b'BHMonday- Friday Flexible 3, 4 & 5 day programsExtended day hours 7 am- 6 pmInnovative CurriculumBrand new state of the art facilityFollowing all Covid-19 guidelinesFor more informationCall: 973-763-7455Deena Shoshkes and Jon Fried, December 2021. Photo by Donny Levit. visit our website: www.kinderganpreschool.orgthing to say. them for the song." The way Shoshkes Since Shoshkes grew up in Southand Fried share the story gives a sense113 Parker Avenue - MaplewoodOrange,Millburnwassomewhatfa- oftheplayfulexchangesthattookFrumie Bogomilsky- Directormiliar territory. We were married onplace early on between the couple andMS Early Childhood- SP.EDMayhew Drive in my parents houseremains evident when discussing their [inSouthOrange],saysShoshkes.music and personal history.We were not the type to have a bigI was always a music person. My wedding at all. We just wanted it verymother says I was rocking my head in simple. She attended both South Or- the crib, says Shoshkes, who started angeElementarySchoolandSouthpiano lessons at age nine. I had a run OrangeJuniorHighSchool(nowinwiththeorchestrateacherinju- Join us in Celebration of thecalled South Orange Middle School).nior high school. She was very stern, Its funnyour sons both played inand I didnt have a lot of self-control.high holy daysthe Youth Orchestra of Essex County,Shoshkesplayedforschoolmusicals which used to rehearse in the [middleand went into the city on the week- St. Patricks Dayschool] auditorium there, she says. Iendstostudysinging,composition,Thursday, March 17 would go to drop them off and pickand improvisation.themupanditlookedexactlytheGrowingupinSouthernCalifor- May your thirstsame as when Id gone there. nia, Fried was surrounded by music at Shoshkes graduated from Colum- an early age. His father, Gerald Fried,for lifebiaHighSchoolbeforeattendingis a well-known Hollywood composernever run dryBrown University, where she studiedwhowrotescoresfortelevisionand compositionandethnomusicology.film,includingGilligansIsland,StarExperience the best ofShe met Fried during her early yearsTrek, Roots, and Mission: Impossible. Irelands Pub traditionsat Brown, where they became creativeMy dad was studying at JuilliardFamily Friendly and life partners. andhangingoutinthevillagewithGood CheerBefore they even called themselvessome artsy peopleone of whom was theCucumbers,ShoshkesandFriedStanley Kubrick, says Fried. KubrickYour Choice!collaboratedonMyBoyfriendwas still a photographer for Look Mag- Authentic Irish Cuisine, Irish Coffee,Dine with us indoors fireside their song that would become a Cu- azine, and he said [to my dad] WouldFine Wines and Irish Whiskeycumbersclassicandmakewavesonyou write music? And my dad said,worthy of Celtic Kings or in our outdoor heated tent. the college radio charts. I was play- Well,Iveneverwrittenanymovie ing these four chords, and Deena wasmusic. And Kubrick said, Well, Ive playing the riff, says Fried. never made a movie. So my dad wrote167 Maplewood AvenueI had a typewriter and was writingthe music to Kubricks first half dozenMaplewood Village 973-378-2222journal type entries or free verse, saysmovies.Shoshkes.Ipilferedit,saysFried,FriedsfirstbandwasaMonkeesST. JAMESS GATE APPAREL AND GIFT CARDS AVAILABLEwith a laugh. I looked at [the words]cover band with neighborhood kids. Istjamesgatepublickhouse.comand I just decided I was going to usewanted to learn the bass. I wanted to feature story /23'