A beautiful venue, one of the largest attendances for this concert, great weather, and lively music with a patriotic theme highlighted the Mt. Hood Park Association’s 28th Annual July 4th concert on Thursday evening at Mount Hood Park. This program was supported in part by a grant from the Melrose Arts Council. Ms. Carissa Scudieri, from Wakefield, and a regional winner of many talent contests, opened the concert with her wonderful rendition of the National Anthem and later sung one of the show tunes to a thunderous applause from those in attendance. The Middlesex Concert Band, under the direction of Mark E. Olsen, provided spirited arrangements of many patriotic and show tunes to the enthusiastic approval of the audience. This was a remarkable performance by the band given that they had played at previous venues earlier in the day in temperatures exceeding 90 degrees!
The festivities began with introductory remarks by Association president, Myron F. Dittmer, Jr. and Ward 6 Alderman, Peter Mortimer. Dittmer extended the good wishes of Mayor Robert Dolan and other city officials to all in attendance for a safe and happy July 4th celebration.
The final and most exciting song of the evening included the band’s rendition of” Stars and Stripes” which included our popular “Parade of Children” who waved their American flags while parading around the venue.
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The Association would like to extend our special appreciation to the following companies and organizations that helped make this event such an impressive success this year. They include, Melrose Park Commission, Melrose Park Department, Golf Management Company, LLC (who provided free popcorn and juice for the children), Hillside Printing, LLC, Inc. (who provided the programs), and of course, the Middlesex Concert Band for their extraordinary music presentation.
For more information on the Mt. Hood Park Association, visit our web site at www.mthoodpa.com, contact Myron F. Dittmer, Jr. at (781) 665-8172 or email him at mdittmer@mthoodpa.com.
