There’s nothing like a little holiday “Cheers!” among RFH forever friends.
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A look, in photos, of latest area events, local everyday people and places.
Retro Santa House Call
Photo/Connor-Kelly family
A classic reprise, just because … it’s Santa time!
Santa has begun making the rounds around the towns lately. You’ve likely seen him being whisked through the Rumson and Fair Haven neighborhoods on the firetruck over the weekend. It’s that time of the year.
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Scene Around: A Rumson Family’s ‘Shelter in Solitude’
Have you seen her? Probably. At the store, in the car, at local haunts, at charity events, at the schools, at church — and on stage, on TV … and in the movies. The latest you’ll see of her, other than around the towns, is on screen in the now streaming movie Shelter in Solitude.
She’s Siobhan Fallon Hogan. She’s a Rumsonite. And, among (or sometimes above) other things, she’s an actress. Rumson’s local celebrity. And seeing her in the movies these days means also knowing that it’s a Hogan family affair in independent filmmaking. Call it, rather, a Rumson family production/acting entourage of three RFH grads — her husband Pete and kids — and a character actress star/screenwriter imported to Rumson by marriage.
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Retro RFH Winter Concert Players
All RFH concerts have singers and players — of the Tower variety.
Last night’s annual RFH Winter Concert was no exception. The singers sang holiday songs and the players of various RFH instrumental ensembles played. At times, in RFH history, the two did meet to make music together.
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Retro RFH Holiday Spirited Tower Singing
Photo/RFH yearbook screenshot
Photo/RFH yearbook screenshot
Tonight’s the night that the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Tower Singers sing — in the winter concert at 7 p.m. in the high school’s auditorium.
The instrumental groups play, too. We’ll get to that part of the winter concert picture tomorrow.
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Scene Around: Rumson DPW Toy Drive Santas
Rumson Department of Public Works’ 24th annual toy drive was a success.
“The Rumson DPW wants to Thank You for your support this Christmas Season. Hundreds of toys were collected and will be distributed to the Salvation Army and Child Family Services for this coming Holiday Season. THANK YOU!!” a social media by employee and Fair Havenite Nick Lenczyk said.
Rewind: For Crying Out Santa!
Photo/courtesy of Ann Clark
A reprise, just because … this solitary Santa trauma was just too classic not to repeat. ‘Tis the season, after all. And, with this reprise, we kick off our Santa trauma series … just for fun. Really. Send us your most classic “happy Santa/miserable child” pics. There’s one in every photo album! Email yours to evd@rfhretro.com … We have mounted quite a collection, so don’t be left out!
Ho, ho, hoooooo and here we go again with a classic misery-doesn’t-love- Santa’s-company shot.
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Getting Festive in Fair Haven: Lights, Stroll, Santa!
It’s Santa and stroll time tonight in Fair Haven.
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Retro Waiting for Santa Time in Fair Haven
Photo/Elaine Van Develde
Santa Claus is coming to downtown Fair Haven Friday night, and he’s gonna help light things up for the holiday season.
As it usually stands to reason for the season, families valiantly try to coordinate those classic photos for the ol’ memory album.
Though, it’s always fun to catch them trying to set up the pose with the typical snafus — cranky kids, losing a little balance and all saying “Cheese … and don’t drop the child!” for that camera at the same time, toothy grins intact.
So, the Retro Pic of the Day honors that time-honored moment of the pose set-up with a Fair Haven family at last year’s tree lighting.
Well, they still look pretty good … Cheese and Santa!
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Retro Fair Haven Reindeer Games
Photo/Elaine Van Develde
With the end of Thanksgiving gatherings comes the start of not only the holiday shopping season, but festivities galore.
So, the Retro Pic of the Day offers one cute glimpse back to 2015 and some young ones playing reindeer games of their own sort at the Fair Haven tree lighting, which is coming up on Friday.
This little gaggle of giddy girls, and a guy, was quite wide-eyed and waiting to take in some seasonal magic.
The truth is that the magic was all in their eyes.
Recognize these little reindeer?
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- In Memoriam: Longtime Area Municipal and Land Use Attorney, Bernie Reilly, 78
- Prosecutor: Area Teen Gets 45 Years for 2022 Shooting Murder
- Scene Around: Clamming Up Among RFH Buds
- Retro Little League Home Run
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Scene Around: RFH Tower Singers’ Holiday High Note
The holidays. They’re something to sing about. And that’s exactly what the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Tower Singers did over the weekend.
All festively dressed up with somewhere to go, the singers took their songs to the streets and other places in the area to serenade many and spread some holiday cheer. They do it every year.
This year, the Santa-hatted Tower Singers strolled and sang starting in the morning at St. George’s-by-the-River Episcopal Church in Rumson at the church’s Canterbury Christmas event. By about 11 a.m., they singers were on their way to Ce La Vi on Monmouth Street in Red Bank. No, they didn’t stroll all the way there, but … they did have some brunch — and a little bonding.
After brunch the Tower Singers did a caroling kind of stroll from the restaurant to Riverside Gardens Park on Front Street where they sang for the Red Bank Holiday Harmonies program at 1 p.m. And finally, the singers strolled to Broad Street to sing in front of the Red Bank Artists’ Collective, also for the Red Bank program.
Now that’s some holiday cheer with a song — or several! Cheers to the Tower Singers!
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Retro RFH Staged ‘Girls on the Beach’ Chillin’
Photo/George Day
A classic reprise to take the fall chill out …
Helloooooo hurtful sting of the late fall chill. There’s nothing better to warm an RFH soul than a funny staged moment of some hot girls on the beach — RFH stage.
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