New Palisades Music Video on YouTube

The new Palisades music video debuted this week on YouTube with much praise from the Facebook fans who first saw it. The tune was written by Marian Mastrorilli and was performed by Project Mercury.

Marian shared her Palisades musical testimonial with me many years ago. It has always been available in the "Sounds" section of PalisadesPark.com. But as I was re-designing the website a few weeks ago, I listened to her song again and I began to muse how wonderful it would be if her song could be combined with some of the images of Palisades I have collected over the years. I asked Marian for her permission to take on this project and she happily agreed. So after the new website was relaunched I sat down to create the video. I listened to each lyric and matched them to the photographs in my collection. After several days, the video was completed. Shortly after it was uploaded, the comments from the Facebook community began to come in.

"Very nice... Brings a tear to my eye"
"Wonderful, thanks for bringing back the memories!!"
"Beautiful song!"
"Outstanding, what a trip back in time."

 "OMG!!! That was incredible! the things I thought I forgot but remembered so well with the song..fantastic memories."
"Looking at this video is like watching my childhood being torn down. VERY touching."
"What a trip down memory lane.. nice tribute."

So, the work that it took to create the video was well worth it. Palisades was such a special, magical place to so many people. It's great that we can all share our common experiences and fond memories of our childhood wonderland. Check it out!

In other Palisades news...

The New Web Site: Of course you have probably noticed the new design to the web site. Palisades Amusement Park has had a home on the internet since 1994, when it was originally hosted on America Online. Since then, PalisadesPark.com has become extremely popular for baby boomers, amusement park lovers, and anyone who remembers this classic American fun center.  I will be adding more to the site in the weeks to come and I encourage anyone with any thoughts or comments to please write me.


Internet Radio Show: On Monday, April 26 at 9:00PM, Palisades Amusement Park will be featured on the Internet Radio show RadioOnceMore.com with hosts Neal Ellis and Ken Stockinger. Tune in to radiooncemore.com to hear yours truly, the PalisadesPark.com webmaster, Vince Gargiulo discuss our favorite amusement park. This is guaranteed to be a lot of fun. DON'T MISS IT!

That's about it for the time being. I'll post more news when it becomes available.

Enjoy the memories!


Vince