Page 2 THE VILLADOM TIMES I, II, III & IV • March 12, 2014 Villadom Happenings Nativity hosts Passion Play “No Greater Love” will be performed at the Church of the Nativity on Sunday, April 6. This performance by the Xavier Company will be held at 4 p.m. “No Greater Love” is a musical passion play that tells the story of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ in drama, song, and dance. The Xavier Company is a group of Christian performing artists in residence at Saint Francis Xavier Church in New York City. The professionally trained actors, singers, and dancers perform original works focused on themes of faith and social justice. Freewill donations will be accepted by the Xavier Com- pany. The Church of the Nativity is located at 315 Prospect Street in Midland Park. For more information contact Mary Lou at (201) 444- 6362 or e-mail at mlbalog@optonline.net. Concerts continue, fundraiser announced The Waldwick Band will continue its 2013-14 winter season with a concert on Sunday, March 16. This free per- formance will be held at 2:30 p.m. at the Village School, 100 West Prospect Street in Waldwick. Clarinetist John Centenaro will be the featured performer. Centenaro began the study of the clarinet age nine. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, he studied with Peter Simenaurer of the New York Philharmonic and Charles Russo of the New York City Opera Orchestra. He served as principal bass clarinetist for the Manhattan School of Music Orchestra for most of his college years and continued to play frequently as a freelance artist. After pur- suing a career in business, he joined the Waldwick Band. Centenaro has composed original pieces for the Waldwick Band and for the Hanover Wind Symphony. This concert will premiere his “Cavatina and Variations.” The band will be under the baton of Music Director Edmund A. Moderacki. On March 16 and 17, Blue Moon Mexican Café in the Boulder Run Shopping Center in Wyckoff will sponsor a Community Night fundraiser to benefit the Waldwick Concert Band. The restaurant will donate 20 percent of all lunch, dinner, takeout, and delivery, or gift card purchases. To participate, present a Blue Moon Community Night flyer from the band’s website www.thewaldwickband.com. Flyers will also be available at the March 16 concert. Young musicians sought for competition The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is holding its annual Bergen Philharmonic Young Artist’s Competition. This year’s competition will be open to players of string instruments, including the violin, viola, cello, and bass. Applicants must be between the ages of 14 and 26 and should be prepared to perform a concerto from the stan- dard repertoire for the finals with their own accompanist. The prepared final performance version should be no longer than 15 minutes in duration. Audition CDs must be received by the orchestra by April 12. The finals will be held May 4. The competition winner will perform with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra at a concert in the fall. Applications may be obtained from the orchestra web- site at www.bergenphilharmonic.org or by mail: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, P.O. Box 174, Teaneck, NJ 07666. For more information, call (201) 837-1980. Community Meals, Inc. takes up foundation’s challenge Community Meals, Inc. is partnering with the Feinstein Foundation to fight senior hunger through the foundation’s $1 Million Giveaway Challenge. Community Meals, the “Meals on Wheels” organization serving Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Midland Park, Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Waldwick, and part of Saddle River, will receive additional funding from the Feinstein Foundation in direct proportion to dona- tions made to it during the months of March and April. The foundation has pledged to donate $1 million with organizations such as Community Meals. The more dona- tions Community Meals, Inc. collects, the more the Fein- stein Foundation will donate to Community Meals to help it fulfill its mission to bring meals to those who cannot shop or cook for themselves due to age or disability. Community Meals is a private, 501 (c) 3 organization First donor Oscar Villalobos of Union City, seen here with Donor Technician Rayda Diaz, was the first donor at Community Blood Services’ new donor center in the Bergen Medical Center at 1 Ridgewood Avenue, Suite 208 when it opened on Monday, March 3. Eligible volunteer donors of all blood types and products are invited to call (201) 251-3703 for donation hours and to schedule their donation appointments at the new center. Appointments may also be made online at www.com- munitybloodservices.com. Community Blood Services, a not-for-profit organization, provides blood and blood prod- ucts for patients in 18-plus hospitals in New Jersey and New York, including Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. that receives no public funding. Community Meals depends on donations from generous individuals, religious and civic organizations, social service groups, merchants, and local business and family foundations to provide subsidized meals (often free) to clients with financial need and to keep the meals affordable for all clients. The community is encouraged to support Community Meals’ effort with the foundation’s challenge. Donations may be sent to Community Meals, Inc., 105 Cottage Place, Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Donations will also be accepted online at www.communitymealsonwheels.org. For more information, contact Community Meals, Inc. Executive Director Rebecca Conboy at communitymeals@verizon.net or (201) 447-8295 or the board of directors’ fundraising chairperson, Janet Mills Wong, at janetmillswong@yahoo.com or (201) 652-8637. Fashion Show benefit announced The Auxiliary of the Little Sisters of the Poor will host a Spring Fashion Show Luncheon on May 14. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Macaluso’s located at 161 Rea Avenue in Hawthorne. Fashion Editor Heather Zwain will serve as the emcee, and Joe Caroselli will provide the entertainment. The event will feature fashions by Ann Taylor Loft. Tickets are $50 and may be purchased by sending a check made payable to the “Auxiliary of the Little Sisters of the Poor” to: Joann Van Splinter, 18 Minerva Avenue, Hawthorne, NJ 07506. Proceeds from the show will benefit Saint Joseph’s Home for the Elderly. For more information, contact Joann Van Splinter at (201) 447-6400 or jvs@lan-nj.com. Special pricing for ‘La Traviata’ announced The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera invites the public to celebrate its 25 th season, entitled “Vive la France,” with its new Bring the Family to the Opera pro- gram. There will be several special ticket offers for children, senior citizens, and individuals to see the company’s perfor- mance of Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” on Sunday, April 6 at 3 p.m., at the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergen- PAC), located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood. “La Traviata” is being staged in celebration of the 200 th Anniversary of Verdi’s birth. Set in Paris, this love story is shrouded in sacrifice and misunderstanding. Stage Director Evelyn La Quaif, a noted Canadian soprano, will have the cast in period costumes and singing in Italian. English supertitles will be provided. The singers will be backed by a live orchestra. A special discount ticket offer for the April 6 perfor- mance is available at 30 percent off (Code Tr2) when tickets (continued on page 26)