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Lovingly dedicated
to the memory of Helyn Chobocinski
1943-2007 |
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When I first put this page up it was
meant as a tribute to my dear friend
Helyn Chrobocinski. Helyn has since
passed on, but her spirit lives on in my
heart and in the hearts of many local
performers and environmental activists
who were honored to know her. She did
get to see this page before she passed,
and we enjoyed many hours reminiscing
about our great times working and
singing together.
I have been an active and proud member of
Monmouth County
Friends Of Clearwater for
many years. During this time I helped
book the entertainment for the
Clearwater Festival At Sandy Hook (now
the
Clearwater
Festival At Asbury Park),
performed regularly and served on the
Board Of Directors.
Hope you enjoy these pix of some of the
highlights of those years! Click on any
to view larger version.
(If anyone has any pix to add here
please
contact me!!!) |
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Al-Vis, Helyn Chrobocinski and Rich
Chrobocinski 1997. Helyn was president
of MCFC for many years and an extremely
active member. Also a very talented
signer with a great voice!!! |
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Clearwater organization founder Pete
Seeger, Helyn and John Kapkar. John
worked on the Entertainment Committee
with us for many years and set the
standard for excellent stage management
which continues through today.
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Steve Forbert, Vini Lopez, Helyn
Chrobocinski, Dawne Allynne 2003 |
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Danny Gallagher, Al-Vis 1988. Danny is
the person who originally introduced me
to Helyn. |
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Helyn with Clearwater Festival At Sandy
Hook founder Bob Killian. In addition to
being a founding member of Monmouth
County Friends Of Clearwater, Helyn was
also at the founding of the Jersey Shore
Jazz and Blues Festival in 1988. |
Al-Vis 1988 (I had just injured my foot
a week earlier but decided to soldier on
and perform with 3 different bands that
year!)
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Chik-A-Boom 1997. L-R: John Cavallo,
Mark Cavallo, Al-Vis, Pat Killeen
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Program schedule for 1991 tribute to
David Shearn at the Court Tavern in New
Brunswick, which raised $ for
Clearwater, David's favorite charity. |
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Al-Vis w/ assorted members of the Hudson
River Sloop Singers sometime in the
1990's. I have performed occasionally
with the Sloop Singers, who were formed
by some friends of Pete Seeger to
perform at the festival and other events
to promote environmental
awareness. |
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Frequent festival attendee Bruce
Springsteen with Helyn in 2001.
Springsteen made a surprise impromptu
appearances that year and did a full
acoustic set, performing right in the
middle of "The Circuit" he writes about
in his songs! |
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