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Monday, September 12, 2011

LOCAL RACONTEUR GUIDES NOSTALGIC TOUR OF GREAT MOVIE MUSICALS @ CHESTER LIBRARY

GREAT MOVIE MUSICALS
WHEN: Wednesday, September 21, 7 PM
WHERE:
Chester Library, Route 24, 1/4 mile west of Route 206, Chester
To register call 908.879.7612 or go online at chesterlib.org.


Film and music historian, Rick Busciglio (of Chester Township) will be your guide for a nostalgic tour of Hollywood Movie Musical favorites. He draws on 45+ years in broadcasting and his lifelong love of music for an entertaining evening. The program is a salute to the music and performers from the great Hollywood musicals of the 30's to the 60's. It includes film clips and original recordings.

This is the golden period of performers such as  Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly and Bing Crosby. Composers such as George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Larry Hart, Oscar Hammerstein, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Jimmy Van Heusen, Harold Arlen, Harry Warren, etc.

RickMQ1Rick Busciglio is a film and music historian,former broadcast marketing and advertising executive who has combined his life long love of films and music and experience in communications to create a series of mostly nostalgic programs. He does programs primarily in the NJ/NY/PA area and internationally aboard cruise ships. His presentations are designed to be both entertaining and informative. His "Memory Lane Presentations" website is www.memory-lane.org.