Steam and Green Tambourine-The Lemon Pipers), George was destined to be a musician. George really “struts his stuff” on classic songs like Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procol Harem), Locomotive Breath (Jethro Tull) and House Of The Rising Sun (Animals).
George and Steve have collaborated on several other musical projects over the years. Trumbull, Connecticut is where George hangs his hat.
Guitarist, Ron Jovanelly, brings a fourth vocal to the mix and adds the signature sounds of groups like Santana, CCR and The Hollies. Another veteran of the music scene, Ron and Steve have also collaborated on projects together over the years. Ron has the uncanny ability to capture the “feel” of artists like Carlos Santana, John Fogarty and Stevie Ray Vaughn which really adds to the musical experience. Ron is a resident of Milford, Connecticut.
