Video: Navy Band Northeast Wows Bernards

The Ridge Performance Arts Center was packed from front row to the back wall for the performance of the Navy Band Northeast Pops Ensemble.

The band is directed by Lt. Carl Gerhard, who grew up in Basking Ridge and attended Ridge High School in 1981. They played a two-hour concert with two encores, featuring a range of selections from a John Philip Sousa march to the musical stylings of Charlie Parker and Nat King Cole.

The band will be playing several events in the next few days in the New York City area as a part of "Fleet Week." The full schedule of their concerts can be found here.

Video Guide

• Video No. 1 – The band plays the National Anthem and John Philip's Sousa's Jack Tar March to start the show
• Video No. 2 – MU3 Rebecca Gonzalez and MU3 Tommy Stanley perform George M. Cohen's "Star Spangled Spectacular," arranged by John Cacavas
• Video No. 3 – Jersey boy MU3 Stefan Griffin swings away on succession of drum solos on "Swanee," arranged by LCDR John D. Fluck
• Video No. 4 – Lt. Gerhard picks up his trumpet and plays with the Navy Band Northeast Dixie Land Ensemble, tenor saxophone, trombone and alto saxophone solos
• Video No. 5 – Navy Band Northeast Dixie Land Ensemble Plays "When the Saints Go Marching In," Lt. Carl Gerhard on the trumpet and vocals, MU2 Andrew Rochelle plays a clarinet solo and MU3 Stefan Griffin and MU2 Steven DiResto play a duel drum solo
• Video No. 6 – Lt. Carl Gerhard reflects on his time growing up in Basking Ridge and thanks the people responsible for making the concert happen
• Video No. 7 – The band plays the Armed Forces Salute as veterans in the audience stand for recognition
• Video No. 8 – The band plays two encores to close the show, "Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue" and "God Bless America," sung by Gonzalez and Stanley

Editor's Note: Some portions of the concert cannot be redistributed because of music rights ownership. The band also played songs by Charlie Parker, Nat King Cole and composer Erik Morales, including a tribute to Bernards police and fire departments.

The Navy Band Northeast Pops Ensemble

Director
Lt. Carl Gerhard, Basking Ridge, NJ

Assistant Director
MUCM Ross Klameth, Lincoln, NE

Narrator
MUCM Ross Klameth, Lincoln, NE

Flute/Saxophone
MUC Todd Smeltzer**, Spring Grove, PA
MU2 Alaina Ferris, Abingdon, MD

Oboe
MU3 Jennifer Shippee, Evanston, IL

Clarinet/Saxophone
MU2 MeLinda Gaines, San Antonio, TX
MU2 Kenneth Ordway, Northeast Harbor, ME
MU2 Andrew Rochelle, Foxboro, MA
MU3 Alan Holland, Overland Park, KS
MU3 Hector Olvera, Austin, TX

Bassoon
MU1 Paul Roberts, North East, MD

Alto Saxophone
MU3 Andrew Fancisco, Fairfax, VA
MU3 Jonathan McCartney, Oreland, PA

Tenor Saxophone
MUCS Gregory Dudzienski, Valaparaiso, IN

Trumpet
MU2 David Gonzalez, Killeen, TX
MU2 Pete Sutorius, Great River, NY
MU3(SW) Richard Lecompte, Bucks County, PA
MU3 David Harbuziuk, Naperville, IL
MUSN Galen McKinnery, Pittsburgh, PA

French Horn
MU1 Cathryn Cummings**, Houston, TX
MU1 Jennifer Lange, Byron, IL

Euphonium
MU2 Melissa Koff, Long Beach, NY

Trombone
MU1 Ryan Hudson, Worcester, MA
MU2 Carlton Shippee, Foster, RI
MU3 Andrew Jones, Sand Diego, CA
MU3 Bryant Patterson, Chesapeake, VA

Tuba
MU2 (SCW) Christopher Jerome, Harrisonburg, VA
MU2(SW) Lee MacDowell, Pearl River, NY

Electric Bass
MU2 Matthew Bridges, Fort Smith, AR

Piano
MU3 Paul Kim, Atlanta, GA

Guitar
MU3 Michael Sapien, El Paso, TX

Percussion
MUC Jeffery Griffin, Wetumpka, AL
MU2 Seven DiResto, North Providence, RI
MU3 Stefan Griffin, Cape May Court House, NJ
MU3 Timothy Leonard, Shrewsbury, VT

Vocalist
MU3 Rebecca Gonzalez, Albany, OR
MU3 Tommy Stanley, Kirbyville, TX

Sound Technician
MU2 Christopher Ferris, Columbia, SC

Key
** indicates Section Leader
LT = Lieutenant
MUCM = Master Chief Musician
MUCS = Senior Chief Musician
MUC = Chief Musician
MU1 = Musician First Class
MU2 = Musician Second Class
MU3 = Musician Third Class
MUSN = Musician Seaman