The Upstage Club

THIS IS THE LATEST NEWSLETTER SENT OUT FOR FEBRUARY 2008.

AS UPDATED THE MOST CURRENT NEWSLETTER WILL APPEAR HERE!!! FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS LINK WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT ALL OUR RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Dear Upstage Club Member,
Greetings! I would like to announce what a great success the John Luraschi Tribute was! If you missed it you can visit our forums and photo sections to catch up, and if you did make it be sure you post your own photos and comments, we’d love to hear them!
You can visit our EVENTS page for more info on ways you can still contribute!!!

Vintage Upstage Club T-shirts featuring John Luraschi, Bruce, and Big Bobby Williams on the back)are still available until further notice!So if you missed out on the event you can order online!The techincal difficulties should be fixed and the ordering process should go smoothly now! In the event you encounter problems please don’t hestiate to let us know so we can correct it as soon as possible!

If you know of an UPcoming Event that should be posted on the EVENTS page please feel free to make suggestions and let us know!

Due to the reuniting of even more Upstage Alumni, we have found three new people from the photo collection!!! Hopefully they will join the site forums soon!It was a very productive trip and truly special to be able to meet so many in person!I look forward to the next time I am able to travel to NJ!!!

In case you might have heard, I was in fact on radio station 101.5 with Dennis in NJ on the way to the Airport, and was able to speak about John’s wonderful tribute as well as the website! It was a great opportunity (and hopefully not the last) to draw attention to the history and rising of Asbury Park’s entertainment district.

Regarding the position of the building and the city’s present state of affairs resulting from the management change in the waterfront developement:
Several new aquaintances from this trip could possibly open doors for the preservation of our Upstage Club Building. Nothing is concrete however with the shift of the city’s redevelopement plans and goals, it could possibly be that they are interested in the history contained as well as the possible draw for the city’s tourism.

After reading what they have announced on thier website and also to the Asbury Park Press and other publications, it would seem that the Upstage and it’s importance would fit right into thier new vision for the downtown area and the overall success of the town.

However, only time will tell if they are truly interested in integrating the building and the Club back into the city’s functions! The fact that the building has remained untouched even to today is very encouraging. Let us all put our heads together for the best most feasable way to save the building for the better,to emphasize the history of Asbury as well as bolstering the economy of the town.

This year is sure to be very interesting and hopefully fruitful.

Thanks so much for your continued support and interest!!!

Sincerely,

Carrie Potter-Devening