Mangione SummerFest debut Thurs.
Chuck Mangione will make his SummerFest debut tomorrow at Windward Beach Park. This free concert will start at 7:30 p.m. Concertgoers are encouraged to arrive at Windward Beach Park as early as 5 p.m. and dance to music broadcast by WJRZ Oldies 100, the official radio station of SummerFest 2003.
Chuck Mangione’s 40-year career began as a trumpeter in a band called the Jazz Brothers while attending the Eastman School of Music at Rochester (N.Y.) University. Mangione eventually left home to play with Art Bailey and the Jazz Messengers. He also served as the music director of the Eastman School of Music Jazz Ensemble.
After a live concert with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Mangione recorded an album with Mercury Records and received his first Grammy nomination. He received another nomination for his album Land of Make Believe. Mangione won his first Grammy for the song "Bellavia," which was named to honor his mother. In the late 1970s, Mangione won a Golden Globe and his second Grammy for his double-album soundtrack The Children of Sanchez. His tune "Give It All You Got" was heard around the world as the theme song of the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid, N.Y.
During the 1980s, Mangione signed on with Columbia records and released several albums, including Love Notes, Journey to a Rainbow, Disguise and Save Tonight for Me. He was frequently invited to play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the beginning of the New York Yankees home games at Yankee Stadium. Following the 1989 release of Boys From Rochester and Chuck Mangione Live at the Village Gate, Mangione took a three-year, self-imposed hiatus from the music industry. Now back on tour, Mangione is also caricatured on the Fox animated television show King of the Hill.
The entire community is invited to attend these upcoming SummerFest 2003 events. The Community Band will hold its second concert on Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m. and the Grass Roots will take the stage on Aug. 14. There will be a second "Movie in the Park" event April 16. On Aug. 21, SummerFest 2003 will welcome Eddie Holman and Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes. Finally the Demensions and Kenny Vance and the Planotones will perform on Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. respectively. There will be fireworks on Aug. 25 as well.
Large crowds are anticipated at this SummerFest 2003 event, and all concertgoers are encouraged to use the shuttle bus service as parking at Windward Beach Park is limited. Use of the free shuttle bus service helps alleviate traffic along Princeton Avenue. All children who are 16 years old and under must be accompanied by an adult to get on the shuttle buses.
The buses leave from the following locations starting at 5 p.m. and run continually until the final bus to Windward Beach Park leaves at 8 p.m.: Brick Township High School-Chambers Bridge Road; Drum Point School-Drum Point Road; Midstreams Elementary School-Midstreams Road; Brick Township Memorial High School-Lanes Mill Road; Foodtown Parking lot-Route 70; Veterans Memorial Middle School-Hendrickson Avenue. Return trips to Windward Beach Park will begin at 9 p.m. For more information, contact the Brick Township Special Events Office at (732) 262-1006.