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Local Vocals invade the Ocean Pines Yacht Club
The Yacht Club looked like a trip across the pond to jolly old England, complete with Union Jacks and Subway stations.
On Friday, April 19th, The Local Vocals of Ocean Pines, along with a couple of their good friends, presented The British Invasion to a packed house in the Ocean Pines Yacht Club banquet room. Conceived and directed by none other than Frank Pasqualino, The British Invasion included a collection of 44 hits and accompanying video footage from the cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960’s when rock and pop acts from the UK became popular in the United States.
The event was hosted by her highness, Donna Frankowski, who, in her role of Master of Ceremonies shared history, humor, and a bit of education about the British Invasion and the British Isles. In addition to some British delicacies that included cucumber sandwiches, beef wellington, fish & chips, shepherd’s pie, and bangers & mash, the audience of nearly 180 was treated to a broad variety of artists and their songs from 1963 to 1967. After kicking off the show with a medley of hits from the Beatles, the audience enjoyed songs from The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Zombies, The Dave Clark Five, Herman’s Hermits, Petula Clark, Tom Jones, Cilla Black, and Donovan. Although the audience didn’t need any encouragement to sing along, they were invited several times to join the Local Vocals and Friends in a karaoke-style audience participation.
In addition to some other antics, the group invited one audience member up on stage to help out with their only dance number; “Do the Freddie” by Freddie and the Dreamers. The sell-out crowd clearly enjoyed the show and were on their feet dancing along with the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” finale.
The Local Vocals of Ocean Pines is a fledgling vocal group based in Ocean Pines. The group includes vocalists Donna Pasqualino, Dorothy Leslie, Jim Ulman, and Patrick Lehnerd, with Frank Pasqualino as Manager and Master of Technology. For this event, the Local Vocals were joined by fellow PineTones vocalists Stacy Hromanik and Deborah Airey. The Local Vocals look forward to lots of future shows just like this.
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