9/11 Remembrance Event to be Held at Community Theatre

The Mayo Performing Arts Center and The Arts Council of the Morris Area are organizing a remembrance event to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, to be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 11, at The Community Theatre and at the reflecting pool outside Vail Mansion. Many organizations and individuals from the community, including Mayor Tim Dougherty, will participate.

The press release is below:

In memoriam of the 10th Anniversary of the attacks of September 11th, 2001, The Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) and The Arts Council of the Morris Area will be presenting a free community wide remembrance event on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. at MPAC. This very special evening will unite us all as we remember those lost in the attacks, celebrate their lives along with the cultural diversity of our great country, and the true unity of the people of our own community.

The 7 p.m. program on the MPAC mainstage will include song, dance, speech and more, involving local school children, local officials, religious organizations and community non-profits. It will be followed by a brief outdoor program at the Vail Mansion reflective pool where 64 votives will be lit to remember those 64 people from Morris County whose lives were lost on that tragic day.

MPAC and the Arts Council are working closely with “Tuesday’s Children,” the official non-profit organization that provides programs and services for 9/11 children, families and first-responders. They have given us special permission to include some excerpts from their book, “The Legacy Letters,” and have allowed us to have them available in the lobby for purchase with all proceeds going to 9/11 family programs.

Slated to participate will be:
-The New Jersey Youth Choir
-The Cavalry Baptist Church of Morristown
-St. Peter’s Episcopal Church of Morristown
-Temple B’Nai Or of Morristown
-Morristown Mayor Timothy Dougherty
–Neighborhood House
-Singer songwriter Mark Conklin performing his original song – September 12th
-Oral excerpts from “The Legacy Letters” a book written by 9/11 victims children and families
-Mayo Performing Arts Company and Performing Arts School students, along with other guest performers, singing “America Rising,” an original song written by Sharilyn Pitifer – Minetti on September 11, 2001.