On occasion the RHA receives gifts that pertain to Ramsey history. This April we received a wonderful collection including a scrapbook from Terry Sirota, whose grandfather was conductor of Ramsey’s “Little Symphony”. Terry’s mother Caroline was the piano soloist.
The orchestra was active in the early 1930’s playing at Ramsey H.S. with concerts in Suffern, Paterson and an outdoor concert held at Erskine Lake on July 4th 1932, attended by several thousand people.
Mr. Levane went on to play bass violin for 25 years with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
The Ramsey Little Symphony with conductor Antonio Levane, and on first violin Frank T. Rufner a benefactor of the Orchestra
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The Ramsey Historical Association will be participating in the second annual Northwest Bergen County History Day on Saturday May 19th 2012. Ramsey’s oldest
home, the Old Stone House Museum will be open along with 7 other nearby historical home/museums including the Schoolhouse Museum, John Fell House, The Hermitage, Hopper-Goetschius House, Mahwah Museum, Zabriskie House, and Van Allen House.
Hours will be 10:00 – 4:00 pm and this year in honor of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, each site will feature special exhibits about the Civil War era.
Tickets are $10 and include admission to all 8 sites. Children 12 and under are free. Tickets will be available in advance at the Schoolhouse Museum in Ridgewood or at Abma’s Farm Market in Wyckoff or on site at the locations. For more information call 201-652-7354 or email at info@ridgewoodhistoricalsociety.org.
Map of participating historical sites.
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