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Longboat Key Harbor hosts toe-tapping good time

Longboat Harbour residents Jan Ortmann and Bob Geraci put on a concert for their fellow residents March 31.


  • By Anna Brugmann
  • | 8:32 p.m. March 31, 2017
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For their third annual concert event, Jan Ortmann and Bob Geraci decided to mix it up for their fellow residents.

"If you came here to hear classical music," Geraci told the audience, "you'll hear some, but you wan't hear it all night long."

This year, Ortmann and Geraci added some more compositions from Rodgers & Hammerstein. They also incorporated an audience activity into the program.

The pair would play a few bars from a familiar songs, after which the audience would attempt to guess the title of the composition.

Those who knew the songs hummed the remaining bars after Ortmann and Geraci had stopped while those who were stumped laughed nervously.

Geraci said it was hard for him to believe the event was indeed in its third year.

"But time marches on," Geraci said with a laugh.

Jan Ortmann and Bob Geraci
Jan Ortmann and Bob Geraci
Residents enjoyed sweet treats during the intermission.
Residents enjoyed sweet treats during the intermission.
Tom and Mary Drugan
Tom and Mary Drugan
Millie Gottesman and Frank Perricone
Millie Gottesman and Frank Perricone
Mary Ellen Totten and Amy Roth
Mary Ellen Totten and Amy Roth
Jim Vinci, Kathleen McCartin and JoAnne Vinci
Jim Vinci, Kathleen McCartin and JoAnne Vinci
Mary Borman and Art Borman
Mary Borman and Art Borman
Nancy Goff and Bob Mitchell
Nancy Goff and Bob Mitchell
Ramona and Fred Persan
Ramona and Fred Persan
Ingrid Wisniewski, Madeline Raftery, MaryAnn Simpson and Ken Simpson
Ingrid Wisniewski, Madeline Raftery, MaryAnn Simpson and Ken Simpson
Lorraine and Murray Brooks
Lorraine and Murray Brooks
Bob Geraci performs for his fellow Longboat Harbour residents.
Bob Geraci performs for his fellow Longboat Harbour residents.
Bob Geraci performs for his fellow Longboat Harbour residents.
Bob Geraci performs for his fellow Longboat Harbour residents.
Jan Ortmann performs for her fellow Longboat Harbour residents.
Jan Ortmann performs for her fellow Longboat Harbour residents.
Donna Birnbaum participates in the name that tune game.
Donna Birnbaum participates in the name that tune game.
Jan Ortmann performs for her fellow Longboat Harbour residents.
Jan Ortmann performs for her fellow Longboat Harbour residents.

 

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