Seashore Players to perform 'Willy Wonka' LONG BRANCH - Students of Seashore Day Camp & School in Long Branch are planning to perform "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" on April 12 to benefit the VH1 Save the Music Foundation to help save the music programs at underprivileged schools around the country. The benefit performance by the Seashore Players is set to be held at 1 p.m. at 410 Broadway, and tickets cost $10. The VH1 Save the Music Foundation has successfully restored and sustained instrumental music programs in 1,500 public schools in more than 100 cities across the country. Over the past 10 years, several celebrities have shown their support to the foundation by reaching out to struggling districts in attempts to raise awareness about the importance of music in a child's life, according to a press release from Seashore. "Music is an important part of the curriculum," said John Villapiano, director of Seashore Day Camp & School. "Children express themselves in many ways. Song and dance is a universal language most of them love. "No matter how difficult it has been in school budgeting, we have never cut our humanities program, which includes music," he said, adding, "We've always maintained two music teachers and last year expanded our commitment to the arts by creating Seashore Players." According to Villapiano, the cast of "Willy Wonka" have worked very hard to deliver a performance that will raise the bar of what can be expected from children as young as first grade. Additional performances of "Willy Wonka" are scheduled to be held on April 11 and April 12 at 7 p.m. and on April 13 at 3 p.m. Tickets to the additional performances cost $8. The Seashore School, which opened in 1974, educates students from preschool through grade eight. For more information, call (732) 222-6464 or visit www.seashorecampandschool.com.