| Welcome To The Waterfront Duo Schedule Page For 2009 |
| Happy New Year Everybody! Thank you all for another great year in music and dancing! This year we will be playing some new venues and some old ones too, tentatively The Crab's Claw, The Surf Club, The Happy Hour, The Lamp Post, Bacchus, and more. Just before the Holidays this year we added another new staple to our club list. It's called RISE and it's in Lodi,NJ. It's kind of like an off season Surf Club, especially since it's owned by the same people and shares a lot of employees and clientele. We are playing there some Wednesday or Thursday nights and we invite all you North Jersey Surf Clubbers, as well as anybody else who enjoys our music, to come out and party with us there. We share the giant Rise stage with DJ Jerry De Meo from the Surf Club, and between the three of us, you can dance the night away on Rise's huge dance floor. Music starts at 7pm and we do our first set at around 8pm, and then it's contiuous music all night. There is a free buffet all night and let me tell you, it's some delicious Italian gourmet food, and a lot of it too. You'll recognize Felicia from The Surf Club behind the bar, and Danny from every bar ever in NJ pouring out the drinks the way you like them. And you'll recognize a lot of familiar faces in the crowd too. I apologize for the fact that a lot of our weekend nights are taken up by private parties, but we've reserved a few nights each month for the clubs and restaurants so we can party with all our friends.....you guys! So, here's hoping that this schedule is helpful in finding us if you want to spend your night out with us. Remember, any comments for The Waterfront Duo can be sent to us at EDDIEGAMBLE@AOL.COM and any complaints can be sent to nickremo@aol.com If you want to join our email list, just send an email to us and you'll automatically be added to our address book. Again, thanks to all from Leon & Eddie, now, here we go....... |
| January Saturday 1st ~ Crab's Claw, Lavallette, NJ Wednesday 7th ~ Rise, Lodi, NJ Friday 9th ~ Private Party, Toms River, NJ* Saturday 10th ~ Private Party, North Arlington, NJ Sunday 11th ~ Private Party, Tinton Falls, NJ* Wednesday 14th ~ Rise, Lodi, NJ Saturday 17th ~ Banquet - Open to Public, **See Below For Details Wednesday 21st ~ Rise, Lodi, NJ Cancelled Friday 23rd ~ House Party, Oakland, NJ* Saturday 24th ~ The Lamp Post, Pine Beach, NJ Wednesday 28th ~ Rise Friday 30th ~ TBA Saturday 31st ~ Seaside Park Yacht Club (Private) |
| February Wednesday 4th ~ Rise Friday 6th ~ TBA Saturday 7th ~ Colts Neck Inn (Private) Wednesday 11th ~ Rise Friday 13th ~ TBA Saturday 14th ~ Christopher's, Toms River Hojo Wednesday 18th ~ Rise Friday 20th ~ Private Party, Livingston, NJ* Saturday 21st ~ The Lamp Post, Pine Beach, NJ Wednesday 25th ~ Rise Cancelled Friday 27th ~ TBA Saturday 28th ~ The Happy Hour, Toms River, NJ |
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| A Violinist in the Metro A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule. A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping, continued to walk. A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work. The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on. In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition. No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written on a violin worth 3.5 million dollars. Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100. This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context? One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing? |
| This calendar is incomplete since we are adding new dates all the time. Please check back to see if it has changed. (TBA means To Be Announced) |
| A Pause For Another Moment Of Zen |
| March Wednesday 4th ~ Rise Saturday 7th ~ Crab's Claw, Lavallette, NJ Sunday 8th ~ Private Party, Brick, NJ Wednesday 11th ~ Rise Saturday 14th ~ Private Party, Ocean Gate Yacht Club Sunday 15th ~ Wedding Wenesday 18th ~ Rise Saturday 2st ~ Lamp Post, Pine Beach, NJ Wednesday 25th ~ Rise Saturday 28th ~ Draughting Table, Bradley Beach, NJ That's right, folks,,,,Draughting Table!!!! ~ All Rise dates tentative until further notice ~ |
| April Wednesday 1st ~ Rise Saturday 4th ~ Crab's Claw Cancelled Saturday 11th ~ Christopher's, Toms River Hojo Saturday 18th ~ Private Party Thursday 23rd ~ Rise Moved From Wednesday To Thursday Friday 24th ~ Bacchus, Fairfield, NJ Saturday 25th ~ Private Party, Deal, NJ FD |
| May Saturday 2nd ~ Wedding, New Milford, NJ Wednesday 6th ~ Rise Cancelled Friday 8th ~ Wedding, Hackensack, NJ Saturday 9th ~ The Lamp Post, Pine Beach, NJ Friday 15th ~ Legends, Hazlet, NJ Saturday 16th ~ The Happy Hour, Toms River, NJ Friday 22nd ~ The Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ 2PM-9PM (Memorial Day Weekend) Saturday 23rd ~ Private Party,Oceanport, NJ Friday 29th ~ Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ 2PM-9PM Saturday 30th ~ Private Party, Normandy Beach, NJ |
| This month The Waterfront Duo returns to Joey Harrison's Surf Club for the 6th summer in a row! Opening day for us is Friday May 22nd, 2 - 9 pm, and every Friday until Labor Day. This year we will not be doing our regular Monday afternoon shows on the Patio. Instead, starting June 29th, we will be playing every Monday night on the big stage inside, as the opening act for the Monday Night Oldies Bands that will be appearing this summer. Now you can enjoy dancing and partying with us until showtime. Kickoff time for that will be around 8:15 We will also begin our regular summertime Tuesday night parties at The Crab's Claw on June 30th, 9PM-1AM |
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| June All Fridays ~ Surf Club,Ortley Beach, NJ Saturdays 6th Crab's Claw, Lavallette, NJ 13th Private Party, Belmar, NJ 20th Private Party, Island Heights, NJ 27th Private Party, Lavallette, NJ Sunday 7th ~ Eddie will be playing solo at Traxx, Rt. 309, Colmar, PA Wednesday 10th ~ Luncheon, 2 Towers, New Brunswick, NJ Sunday 21st ~ Promenade Swim Club, Long Branch, NJ Monday 29th ~ Surf Club Oldies Night Tuesday 30th ~ Crab's Claw, Lavallette, NJ |
| July All Mondays ~ Surf Club Oldies Night All Tuesdays ~ Crab's Claw, Lavallette, NJ All Fridays ~ Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ 3-8 PM Saturday 4th ~ Private Party Wednesday 8th ~ Rise, Lodi, NJ Moved From Thursday To Wednesday Saturday 18th ~ Sands Beach Club, Long Branch, NJ Sunday 19th ~ Eddie plays solo at Traxx, Colmar, PA |
| August All Mondays ~ Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ All Tuesdays ~ Crab's Claw, Lavallette, NJ All Fridays ~ Surf Club Saturday 1st ~ Private Party, Oceanport, NJ Saturday 8th ~ Beachwood Yacht Club, Beachwood, NJ Cancelled Saturday 15th ~ Sands Beach Club, Long Branch, NJ (Members) Sunday 16th ~ Promenade Swim Club, Long Branch, NJ (Members) Saturday 22nd ~ Lamp Post, Pine Beach, NJ |
| September Tuesday 1st ~ Crabs Claw, Lavallette, NJ Friday 4th ~ Surf Club (Final Friday) Saturday 5th ~ Private Party, Seaside Park, NJ Saturday 12th ~ Mr. C's Beach Bistro, Allenhurst, NJ Friday 18th ~ CJ Montana's (Formerly The Airport Inn) 560 Shrewsbury Ave, Tinton Falls, NJ 07701 Saturday 19th ~ Happy Hour Grille,Toms River, NJ Friday 25th ~ TBA Saturday 26th ~ Lamp Post, Pine Beach, NJ Sunday 27th ~ Private Party, West Paterson, NJ |
| October Saturday 3rd ~ Weding, Brielle,NJ Friay 9th ~ TBA Saturday 10th ~ Mr. C's Beach Bistro, Allenhurst, NJ Friday 16th ~ Wedding, Central Park, NY Saturday 17th ~ Crabs Claw, Lavallette, NJ Friay 23rd ~ TBA Saturday 24th ~ Christopher's (InTheToms River Hojo) Friday 30th ~ TBA |
| This Fall we are adding two new venues to our performance schedule MR. C's Beach Bistro Ocean Avenue & Allen Avenue in Allenhurst, NJ (On The Asbury Park Northern Border) Saturday 9/19 & Saturday 10/10 AND CJ Montana's 560 Shrewsbury Ave., Tinton Falls, NJ Friday, 9/18 Come On Down And Check Them Out! |