REMEMBRANCE

"ACAPPELLA EXCELLENCE"

REMEMBRANCE WAS VOTED THE UNITED IN GROUP HARMONY ASSOCIATION 2002 ACAPELLA GROUP OF THE YEAR !!!!          REMEMBRANCE WAS VOTED THE UNITED IN GROUP HARMONY ASSOCIATION 2002 ACAPELLA GROUP OF THE YEAR !!!!        

GROUP HISTORY

"REMEMBRANCE' WAS FORMED IN 1993 AND HAS BECOME ONE OF THE TOP ACAPPELLA GROUPS IN THE NEW YORK - NEW JERSEY AREA.   ORIGINAL MEMBERS SANDRA GOMEZ, JIMIE "CEE" CECENIA, TONY GOMEZ, ALONG WITH JOHN HUDAK AND JOHNNY DETELLIS MAKE UP THE CURRENT GROUP.

THE GROUP HAS PERFORMED AT DOZENS OF MAJOR VENUE'S OVER THE YEARS INCLUDING WCBS-FM RADIO WITH COUSIN BRUCIE, THE EUGENE O'NEIL THEATRE (NYC) IN THE PLAY "GREASE', RICHARD NADER'S SUMMER BLAST CONCERTS AT THE MEADOWLANDS RACETRACK IN NJ, MULTIPLE APPEARANCES AT LEAD EAST CAR SHOWS IN PARSIPPANY, NJ. AND SEVERAL HARMONY SWEEPSTAKES AT THE SYMPHONY SPACE THEATRE IN NYC.   

"REMEMBRANCE" HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO NUMEROUS BENEFIT SHOWS OVER THE YEARS, SUCH AS, THE AMERICAN CANCER ASSOC., MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION, THE LONG ISLAND CHAPTER FOR RETARDED CHILDREN AND MANY OTHERS.  THEY HAVE ALSO APPEARED ON SEVERAL TV SHOWS INCLUDING NEW JERSEY'S SPOTLIGHT TV HOSTED BY RONNIE "I" AND CTV HOSTED BY VITO PICCONE IN STATEN ISLAND.  THEY ALSO HAVE APPEARED ON MANY RADIO SPOTS INCLUDING WBLJ (HAZLET, NJ), MICKEY B'S JUKEBOX REVIEW, WGBB (BABALON, NY) AND DON K. REED'S 'DOO WOP SHOP".  

THE GROUP HAS BEEN A MAJOR SUPPORTER OF THE UNITED IN GROUP HAMONY ASSOCIATION (UGHA) OVER THE YEARS.  THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES HAVE EARNED THE THE GUS GOSSERT ROOKIE GROUP OF THE YEAR IN 1995 AND MOST RECENTLY, THE SONNY TIL MEMORIAL AWARD FOR ACAPELLA GROUP OF THE YEAR IN 2002.  

"REMEMBRANCE' PRODUCED A CD IN 1996 FEATURING TWO ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS WRITTEN BY TONY GOMEZ, "OH BABY DON'T GO" AND "THERE'S A CHANGE IN YOU" ON THEIR OWN RECORD LABEL, ACOUSTI-PELLA RECORDS.  TONY ALSO WROTE JINGLES FOR DON K. REED AND MICKEY B.  

THE GROUP IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SECOND CD THAT SHOULD BE RELEASED SOMETIME IN 2003.

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