A Local Favorite from The Past Is Still Fondly Remembered

Journeys into Oradell
If one were to look among the list of notables associated with Oradell (Wikipedia) the name is not present. Nor is there much written about him and his connection to town.
But in his time, Fred Kelly was a local legend.
For a couple generations, Mr. Kelly was as much Oradell as Hagler’s, Schrieber’s or the old Grand Union.
To many he was known as the brother of actor-dancer Gene Kelly. But to many others he was Fred Kelly - THE Fred Kelly - of the Fred Kelly Dance Studio.
To this day generations still recall their experience as students at the Fred Kelly Dance School.
Today there is a Fred Astaire Dance School location at the site of the old A&P on Kinderkamack. So, the tradition of Dance continues.
Every time I pass the Fred Astaire location I think of Fred Kelly.
Those shadows did not extend to Oradell. Even today Fred is still fondly remembered here, almost 40 years since he was last in town.
Acknowledgement for source materials and image : A Trip Down Memory Lane from which the background on Fred Kelly was taken. http://greatentertainersarchives.blogspot.com/2013/06/fred-kelly-dancing-in-shadows.html