{"id":17345,"date":"2017-04-30T22:12:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T02:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=17345"},"modified":"2022-12-14T16:56:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:56:18","slug":"banded-together-the-boys-from-glen-rock-high-world-premiere-montclair-nj-film-festival-10-29-22-plus-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=17345","title":{"rendered":"2022 – \u201cBanded Together – The Boys From Glen Rock High\u201d World Premiere, Montclair (NJ) Film Festival – 10-29-22 (plus one)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you’re unfamiliar with this great story, go here and check out the trailer: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is a very appropriate opening image – even if I DID take it as my last photo of the entire two-day, two-screenings event when I was on my way home from the afternoon screening at a different location on October 30.<\/span><\/p>\n

THIS photo shows the Festival\u2019s street banner above Montclair\u2019s main drag (Bloomfield Avenue) by the Clairidge Theater – the heart of the Festival where the movie had premiered the night before.<\/span><\/p>\n

The movie\u2019s producer, Barry Rubinow, said to meet him in his hotel\u2019s lobby between 5 and 5:30pm. This is the MC Hotel, a few blocks up Bloomfield Avenue from the Clairidge:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because of the influx of cars carrying a multitude of people to view the various movies playing all day long, parking would be difficult, so the Festival people provided Barry with a guide that showed where more than a dozen parking facilities near Bloomfield Avenue were located. I looked up the addresses of the hotel, the Clairidge and the place where the after-show gathering would be and added them to the map, so I could figure out where to try to park:<\/span><\/p>\n

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As it turned out, I found a free street spot about a block-and-a-half from the hotel on Orange Rd (blue dot on map). That\u2019s a good start.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I was early because I had allotted time to search for parking facilities, so I took a short walk down Bloomfield Avenue to kill some time.<\/span><\/p>\n

The only picture I took on that walk was of a store across the street that seemed to be calling out to me:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I declined because it appeared that I had just missed a visit there by the Smashing Pumpkins\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026plus, I was due back at the hotel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I found Barry (standing) and – from left to right – his wife Carey, band members – and Glen Rock High \u201cboys\u201d – Jimmy Vivino and Jeff Venho, their legendary music teacher from 50 years ago (and star of the show), Joe Sielski and his wife Carolyn, and a woman I didn\u2019t know named Karen Barnet – another Glen Rock High graduate (as was Barry, giving him the ability to put all these pieces and their remarkable story together).<\/span><\/p>\n

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By the way, this is a panoramic (PANO) photo taken at close distance with my iPhone. This is a remarkable camera setting that I am constantly finding new and sometimes quite<\/em> unusual ways to use it creatively. It\u2019s been my favorite toy for the last year and shows no signs of getting old.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also makes all my PANO shots much larger than normal, so when you see any photo labeled as PANO, click once or twice to fully enlarge the image. Hit your back button to return to normal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So much for the posed shot. Here\u2019s a boring, unposed PANO that I took just for the hell of it:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Barry and bassist Doug Romoff:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Barry had to get to the venue a little earlier than everyone else, so he, Carey and I walked down Bloomfield Avenue. Of course, a shot that included the theater\u2019s marquee was in order. To cover MY bases, I took a non-flash one with the iPhone and a flash one with my pocket Canon. I like \u2018em both, so\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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(why does the marquee say “TIXS”? “TIX” is already plural.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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I strolled in right behind Barry and Carey, so between their official Festival laminates and my \u201cThe Band From Glen Rock High\u201d (the original title) t-shirt, no one asked me for a ticket. Fine with me\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026I\u2019d prefer to have the keepsake.<\/span><\/p>\n

Time to start doing my job. Barry working the long line in the lobby with his wife is a good shot – especially when it turns out that the man in the couple they\u2019re talking with was a classmate of Barry\u2019s at Glen Rock High:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another line-in-the-lobby shot, but this one shows the movie title:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Celebrities in line, as Joe and Carolyn Sielski arrive:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jimmy Vivino trades in his ticket for a stamped hand:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I didn\u2019t get a hand stamp, but I DO have this instead to add to my collection:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Time for photos in front of the event’s official background.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Carey and Barry:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Joe, Carolyn and Barry:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jeff, Joe, Barry, Jimmy, Doug:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The previous five plus Carolyn, Carey and Karen (the Festival needs to provide a wider background):<\/span><\/p>\n

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He\u2019s got a right to smile – he created something very special:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Showtime! Some of our seats:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Note: The reason this movie earned a second screening the next day was that this premiere sold out very<\/u> quickly. That may<\/em> have something to do with the fact that this theater only has 102 seats. Another factor that\u2019s more likely is that half of Glen Rock probably wanted to see this home-grown miracle. That\u2019s why a second screening the next day at a much larger facility was immediately arranged.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After the premiere, a Q & A took place. This shows parts of 5 little videos I shot from my seat and stitched together and is hardly professional-looking. My only interest was in preserving a little piece of music history. And please<\/span> hit the “Watch on YouTube” links on these videos – it gives a more accurate view count:<\/span><\/p>\n