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april 1 intro.jpg (61380 bytes)12 YEARS IN THE MAKING

The live broadcast was a celebration of the accomplishments of Mark Edwards and his program, Sock Hop Saturday Night. Over the course of the twelve year run, some impressive statistics were set:

As of 576 shows...
equates to over 2,700 on-air hours....
equates to over 40,500 songs played....
equates to over 30,750 requests honored.

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Outside the Elks Lodge in Southampton, the WLNG bus stands ready to send the fun and excitement back to the main studios for broadcast to all of eastern Long Island, Southern Connecticut and Rhode Island, plus across the country and around the world via WLNG.com and their live streaming audio. Larry O'Neill checks out the bus in the right hand photo. Mark Edwards photos.
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Inside the crowd gets up on the dance floor as Mark Edwards (left) and Executive Producer Larry O'Neill look on. The dance floor was busy for practically the entire four hour remote.

Dana Calio photo
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LEFT: Mark with WLNG's Dana Calio who engineered the event, and long time fan and friend from Connecticut Carl Sicinski.

RIGHT: Mark with Sandra from the Southampton Press.
Larry O'Neill photos
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LEFT: Mark with a fan who, along with her husband, made the trip all the way from Providence, Rhode Island, just to be part of the festivities

RIGHT: Mark with John Dow, the Exalted Ruler of the Elks Lodge 1574 in Southampton. Larry O'Neill photos
april 1 005_150.jpg (30498 bytes) april 1 006_150.jpg (29978 bytes) Some shots of the crowd that came out to join the celebration and dance the night away. The hall was filled and extra tables were brought out at one point. Mark Edwards photos.
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april-1-013_150.gif (12544 bytes) april 1 018_150.jpg (30316 bytes) RIGHT: In addition to several excellent door prizes awarded that night was this beautiful, exclusive, one of a kind 12th Anniversary Commemorative wall clock, which was raffled off. The proceeds were presented to the Elks Lodge later in the evening. The holder of the winning ticket was Evelyn from right in Southampton.
Larry O'Neill photos.
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Mark, Larry O'Neill and Carl Sicinski enjoy a day off the following Sunday in Port Jeff and a leisurely cruise across the sound on the P.T. Barnum, one of three Port Jefferson ferries.

Left: Larry O'Neill photo. Center & right: Mark Edwards photo