Letter to the Editor: Support Bronxville Pops and Sixty Wonderful Musicians
To the Editor:
Last night [July 9] was the first concert of the 40th season of the Bronxville Pops Concert Band. It was a great night. Sixty musicians came together to play in this wonderful and committed community band, led by Al Mingrone.
The musicians come from Westchester, Manhattan, Connecticut, and Long Island. The players are teachers, music teachers, bankers, lawyers, doctors, professional musicians, retirees, and more. There are parents and children who play together, teachers and students, there are even a grandfather, daughter, and granddaughter playing together. Some of the musicians were students of Al's from Bronxville High School. The ages of the band range from 13 to 80-something. There are old friends and new friends.
This group of musicians is a community within Bronxville. Community bands are almost extinct. The Bronxville Pops presents live music in front of Bronxville High School. People bring their lounge chairs and blankets and sit under the stars listening to American music.
The Bronxville Pops Concert Band is a 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are 100% tax deductible. If you'd like to keep live music alive, please make a donation and send it to PO Box 284, Bronxville, NY 10708. I love playing in this band. The next free concert is Wednesday, July 16, at 8:00 pm.
I hope to see you there,
Andrea Elkrief
July 10, 2014
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Bronxville is a quaint village (one square mile) located just 16 miles north of midtown Manhattan (roughly 30 minutes on the train) and has a population of approximately 6,500. It is known as a premier community with an excellent public school (K-12) and easy access to Manhattan. Bronxville offers many amenities including an attractive business district, a hospital (Lawrence Hospital), public paddle and tennis courts, fine dining at local restaurants, two private country clubs and a community library.
While the earliest settlers of Bronxville date back to the first half of the 18th century, the history of the modern suburb of Bronxville began in 1890 when William Van Duzer Lawrence purchased a farm and commissioned the architect, William A. Bates, to design a planned community of houses for well-known artists and professionals that became a thriving art colony. This community, now called Lawrence Park, is listed on the National register of Historic Places and many of the homes still have artists’ studios. A neighborhood association within Lawrence Park called “The Hilltop Association” keeps this heritage alive with art shows and other events for neighbors.
Bronxville offers many charming neighborhoods as well as a variety of living options for residents including single family homes, town houses, cooperatives and condominiums. One of the chief benefits of living in “the village” is that your children can attend the Bronxville School.
The Bronxville postal zone (10708, known as “Bronxville PO”) includes the village of Bronxville as well as the Chester Heights section of Eastchester, parts of Tuckahoe and the Lawrence Park West, Cedar Knolls, Armour Villa and Longvale sections of Yonkers. Many of these areas have their own distinct character. For instance, the Armour Villa section has many historic homes and even has its own newsletter called “The Villa Voice” which reports on neighborhood news.
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