The Elks Lodge will host a communal singing of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ Saturday afternoon. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
Mi, mi, mi….
Warm up your pipes, Red Bank area belters. Here’s your shot at singing on a national platform.
Was last week’s Where just too obvious to bother writing in about? Or did we stump even our Wheregulars?
More than 200 motorcyclists gathered for breakfast at Elks Lodge #233 in Red Bank Sunday morning before heading out on the Raritan Road Runners Motorcycle Club‘s annual “fun run” to raise money for the club’s charitable giving. (Click to enlarge)
Attention motorcyclists: If you’re a rider who’s interested in supporting military veterans or if you’ve ever wondered how to maintain your best poker face while riding into a strong headwind the morning and afternoon of Sunday, August 28 may reveal the answers. [UPDATE: Event rescheduled for Saturday, September 3, because of Tropical Storm Irene]
That’s when Red Bank Elks Lodge #233 joins with some of its brother lodges in Long Branch, Jamesburg and Old Bridge for a fundraising Poker Run.
A cadre of ‘Cousin Eddies’ made their way around Red Bank Saturday night in a successful bid to get loopy and raise some money. (Photos courtesy of Robert Kern. Click to enlarge)
Eighteen area men took to Red Bank’s bars and restaurants dressed in bathrobes and trapper hats Saturday night.
In a twist on Santacon, a somewhat raunchy gathering of faux Santa Clauses held annually in New York and elsewhere, the men did a pub crawl dressed as their favorite movie character: “Cousin Eddie,” from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.”
Led by Chris Kenny of Shrewsbury and Dave Carr of Rumson, the mostly thirty-something robesmen hit more than a dozen watering holes on both sides of town, eating, indulging in cold beverages and shaking a pail all along the way to raise money for the Monmouth Day Care Center.
Get into the zone early, motorists, or get boxed out. (Click to enlarge)
If this is Independence Day weekend, it must be time for redbankgreen‘s annual KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink Survival Guide: all you need to know about getting into Red Bank, enjoying the fireworks and related entertainments, and getting back out safe and sane on Saturday, July 3.
