Why Music?

Music is a Science

Music is Mathematical.

Music is a Foreign Language.

Music is History.

Music is Physical Education.

Music Develops Insight and Demands Research.

Music is all these things, but most of all ..

Music is Art.

And So Much More!

Music makes us human so we will recognize beauty.

So we will be closer to an infinite beyond this world.

So we will have something to cling to.

So we will have more love, more compassion, more gentleness, more good.

In short, more LIFE.

The Original Floating Stage

And LIFE in Bemus Point, New York

was 

The Bemus Bay Pops!

The Bemus Bay Pops was often referred to by Dan and Sue Dalpra as Camelot.  The Pops truly encompassed the word and its meaning .. In short, there's simply not a more congenial spot for happily-ever-aftering than here in Camelot.  

Dan and Sue Dalpra

"If they build it, they will come."

And come they did!

In 1998, the Pops was created by Dan and Sue Dalpra, former owners/operators of the Italian Fisherman restaurant.  They experienced great success attracting locals and tourists to the lawns, decks and waters of Bemus Bay.  A series of concerts featured nationally known tribute bands to the Bemus Bay Pops floating stage.  Each weekend through the summer season audiences enjoyed a selection of music spotlighting the eras of disco, rock n' roll, swing, jazz, rock, country, island and Motown. 

The Most Popular Group to Step Onto the Floating Stage?

Boogie! Wonder! Band!

From

Montreal, Canada

Over Labor Day weekend the Bemus Bay Pops Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Bruce Morton Wright and John Marcellus presented a diverse program each season ranging from Gershwin and Sousa to the Beatles including motion picture musical themes.  The Labor Day concerts through the years always featured vocalists who paid tribute to legends such as Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Barbra Streisand. 

The Bemus Bay Pops Symphony Orchestra

and

The Chautauqua Belle

A Perfect Combination!

Remember the Pops!

Remember the Sunsets!

Cherish the Memories!

.. Many Shared Their Thoughts ..

To summarize .. If you experienced the Pops, then you know and remember .. the magic!  

A magic that added a sense of wonder, excitement and enchantment to our lives.  It sparked imagination, encouraged creativity and allowed us to believe in the extraordinary.  It provided moments of awe and joy, helping us to escape from the mundane and experience a bit of fantasy and mystery in our everyday lives.

The benefits of music in our lives was always front and center to the Pops program on Chautauqua Lake. The Pops helped the community become more aware of those benefits.  

Check out the E-Book 

created 

by

Dan Dalpra, CEO

Floating Stage Productions 

To view the E-Book, visit www.floatingstage.com and tap "Skip to Full Site" located on the upper left of the page.  Once you tap on "Skip to Full Site" tap on the red dot to download the E-Book.