{"id":789,"date":"2014-09-10T00:34:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T04:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=789"},"modified":"2014-09-10T00:36:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T04:36:50","slug":"noise-ordinance-suspended-for-bricks-high-school-marching-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2014\/09\/noise-ordinance-suspended-for-bricks-high-school-marching-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"Noise Ordinance Suspended for Brick’s High School Marching Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Brick Memorial Marching Mustangs band. (Photo: Brick Memorial Marching Mustangs)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Brick Township council on Tuesday night suspended the township\u2019s noise ordinance for the marching bands at Brick Township High School and Brick Memorial High School a week after a controversy erupted when neighboring residents complained about the sound generated by Memorial\u2019s outdoor practices.<\/p>\n

The council voted unanimously to suspend the noise ordinance for both bands\u2019 practices, rehearsals, performance and festivals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want the band to play, we want the kids to be involved in this program,\u201d said Mayor John Ducey, who worked with schools superintendent Dr. Walter Uszenski to develop a schedule dictating the ordinance suspension.<\/p>\n

Kevin Starkey, the township attorney, said the time aspect of the ordinance will not be suspended, but the sound level portions will. The ordinance\u2019s most restrictive regulations come after 10 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe resolution sets forth very specific dates and times that were provided by the Board of Education,\u201d said Starkey.<\/p>\n

The dates include times when the band practices, rehearses and performs, according to Ducey. The latest the band will be able to play under the ordinance suspension is 9 p.m. and the earliest time requested was 12 noon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis band is very important to all of these children and all of the parents,\u201d said Shannon Christensen, a parent of a student who plays with the Marching Mustangs band. \u201cThese are 93 children who could be doing things far worse than standing in a parking lot playing music.\u201d<\/p>\n

The suspension of the ordinance effectively ends last week\u2019s controversy. Uszenski said the neighbors who complained last week have long had issues with the band playing outdoors. Previously, he and other officials said, the band forged an agreement with the neighbors that stated they would practice in varying portions of the school grounds so as not to direct all of the sound in one direction, however a scrimmage at the Memorial football field last week forced the band to revert back to an old position which prompted neighbors to call the police department. That resulted in a media frenzy which culminated with Ducey appearing on New Jersey 101.5 radio after a morning show host gave out his phone number.<\/p>\n

About 30 band parents from both high schools who attended Tuesday night\u2019s meeting clapped after the vote was taken.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad our administrations were able to work together on this,\u201d said Councilman Bob Moore, referencing the cooperation between the municipal government and school district.<\/p>\n

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