Kick-off your July 4th week celebration at the historic SunnyBrook Ballroom on Sunday, June 28 at 2 p.m.
Join the crowd in the ballroom for a rousing flag-waving concert of patriotic music with an area favorite the Boyertown Alumni Marching Unit. We’ll even provide the flag. Tickets for the concert are for sale; children under 6 are free.
The Boyertown Alumni Marching Unit formed in 1976 as an all-volunteer, family oriented marching unit. From its first performance in the nation’s Bicentennial Celebration to its latest concert the band has been active throughout the northeast. The Unit also regularly performs in local patriotic and Halloween parades, has presented an annual Holiday Concert since 2004, and gives a scholarship to a Boyertown High School senior each year. In 2010, the Unit received the Tri-County Chamber of Commerce’s James K. Boyer Quality of Life Award.
Special concerts over the years have recognized the contributions of Arlen Saylor and Donald Kuszyk to the Boyertown School District music program, Vietnam and World War II veterans, and those who heroically risked and gave their lives on September 11, 2001. In 2013, the Unit honored Dennis Frey, its first Band Captain and inspiration and driving force throughout its history and in 2014 paid tribute to the Pottstown Band. More about the band: http://bamu.webs.com.
This event is not affiliated with the Pottstown’s Independence Day Ltd.
Please note: our restaurant and lounge are closed for construction, but the Ballroom is still open and we will be sponsoring events and private parties through the renovations.
Reopened in 2008 as an entertainment venue through the work of scores of volunteers from the community, the facility’s casual fine dining restaurant and Chummy’s Lounge was reopened in 2011. The venue is owned and operated by the SunnyBrook Foundation. During the heyday of big band music, the historic ballroom was a regular stop on the tours of all of the era’s big bands. Benny Goodman, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong are just a few of the names of nationally known performers who filled the room with the music of the era.
The venue has hosted political rallies, community meetings, weddings, wedding receptions, class and family reunions, high school proms, and other events.