Local Students to Perform at Farmers Market

Residents attending the second week of the for the first official summer weekend on Saturday can enjoy some tunes from local students and musicians.

Marc Trignano, 18, of Morris Plains, will perform a number of songs with several of his friends from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the platform of the old train station at the corner of Grannis and Jacqui avenues.

Trignano will play with four friends, two of whom attended ; Becky Sheldon of Morris Plains, and Paul Caravaglia of Morristown. He will also be joined by one of his college friends from the University of Scranton, Danny Lamoureux, and his other friend Riley Stallings who will attend SUNY Purchase in the fall.

Residents will be able to enjoy a variety of jazzy rock and jazzy pop music as they walk down Speedwell Avenue to check out the fresh food products from over a half-a-dozen vendors. Trignano said that most of their songs will be their own, but they will add in some covers.

Trignano will sing, and play the guitar and piano, Sheldon will perform with the flute and keyboard, Caravaglia will play the bass and guitar, Lamoureux will be on the drums, and Stallings will play the guitar.

Trignano, who has been making music since his sophomore year of high school, has performed at other Morris Plains Farmer's Markets in past years. He said he usually attends about five Saturday's each year to perform.

The farmers market is held every Saturday from June 16 to Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Trignano said this is the band's first performance this summer, but they are hoping to play at more venues in the area. He said they will be at open mic nights, and they're currently looking for bar gigs.

Trignano was at on June 9, where many local students performed. The event raised more than $600 for Kids Helping Kids, the local peer mentoring program. It was the most money the concert has ever raised in its three years.

Trignano was one of the masterminds behind the concert, after coming up with the idea in 2009 with friends Ian McCleary and Tom Washington.

"We were walking around and looking at all the parks and we thought, we have sound systems, we have so many friends that are artists, musicians, that write plays and do all this cool stuff," Trignano said, "and nobody really expresses their talent so we wanted a stage to have people express their talent."

Trignano has since made his mark with music in the Morris Plains community and is most looking forward to Saturday about being around everyone in the area.

"It's always fun, there's always supportive people around," he said. "We appreciate what they do, we appreciate all the locals showing up, and they appreciate the music. It's just a nice community."