Middle Students to Perform with Jersey Shore Pops

COURT HOUSE – Middle Township Elementary No. 2 Harmony Choir under the direction of Jay Wynn & Kathleen Watt will join Linda Gentille and The Jersey Shore Pops for their final season concert, “Joy to the World” starring Jacklyn Buckingham.
The concert will take place at the Middle Township Performing Arts Center on Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Conductor of the orchestra, Linda Gentille recently visited the choir to rehearse one of the songs they will perform together during the concert.
Gentille states, “ I am so excited to join with the Harmony Choir during this holiday concert. They are a dedicated group of talented students who love to sing. It will be a blessing to have them join The Pops during this holiday concert. Jay Wynn and Katheleen Watt are so dedicated to music and theater education and it really shows with the student’s enthusiasm, dedication and love of performing.”
The show will star Broadway Soprano Jacklyn Buckingham. Buckingham made her debut with the Pop in 2010 and was such a huge success, that they made her the first official regular guest vocalist for the orchestra. Buckingham is a Graduate of Montclair State University with a B.A. in Theater and a minor in Musical Theater. She has performed in numerous musicals including Les Miserables, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The World Goes Round and Cabaret. She is currently a member of the Shaken Not Stirred Players whose ‘Broadway By Request’ show has wowed audiences around the area and recently performed to a sold out audience at the Mohegan Sun Resort in Connecticut.
Making a guest appearance in the holiday show will be Avalon Tenor Frank Hampton. With training including the Juilliard School New York and Westminster Choir College, Princeton, tenor Frank Patrick Hampton has worked extensively on the opera and concert stages, as a choral conductor, and as a church organist.
Advance tickets prices range from $25 for balcony seats to $40 for orchestra center seats. Student tickets are available along with group tickets for $22. To purchase tickets for “Joy to the World” with Linda Gentille & The Jersey Shore Pops, call BP Ticket Office at 800-838-3006 or 609-463-1924 or order 24/7 online at www.JerseyShorePops.org. The box office at the PAC is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. for walk in ticket purchases and is located at the Middle Township High School , Exit 10 (GSP).