Page 26 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • April 18, 2012 Ridgewood Notes Community Family Nights slated Ridgewood’s Old Paramus Reformed Church will host two Community Nights for families. On April 27, an evening of “Radical Reptiles” will be offered to children age three years and up. Snakes-n-Scales of Pequannock will be on hand. Children will be invited to touch various types of live reptiles and learn about each animal’s background. All of the animals have been rescued from unfortunate situations. Families are invited to a Square Dance on Saturday, April 28 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Professional caller Paul Inges will teach the steps before the dancing begins. Light snacks and refreshments will be served. Both events take place in the church’s barrier-free education building, 660 East Glen Avenue at Route 17. For more information, call (201) 444-5933 weekdays from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. or visit http://www.oldparamus.org. CPR, first aid, and lifeguard techniques necessary for employment as a professional lifeguard. Classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at 112 Oak Street in Ridgewood. The course fee is $370. YWCA Bergen County offers a variety of American Red Cross programs throughout the year, including swimming lessons for individuals from age six and up. For more information, or to register, call the YWCA Aquatics Department at (201) 4445600, extension 327, or visit www.ywcabergencounty.org. Artists provide instruction The Ridgewood Parks and Recreation Department will offer adult art instruction classes at the Stable, located at 259 North Maple Avenue in Ridgewood. Watercolors with Lisa Miller will meet on Wednesday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. beginning May 9. Acrylics with Sandi Chanoch will be offered on Tuesdays from 1 to Blood Drive set 3 p.m. and on Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. The Ridgewood YMCA will host a Blood beginning May 1 and 3, respectively. Drive on Saturday, April 28 from noon to 6 The cost is $80 for six sessions. An addip.m. at 112 Oak Street in Ridgewood. All tional $10 fee will apply to non-residents. are welcome and advance registration is Materials are additional, and a list will not required. This drive is being sponsored be provided at registration. by New Jersey Blood Services, a branch of Register online at www.ridgewoodnj. New York Blood Service. net/communitypass or in person or by mail at the recreation office, 259 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. RegistraCandidates Night set tion forms are on the recreation homepage The League of Women Voters will spon- at www.ridgewoodnj.net/recreation. Call (201) 670-5560 or visit the Stable sor a Candidates Night on April 30. Candidates for Ridgewood Council have been between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays invited to this forum, which will be held in for details. Ridgewood Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue, at 7:30 p.m. Fitness Center holds Open House This year, six candidates, includThe Bolger Fitness Center, a program ing incumbents Keith Killion and Paul of the Ridgewood YMCA and the YWCA Aronsohn, and challengers Russell Forenza, Bergen County, invites prospective memGwenn Hauck, Albert Pucciarelli, and bers to an Open House on Sunday, April 21 Mary Jan Shinozuka will be vying for three from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Guests will have the seats. opportunity to meet the staff and personal The League of Women Voters is a nontrainers and enjoy free classes and workouts partisan organization that encourages the in this state-of-the-art fitness center. New informed and active participation of citimembers (age 16 years and older) who sign zens in government. As part of its voter serup during the Open House will receive their vices, the league registers new voters and choice of a free personal training session, organizes forums for candidates whenever massage, or boxing session. there is a contested election. The event will The Bolger Fitness Center features cardio be televised on Channel 77. and strength training equipment and more than 75 weekly group fitness classes. MemYMCA celebrates Healthy Kids Day bers also have access to two indoor heated The Ridgewood YMCA will celebrate pools, on-site personal training, massage, Healthy Kids Day® on April 28 with a free and child care. For more information, call community event for Ridgewood families. (201) 444-5600, extension 306, or visit 112 More than 1,900 Ys across the country will Oak Street in Ridgewood. take part in the celebration, which will encourage physical activity and learning Choral presents Spring throughout the summer: a critical out-ofschool time for kids. Concert, library exhibit The Ridgewood YMCA’s event will take The Ridgewood Choral, an all women’s place at 112 Oak Street from 10 a.m. to 2 chorus, will hold its 84th Annual Spring p.m. and will feature enjoyable and healthy Concert on Friday, April 27 at 8 p.m. at activities for the entire family. For more West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South information, call (201) 444-5600 or visit Monroe Street in Ridgewood. http://www.ridgewoodymca.org. Under the baton of Music Director Marjorie Vandervoort, the group will perform a Lifeguard Training offered diverse program, including music by Henry The YWCA Bergen County will offer Purcell, Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, and American Red Cross Lifeguard Training Gershwin. The singers will also perform course from April 24 through May 31. Stu- “Moravian Songs” by Antonin Dvorak, and dents must take and pass a swim test, which “The Queen of Sheba,” a small cantata by will be held on Wednesday, April 18 at 7 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Pianist Susan p.m. and Saturday, April 21 at 10 a.m. Par- LaFever will provide accompaniment. The featured musician will be violinist ticipants must be 15 years of age or older. A Dana Ramirez, the 2012 recipient of the $10 swim test fee is due at registration. This course prepares students with the Ridgewood Choral’s Florence Reinauer Band to perform at conference Ridgewood Concert Band will perform at the Association of Concert Bands Annual Conference in Poughkeepsie, New York on April 27. This year’s conference, Harmony on the Hudson, will be held in the historic Bardavon Opera House, the oldest continuously-operating theater in New York State. The ensemble will perform music that has connections to New York State, such as “Songs of the Catskills” by Johan DeMeij and “Jurisprudence March” by Poughkeepsie native Leonard B. Smith. Joining the RCB on stage will be guest conductors Loras Schissel and Dennis Zeisler. Schissel is the music director and conductor of both the Virginia Grand Military Band and the Cleveland Orchestra’s Blossom Festival Band. Zeisler is the director of bands and chairman of the music department at Old Dominion University in Johnston to perform Virginia. He is also the founder and conducThe Society Café Concert Series will tor of the Virginia Wind Symphony. present the folk/pop/rock music of Freedy Lynn Klock, professor of saxophone at Johnston, best known for his 1994 hit song the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, “Bad Reputation,” on Friday, May 4 at the will perform as a soloist with the RCB on Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, 113 Cot- “Woodland Serenade and Rondo” by Cathtage Place. erine McMichael. Dessert and wine will be offered at 7 p.m. For more information about the and the concert will follow at 8 p.m. Tickets Ridgewood Concert Band, visit www. are $20 and may be reserved at www.soci- ridgewoodband.org. For more informaetycafeconcertseries.com. Payment will be tion about the 2012 ACB Convention, visit accepted at the door. http://acb2012convention.moonfruit.com. This concert series highlights singers, songwriters, and folk and Americana concerts at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood. We welcome press releases from Refreshments, all of which are provided by our readers. Items may be sent to local vendors, are available before the shows editorial@villadom.com. Deadline is and during intermission. Wednesday at noon the week prior to pubFor booking inquiries or information lication. Memorial Music Award. This honor is presented annually to encourage talented teen musicians to further their musical education beyond high school. A reception with light refreshments will follow the performance. Tickets are $15 in advance, and will be $18 at the door. For tickets, call (201) 825-7456 or (201) 3278184. The Ridgewood Choral is celebrating 84 years of song and service with exhibits at the Ridgewood Public Library, 125 North Maple Avenue. Throughout the month of April, memorabilia, including printed programs, photos, and newspaper reviews of the first concert in 1929, will be featured in the second floor case of the library. The exhibit may be viewed during regular library hours. The Ridgewood Choral was instrumental in funding the Kasschau Shell. Since 1967, the group has offered Music Awards to high school seniors. Visit www.ridgewoodchoral.org. about the series, contact Mark Meding at m.meding@att.net. For details about the society, visit www.uuridgewood.org.