{"id":24663,"date":"2024-11-19T05:58:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T10:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=24663"},"modified":"2024-11-19T05:58:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T10:58:40","slug":"a-ragtime-christmas-concert-to-be-presented-at-brick-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2024\/11\/a-ragtime-christmas-concert-to-be-presented-at-brick-library\/","title":{"rendered":"A ‘Ragtime Christmas Concert’ to be Presented at Brick Library"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fred Lehotay and the Ragtimers (Photo: OCL)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Brick Township branch of the Ocean County Library is giving locals a chance to “warm up your holiday spirit with sprightly and sentimental tunes” sure to fire up nostalgia.<\/p>\n

The branch will present \u201cA Ragtime Christmas Concert\u201d with free admission by the legendary Fred Lehotay and the Ragtimers, 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, the library announced this week. The concert will give attendees the chance to sing along as the band whisks them back in time for favorites including A Holly Jolly Christmas<\/em>, Winter Wonderland<\/em>, Silent Night<\/em>, Frosty the Snowman<\/em> and many more songs that light up the season, all in rousing ragtime style.<\/p>\n

Saxophonist Fred Lehotay, guitarist Bob Estler, banjoist Tom Rittenhouse and bassist Gary Nokes, all original members of the Ocean County String Band, have lifted audiences with their hand-clapping, toe-tapping music since 1968.<\/p>\n

Those wishing to attend are asked to register online first at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The concert is being sponsored by The Friends of the Brick Library, a group of volunteers who support the library through programs, fundraisers and advocacy. New members are always welcome.<\/p>\n

The Brick branch of the county library system is located at 301 Chambers Bridge Road, Brick.<\/p>\n

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The Brick Township branch of the Ocean County Library is giving locals a chance to “warm up your holiday spirit with sprightly and sentimental tunes” sure to fire up nostalgia. The branch will present \u201cA Ragtime Christmas Concert\u201d with free admission by the legendary Fred Lehotay and the Ragtimers, 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[971,24,5332,4484,5304,532,5333],"class_list":["post-24663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-in-brick","tag-brick-library","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-christmas-2025","tag-featured","tag-newsbreak","tag-ocean-county-library","tag-ragtime-concert"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ragtime.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-6pN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}