Circle of Songs
 

MOST RECENT INFORMATION (as of APRIL 22, 2023):  

We normally meet every first Sunday, from 2-4 pm at the GROVER HOUSE or at the EATONTOWN LIBRARY.

Please make sure that you are on my mailing list, so I can inform you about future circles.

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The Eatontown Community Center
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MONTHLY MEETINGS:

WE WILL ATTEMPT  to keep meeting on every first Sunday on the porch of the Grover House.

FESTIVAL INFORMATION:

For two Covid years, we have been doing virtual festivals.  They turned out very beautiful, and I hope that we can do more in the future.  You can check them out at njclearwater.org/festival.

We also held our 47th Festival the weekend of August 6 and 7, 2022 in Red Bank, and we hope to have another Festival in September 2023 or next year.  PLEASE CHECK FOR THE INFORMATION on the “Performances” page.

NEWS FROM OUR BOAT COMMITTEE:

We lost two of our most enthusiastic captains, and the boat hasn’t been launched as often as we would like it.  Please check the following websites for recent information:


February 2014 Circle of Song Session at the Eatontown Community Center
Photo:  Ingrid Heldt

October 2012 Circle of Song Session at The Turnstile Coffee Bar
Photo: Larry Stockel 
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Early Circle of Song Session with Jim Crawford, Isis Ra, 
Ingrid Heldt and Sharleen Leahey
Photo:  Jack Charlton

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The Story of Circle of Song

 

Welcome to the home of
NJ FRIENDS OF CLEARWATER’s
CIRCLE OF SONG

Pls. check the PDF files on the right-hand side of this page
as well as performances page for our most recent updates.

Thank you.

There are always opportunities for audience members to participate.

Please come and bring your instrument or – if you prefer – just come and listen.

The suggested donation of $7 is still split between NJ Friends of Clearwater and
Pastor Sony’s work on behalf of the homeless and the hungry in Asbury Park

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DIRECTIONS to the GROVER HOUSE
930 West Front Street, Middletown, NJ

Parkway:  Ex.109 = Route 520 East – take the first left – via the jughandle after the
Lyncroft Academy bus station (Half Mile Road) – go to the end, take a left at Front Street –
The Grover House will be after Sterling Court, which is the third street on the left. 
It will be on your right, and there is parking in front.

Route 35 North:  I found this to be easiest:  Before you get into Red Bank, take the jughandle to Route 520 West (Newman Springs Road).  Before the Lyncroft Academy Bus Station, take a right onto Half Mile Road.  Take it to the end, then turn left onto Front Street.  The Grover House will be about three blocks down, after Sterling Court.  You will see a large sign on your right, and there is parking in front.

Route 35 South:  After the bridge into Red Bank, follow the signs to Front Street.  Go West on Front Street.  The Grover House will be about three blocks after Half Mile Road (the first light), after Sterling Court.  You will see a large sign on your right, and there is parking in front.

 

DIRECTIONS to the EATONTOWN LIBRARY
33 Broad Street (= Route 71), Eatontown

BROAD STREET is parallel to Route 36, 4 traffic lights north of it.

Parkway Ex.105 = Rte. 36 East – left (via jughandle) at Route 35 North – take a right at 4th light (= Broad St.= Route 71) – the Library is on your left, before the fire station.  Turn into the lot.

Route 18 Same directions as from the Parkway.  The Exit is 13B (in both directions).

Route 35 North Turn right at the 4th light after the Route 36 crossing (=Broad or Route 71), go less than half a block.  The center is on the right, before the Fire Station.  Turn into the lot.

Route 35 South There’s a very strange jughandle to follow when taking a left onto Broad St = Route 71 – watch for the Library on your right, before the Fire Station.

Route 195 If you come on Route 195 East, turn right onto Route 18 or continue to Route 35 – follow those directions.

 

DIRECTIONS to the EATONTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER,
72 Broad Street, Eatontown:

Follow the same direction(s) as to the Library, but
continue another half block east, on BROAD STREET.
The building is on your right.  Turn into the lot.

 

DIRECTIONS to the BELMAR ARTS COUNCIL,
608 River Road (corner 7th Avenue), Belmar

At the north side of 7th Avenue, between Main Street and the Railroad tracks is a large parking lot, shared by the Police Station.

From the Parkway (and Route 195 East): Turn from the Parkway onto Route 195 East (Exit 98) – then turn onto Route 35 north – take a right onto 8th Avenue – then a left onto Main Street – another left onto 7th Avenue – look for the large parking lot of the Belmar Arts Council on your right before the Railroad tracks.

From Main Street South: Turn right onto 7th Avenue – then look for the Arts Council on your right, before the RR tracks.

From the Turnstile Coffee Bar (and Main Street North):  Leave the Turnstile Lot while taking a left onto Route 71 – then a right onto 16th Avenue – a left onto Main Street North – another left onto 7th Avenue – then look for the Belmar Arts Council on your right before the RR tracks.

DIRECTIONS for the
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH of ASBURY PARK
 
906 Grand Avenue, Asbury Park 
(this was our first venue – it was Pastor Sony's church)

Grand Avenue is parallel to the ocean, four blocks inland.  The church has a large lot, accessible from 2nd Avenue.  There is also street parking.

You can enter the building from the parking lot if the middle door is open.  If not, come around to the main entrance in the front.  The handicap ramp is there.  Inside, there are three steps from the sanctuary to the room behind, where we will be.

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Past and Present Monthly Fliers

MORE CIRCLE OF SONGS PHOTOGRAPHS

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2015-12-06 At the First United Methodist Church of Asbury Park

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Sharleen and her Cactus Flowers – They Met at our Circle of Song
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The Day When Our Circle Competed with Eatontown’s Book Sale
Photo:  Ingrid Heldt

Song Circle at
Eatontown’s Library

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Martin Swinger – Does Anyone
Need a Pete Seeger Lookalike ? – 43rd Annual Festival
Photo:  Ingrid Heldt

Jen Christensen, Mara Levine and
The Solidarity Singers – 43rd Annual Festival
Photo:  Ingrid Heldt

Tommy and Abby Anton – 43rd Annual Festival

Photo
:  Ingrid Heldt

Our Garvey, Pete's Banjo, at our 42nd Annual Festival
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Ninetta Nappi and Barry Kersch at our 42nd Annual Festival
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Vendors at our 42nd Annual Festival

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Isis Breaking into a Dance at our 42nd Annual Festival
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Sharleen Leahey and the Cactus Flowers
 - a group formed during our Circles of Song
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Rosemary Wright and her Storytellers
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2016-09-10 NJF Clearwater 41st
Festival – Rosemary Wright and her Storytellers on Circle of Song Stage

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2016-09-10 NJF Clearwater 41st
Festival – Linda Phillips, David Rosenberg, Lily Rose, Sharleen Leahey
and Rob Lincoln on Circle of Song Stage

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hoto:  Ingrid Heldt

2016-09-10 NJF Clearwater 41st
Festival – Diane Doolittle, Linda Phillips and the Circle Audience

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hoto:  Ingrid Heldt

2016-09-10 NJF Clearwater 41st
Festival – Jan Christensen – one of Pete Seeger’s Sloop Singers who has been with us more for than thirty years

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2016-09-10 NJF Clearwater 41st
Festival – Isis Ra with her movie star great grandson Elias Washington

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2016-09-10 NJF Clearwater 41st
Festival – Bob Vinick doing the Sound for Ingrid and Dale on the Circle Stage

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hoto:  David Rosenberg

2016-09-10 NJF Clearwater 41st
Festival – The Weeklings featuring Glen Burtnik on the Killian Stage

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hoto:  Ingrid Heldt

2016-09-10 NJF Clearwater 41st Festival – 
The audience at the Killian Stage

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hoto:  Ingrid Heldt
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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival:  Lydia Adams Davis and Ingrid

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hoto:  Elliot Stephen Cohen
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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival David Rosenberg, Tommy and Abby Anton, Lilly Rosenberg,
Elliot Stephen Cohen and Ingrid
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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival Ingrid, Lydia Adams Davis, Sharleen Leahey

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival Sharleen Leahey, Linda Phillips and Circle ‘Round the Sun

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival Bob Killian at the Circle of Song

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival Sky of Sky Solar with the Sound Crew, Mark and Chick

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival – Tommy and Abby Anton

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival James Durst and Madhumita Chakrabartti

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival Circle of Song Stage during rain shower

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival Circle of Song Stage

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival Diane Doolittle, Sharleen Leahey, Ingrid, Linda Phillips

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival – Judith Bernz and Jesse, dancing

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival – Bob Mecklenburger, Rosemary Wright, Salle Neal and Linda Phillips

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival – Judith Bernz, Isis Ra, Dale Lakata and Ingrid

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2014-09-13 Lydia Adams Davis with Tommy and Abby Anton

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival – with Dale Lakata, Judith Bernz, Ingrid and Isis Ra

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival – with Mike Taylor

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2015-09-12 NJF Clearwater 40th
Festival – with Lydia Adams Davis and Jan Christensen

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2015-06-07 Circle of Song with Jim Crawford

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2014-08-02 Circle of Song with Sharleen Leahey

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2014-08-02 Circle of Song with Sharleen Leahey

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2014-10-05 Circle of Song with Cosby Gibson

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2014-10-05 Cosby Gibson and Ingrid

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2015-04-12 Circle of Song with Dennis Do No Ugh !

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2014-09-13 “Under the Shoprite Truck

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2014-09-13 Dennis MC Do No Ugh ! performing under the truck

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2014-09-13 Judith Bernz and 92-year-old Mike Taylor underneath the truck

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2014-09-13 James Durst Singing
“Wasn’t that a Mighty Storm” just before it came down

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2014-09-13 Diane Doolittle on flute.
She and Bill Doerge backed us up

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2014-09-13 Our Circle of Song Audience Braving the Storms

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2014-09-13 NJF Clearwater 39th
Festival – Jim Crawford

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2014-09-13 NJF Clearwater 39th
Festival – Madhumita Chakrabartti and James Durst

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2014-09-13 NJF Clearwater 39th
Festival – Cosby Gibson

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2014-07-06 Circle of Song with Cynthia Summers

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2014-08-03 Edie Toussaint at
Circle of Song – she was Gigi Goldstein’s
best friend whose songs I recorded and cover

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2014-08-03 Circle of Song with Sally Neal

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2014-08-03 Group Photo with Rob Lincoln
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2014-08-03 Circle of Song with Rob Lincoln

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2014-03-01 Circle of Song with Sharleen Leahey

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2014-06-01 Circle of Song with Lydia Adams Davis
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2014-05-04 Circle of Song in Belmar with Bob Mecklenburger

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2014-06-01 Lydia Adams Davis at Circle of Song

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2014-05-04 Circle of Song at the Belmar Arts Council

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2014-09-13 Circle of Song at the Belmar Arts Council with Bob Mecklenburger

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2012-02-21 Carl Croce and Joe Petraitis

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2014-02-02 Seventy People Came to Commemorate Pete Seeger

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2014-02-02 Seventy People Came to Commemorate Pete Seeger

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2014-02-02 Seventy People Came to Commemorate Pete Seeger
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2013-10-06 Circle of Song with Sally Neal
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2013-10-06 Spontaneous dance at Circle of Song
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2013-10-06 Isis Ra, Linda Phillips, Bill Doerge and
Red Cloud at Circle of Song
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2013-09-15 NJ Friends
of Clearwater Festival in Long Branch –
Circle of Song with James Durst,
Sharleen Leahey, Linda Phillips and
Ingrid Heldt
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2013-08 Practicing with Spook Handy, Ingrid Heldt, Pete Seeger
and Michael Scolnick in Beacon, NY
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2013-09-15 NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival in Long Branch - Finale
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2012-01-21 Circle of Song with Joe Iantosca
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2012 Circle of Song Performers
on Main Festival Stage by Chris Kaefer
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2011-11-18 Circle of Song with
Arlon Bennet
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2011-08 NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival -
Mara Levine and Arlon Bennet
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2011-08 NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival -
April Iorio of April Mae & Catfish
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2011-08 NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival -
Dave Fecca of April Mae & Catfish
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2011-08 NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival - Main Stage Finale with 
Joe
Petraitis, Mike Meade, Sharleen Leahey, April Iorio,
Spook Handy, Eric Russell,Ingrid Heldt & Arlon Bennett
Photo: Carol L. Sciacca
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2011-08 NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival - Sloop Singer Jan Christensen - 
his 30th Anniversary with NJF Clearwater
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2011-08 NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival - Main Stage Finale with Spook Handy,
Eric Russell, Ingrid Heldt, Arlon Bennet, and Kathy Moser
Photo: Carol L. Sciacca
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2010-08 NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival: Having fun with Hillary Zaenchick, Jan Chrsitensen, Mike Meade, Emily Grove and Tom Picard
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2010-08 NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival:
Ingrid Heldt having fun! 
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2010-08 NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival: Isis and her Tribe and
the beautiful new banners contributed by Neptune Senior Center
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2010 08 Emily Grove and Mike Meade at the 2010 Festival
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2010 08 NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival:
Circle of Song Performers on the Main Festival Stage
 
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2010 08 Thomas Wesley Stern at the 2010 Festival

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