Be sure to catch the T & D Connection, good friends of Anthony's, performing LIVE at Egypt Nightclub on the Delaware Avenue/Columbus Boulevard waterfront in Philadelphia, PA on Sunday, July 20, 2003, between 6-10pm!!!
Click here to listen to the Hip-POP favorite "Pop" by *N Sync. This song was the second performance single released by Randominity and basically sums up the group's feelings about everything.
The five fellas are chilling here up against a wall in their high school during a February 2003 photo shoot. Although very Backstreet Boyish in nature, Randominity has clearly laid its own foundation and style through singing and dancing. From left to right: Nick, Josh, Ernie, Sean, and Anthony.
These young gentlemen live in a small township outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania called Ridley, located within Delaware County. The primary reason for the group's existence is to perform in order to collect charity for such organizations as the National Children's Leukemia Foundation.
Hip-POP, the genre of music created by Randominity, blends Pop and Hip-Hop flavor. It has the "sugar sound" of Pop with a nice mixture of Hip-Hop rhythm. In the opinion of Randominity, Hip-POP may one day be nationally recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America as a legitimate form of music.
Randominity performed for the very first time in early April 2001 during a karaoke show sponsored by Ridley High School called L.I.P. Service. The group danced to "The Call" by The Backstreet Boys, which at the time was a chart-topping hit. Although the guys did not win anything at the contest, they made their debut on a grand stage and won the admiration of their peers.
Several weeks following L.I.P. Service, Randominity again danced at the 2001 Ridley Soph Hop. As a result of Sean being a freshman, only Nick, Josh, Ernie, and Anthony performed; however, they did not disappoint. Everyone cheered for the group as the performance was caught on tape just like L.I.P. Service was.
In the opening weeks of the summer of 2001, Ernie, Josh, and Nick received the opportunity to perform at their friend's birthday party. At her request, the members tore up the place with a three-man version of "The Call," which turned out to be a complete success despite the absence of Sean and Anthony.
Throughout the remainder of the summer of 2001, bands like *N Sync and The Backstreet Boys continued to make great songs. Randominity was no different. Everytime the group went bowling at Sproul Lanes in Springfield, PA, they would set up outside the bowling alley and dance to "The Call" and sing to other pop favorites, every now and then getting a small crowd to watch. The group truly was living up to its name due to the "randomness" of their late-night performances.
He was one man and all, but Anthony took it upon himself to heat up the Jersey coastline in the summer of 2002. Randominity had spent a considerable amount of time learning the dance routine to their second song "Pop" by *N Sync. The group was scheduled to perform the song at the 2002 L.I.P. Service at Ridley High School. Much to their dismay, the show never took place for various reasons; as a result, Anthony, for one, did not want all of the group's hard work on "Pop" to go to waste. So, if he couldn't find an audience, he was determined to make audiences watch. While taking random day trips to such New Jersey shore points as Wildwood, Ocean City, and Sea Isle, Anthony would be asked to perform "Pop" for his peers and girls him and his friends had just met at the beach. Not hesitating at all, Anthony answered the call of duty and represented Randominity well in his random dancing in New Jersey, and the summer of 2002 will be forever remembered as one of the greatest of all time in his life.
Anthony was just getting warmed up with his New Jersey performances. During the week of July 22, 2002, Anthony and his family took a vacation to Florida and a cruise to the Bahamas. While on the cruise ship, there was a Guest Talent Show on the final full day. Of course, being the crazy Italian that he is, Anthony entered the show with dancing on his mind. He just happened to bring along some *N Sync CDs, and one of which was "Celebrity," the album that features "Pop." So, Anthony performed the pop hit in front of a packed auditorium filled with approximately 700 to 900 people, only two of which he knew (his parents). He absolutely electrified the room with his hip-hop dancing, although intimidation did slightly play a role. At one point in the song immediately before the famous "Egyptian dance number," the crowd was so loud that he was unable to hear the song and actually had to go faster as a result of missing some of the beats. In the end, everyone gave him a standing ovation, satisfied with his spectacular show.
The group's most recent event took place on Saturday, August 24, 2002 at MacDade Bowling Alley. The show started at 9:45pm, during Rock N Glow, and it lasted about 45 minutes. Charity was collected at the front desk on a voluntary basis for the National Children's Leukemia Foundation. Through the help of MacDade Bowling Alley and everyone who donated to this great cause, $125 was successfully raised. To all who dove into their pockets and gave to something in need of financial support, we sincerely thank you for your effort and the big hearts all of you have. You are truly great people.
If you attend Ridley High School, come check out Anthony perform every Monday and flex day from January 2003 to April 2003 in room B107 during first period for his English class. At the request of his teacher, Miss Kravchuk, he is to perform weekly and will try to wake up the class.
Select members of Randominity performed on the Spirit of Philadelphia cruise ship on Friday, April 4, 2003. There were karaoke shows and freestyle dance displays. If you were in the Ridley Class of 2003, hopefully you came out and experienced the thrill of Randominity in Philadelphia.
To kick off Spring Break 2003, Anthony did so in exciting fashion by dancing to "Pop" at the Springfield Country Club in Springfield, PA on Saturday, April 12, 2003 at 11:30 PM. Although the audience did not really constitute many young people, the small show was enjoyed by all. Anthony would like to once again personally thank the unidentified D.J.who played the song for him.
On Friday, May 9, 2003 Randominity invaded the Wanamaker's Crystal Tea Room LIVE in downtown Center City Philadelphia, PA on the night of the 2003 Ridley Senior Prom. This performance was the FINAL TIME Randominity, as a labeled group, would ever grace a local stage. Ridley's grandest social event of the year was nothing short of spectacular as Anthony of Randominity busted out "Pop" on the DJ's stage for the 1,000 plus on hand. To his and everyone else's surprise, a special "guest dancer" assisted him midway through the song. It turns out the person was Tony of JMW Entertainment and of the group Invision. He was absolutely sensational in his rhythm, and the tandem gave the crowd, in particular the ladies, what they wanted! You didn't wanna miss this!
On Saturday, July 5, 2003, Randominity released its debut album titled "The Randomness of It All" featuring the group's concert songs that have been performed in the past.
Randominity was featured in the Delaware County edition of Under 21 Magazine in the September 2002 issue. The Dance Section includes a write-up on page 17 about the group's show at MacDade Bowling Alley. Click here to read the article that was written by Carolyn Caton of Under 21 Magazine. Also, be sure to pick up the FREE publication at a local business near you or from one of Under 21 Magazine's promoters: Anthony Albanese, Jayci Mollicella, Darla Jean Olson, Amanda Smith, Michele Demsky, Lindsey Kohl, Gigi, Gabrielle S., or Joe Spross.
Volume 37 of the Ridley High School yearbook Archive will feature Randominity in the Senior Section. Purchase this award-winning publication to see everyone's favorite pop dance group!
Current songs that Randominity dances to:
The most historic picture in Randominity's archive of photographs is clearly this one. Taken in early April 2001, Randominity is seen here performing for the first time anywhere to "The Call" at the last L.I.P Service held at Ridley High School.
Pictured above is the developer of this website, Randominity member Anthony Albanese. Anthony is gazing into the digital camera, absolutely thrilled by what he has received in terms of presents earlier on Christmas Day 2001. (Please take note of the Santa Claus featured in the corner of the photograph simply because it was not meant to be in the background. So, yes, you are getting a treat. Don't be too happy.)
Anthony is shown here performing "Pop" for the Guest Talent Show during his July 2002 Bahamas Cruise. The move he is doing is the opening set of claps, leg kicks, and punches.
After the opening lines of "Pop," Anthony decided to strip a little: down to the Orlando Magic jersey! Were you thinking something else? Such a perverted mind you people have!
Who says Italian white boys can't jump?! Anthony hopes he disproved the naysayers here by "popping" up during the cruise performance. Mike Jordan what, what! (Don't get Anthony confused with Spider Man here; thank you.)
Gettin' down wit' his badself is what Anthony is good for, dirty pop style!
Don't be fooled here! Around Anthony's neck, as well as the other people's necks, is a "participation" medal, not a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. place medal. The certificate was also actually signed by the captain himself, or so they told us.
Seen here are Ernie (left) and Anthony (right) busting out one of their trademark moves known as Stationary Karaoke to "The Call," the first song they performed on August 24, 2002 at MacDade Bowling Alley.
Preparing to execute the Propellor Arms in "Pop," Ernie (left) and Anthony (right) dazzle the audience by "doin' what they like" on that fourth Saturday in August 2002.
The Randominity fellas are gettin' down with their bad selves in "Digital Get Down." This third song during the MacDade Bowling Alley show proved to be one of the most fast-paced performances of the evening. Ernie (left) electrifies the crowd as Anthony (right) heats up the place during this particular chorus number.
The audience could not believe it and neither could Randominity themselves! As a last minute suggestion by Ernie (right), the group decided to wear Ghostbuster outfits while dancing to "Bye Bye Bye." How Random is that?! Anthony (left) sports his white elbow pads to compliment the other authentic accessories.
Anthony (left), Ernie (middle), and Co-Producer Jeff (right) unfortunately give their final "Bye Bye Byes." The night of August 24, 2002 was an extraordinary one and a complete success.
The five guys are brushing up on their famous moves to their debut hit "The Call" here in the Great Hall of Ridley High School where they attend. This picture was one of many in a recent photo shoot during February 2003 for the school's yearbook publication Archive. Green Raider, the school's newspaper, also took photographs for Randominity on the same day. From left to right: Nick, Josh, Sean, Ernie, and Anthony.
For all of your encouragement, support, belief, hard-work, advice, guidance, favors, and taking the time to help us achieve what we wanted to do to help out others as best we could, Randominity would like to deeply and sincerely thank: Bob Pescatore, all employees of MacDade Bowling Alley; Rita Henry, Steve Vitelli, Carolyn Caton, the rest of Under 21 Magazine; Sean D., Billy T., Christian H. (at least you guys thought about it); Dan M., Rob M., Greg I., Christina M., the rest of RPASTKF (for holdin' it down and keepin' it real); Jeff from Massachusetts; D.L. Iacobucci, Inc., including Dean P., Ron I., Sean M., Grace M., Jim M., Ed M. for considering the opportunity (special thanks also to Dean P. for allowing the ad to be displayed in your store...oh, and did I also mention that you're the best boss in the entire world!); Backstreet Boys, *N Sync, Darrin Henson (if it wasn't for you guys, we would not exist); the National Children's Leukemia Foundation, any other charities we may ever sponsor in the future (if it wasn't for organizations like these, we would not exist either!).
For every single person who has been and currently is considered a "groupie" of Randominity, we would like to thank you for your enthusiasm, promotion, and for just sticking with us: "Gilbee," "Benji," "Warning Parental Advisory," "Me," "Felix," "Ruby Red Laura," "German Niki," and those other 2 guys (can't forget them!).
For all of those who gave, most importantly, their love and kindness, Randominity would like to once again thank: our families (you never gave up on us), Lori (Ernie's g/f), everyone Ant met on the Bahamas cruise (all of you made the Guest Talent Show that much more special), and God (you gave us life and we "are" because of you...we know you believed in us because we have been and will be successful).
If we have forgotten anyone who should be here (you know who you are), we do apologize.
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