MONTVILLE, NJ – For Pine Brook resident Ed Alstrom, playing the organ at Yankee Stadium is the fulfillment of a childhood dream.

“I love baseball, and I love being in the seat to do this part of it,” Alstrom recently told CBS. He’s been doing it for 21 years, playing different tunes to lead cheers and jeers, wearing only socks so that he can also play the pedals that playing an organ requires.

The recent interview on channel 2 news occurred because of Alstrom being on the lecture circuit at local libraries, telling about his experiences playing at the stadium.

“I was approached about five years ago by someone at a company who wanted me to present about it,” he said. “Several years later I pitched it to Pam [the programming associate at Montville Township Public Library] and she said yes. It went really well, so I’ve done it about a dozen times.”

At a Caldwell Library lecture, the wife of a producer at CBS News talked to Alstrom’s wife and facilitated the appearance on channel 2.

But Alstrom is very busy in all different venues. The former school teacher plays at assisted living facilities, is the music director and organist at a church, plays piano and guitar at a local temple, and plays solo and in band gigs across northern New Jersey.

When asked about his favorite song – or even his favorite genre of music – he says he has none.

“My favorite song changes every day,” he says. “I love all kinds of music.”

See Alstrom perform live by visiting https://www.edalstrom.com/ .

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Author : Melissa Benno

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