{"id":33067,"date":"2024-05-01T15:40:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T15:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=33067"},"modified":"2024-05-01T15:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T15:40:50","slug":"the-tour-of-notable-homes-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=33067","title":{"rendered":"The Tour of Notable Homes is Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>BEST FRIENDS Members of the Friends of NJ Festival Orchestra gather to plan the 2024 Tour of Notable Homes\u00a0to benefit the New Jersey Festival Orchestra.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From L\u00a0to R:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Julie Billings, Miriam Gabriel, Regina Kelley, Kris Luka, Carol Tener, Mary McEnerney, Nicole Dossin, Shuang Guo Wroe ( co-chair), Lee Corcoran, Jackie Safran, Veena Upadhyay ( co-chair), Pam Vanecek.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Friends of New Jersey Festival Orchestra, the auxiliary and fund raising arm of the orchestra, has announced that the renowned Tour of Notable Homes will resume this year. Five magnificent Westfield residences will generously open their doors to benefit the NJ Festival Orchestra\u2019s outreach and music therapy programs on Saturday, May 11th, 2024, Mother\u2019s Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter three years of pandemic interruption, this much-anticipated local tradition is finally back,\u201d according to Shuang Guo Wroe, Friends\u2019 Co-President. \u201cThere is an increasing diversity of outstanding architecture and stylish d\u00e9cor in our community just waiting to be seen. This year\u2019s event reflects the area\u2019s rich architectural history, as well as showcasing some of the hottest new properties, architects and interior designers in the Westfield area,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>People who love grand homes, and families looking for something fun to do together to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day will have a treat in store. \u201cThis year\u2019s tour presents a stylish medley of five magnificent Westfield residences &#8212; each with a different history, some with noteworthy renovations, all in different genres and each with plenty of appeal,\u201d added Veena Upadhyay, Friends\u2019 Co-President.<\/p>\n<p>The tour also presents live music provided by gifted musicians from the Junior Musical club in Westfield.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Upadhyay explains that the home tour raises key revenue for the orchestra. She expressed appreciation to the homeowners for generously opening their homes to benefit the orchestra, which in turn adds significant value to communities of central New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Home Tour is a critical element of the funding mix that\u2019s necessary to operate the orchestra, and bring acclaimed professional soloists to the area,\u201d explained Music Director David Wroe.\u00a0 \u201cSupplemental fund raising is necessary because only about a third of our revenue comes from the sale of tickets. Income from the Home Tour will also\u00a0support our important educational outreach and music therapy programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the 2024 Tour of Notable Homes are $50 in advance, $55 on tour day. Purchase tickets online at\u00a0www.njfestivalorchestra.org. Tickets are also available at Baron\u2019s Pharmacy in Westfield and Christoffers in Mountainside.\u00a0For more information go to\u00a0www.njfestivalorchestra.org\u00a0or visit the Friends of NJ Festival Orchestra on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEST FRIENDS Members of the Friends of NJ Festival Orchestra gather to plan the 2024 Tour of Notable Homes\u00a0to benefit the New Jersey Festival Orchestra. From L\u00a0to R: Julie Billings, Miriam Gabriel, Regina Kelley, Kris Luka, Carol Tener, Mary McEnerney, Nicole Dossin, Shuang Guo Wroe ( co-chair), Lee Corcoran, Jackie Safran, Veena Upadhyay ( co-chair), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"post_flags":[],"class_list":["post-33067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-westfield-local"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33109,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33067\/revisions\/33109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33067"},{"taxonomy":"post_flag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_flags&post=33067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}