Swingin' Jolly Old St. Nicholas

Recording from The Franklin Band's 150th Anniversary Concert.

This concert is a combination of our Holiday Concert and where we commemorated The Franklin Band's 150th Anniversary. Conducted by Judy Bobiak

Swingin' Jolly Old St. Nicholas arranged by James D. Ployhar

Link to the full program is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MsQs...

All of the plans we had for our 150th Anniversary Concert started before 2020 began. The plans we had for the concert to take place in 2020 had to be delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, however The Franklin Band was still able to make music in 2020 between outdoor (then indoor) rehearsals culminating in the Virtual Concert that we recorded in December of 2020.

Everything that was planned back then came to fruition in this special event with multiple special guests. Special guests including Sussex County Historian Bill Truan, Director of the Sussex County Commissioners Dawn Fantasia, State Senator Steve Oroho, multiple guests from the North Pole, and multiple musical guests with veteran Franklin Band members who hadn't played with us in a number of years (many travelling from out of state to take part) to participate in a large band finale.

The two video recordings were recorded by Paul Michael Kane (Band Dad and Graphic Artist Extraordinaire).

The videos were edited by Robert Ernst, President of The Franklin Band and member for 20 years.

In addition to the Acknowledgements listed in the program, we'd like to thank Mr. Colarusso (Band Director at Wallkill Valley Regional High School) for joining The Franklin Band on stage in our drumline.

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