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FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 3, 2021
Vol. 21 No. 9
Artists find another way Musicians, actors and other performers adapt to the pandemic By KATE NAlEPINKSI and BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
While the coronavirus pandemic closed curtains on Broadway, unplugged massive music venues and forced smaller ones to close for good, actors, musicians and other perfor mers didn’t stop creating and sharing their art. For some, shutdowns led to new opportunities, as they channeled their creativity to showcase their work from home on platforms like Zoom. That was the case for roughly 150 student musicians in the East A musician has Meadow School Dis- ARIZoNA more time to create trict, who recently When the panlINDSEY took part in the first demic hit, country Performance Readi- Singer-songwriter singer-songwriter ness Workshop, hostArizona Lindsey, a ed by the Nassau native of LindenMusic Educators Association. hurst, was winding up a crossFrom February 5 to 7, the stu- country tour, performing songs dents played alongside peers from her album “The Castle You from other county school dis- Built Me,” while also studying tricts and performed for profes- for a master’s in clinical mental sional musicians from the New York Philharmonic, the Houston Continued on page 3
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Today, schoolwork. Tomorrow, careers. On the final day of Spirit Week, Feb. 12, fifth-graders at Bowling Green Elementary School dressed up in what they hope will be their future work clothes.
E. Meadow splits first two games Girls’ basketball team is back on the court By ToNY BEllISSIMo tbellissimo@liherald.com
Running intramurals for a couple of months before highrisk sports were given the green light to play helped members of East Meadow’s girls’ basketball team work themselves into shape for a condensed season. “We’re trying to squeeze eight games into a little more than three weeks and playing with masks on, so those intra-
murals really helped us prepare,” Jets head coach Peter Olenik said. “The girls are resilient and excited to be playing. I’m most excited for the seniors to get some games in, because for a long time it didn’t look like anything was going to happen.” East Meadow split its first two games. It defeated Hicksville, 54-28, in the opener on Feb. 11, and then lost to Oceanside, 46-34, on Feb. 16. Senior Rhoda Williams scored in double fig-
ures in both games, hitting for 10 against Hicksville and 12 against Oceanside. Eighth-grader Allie Twible totaled 19 points in the two games. Williams is a four-year varsity player who earned All-Conference honors last season and has been a consistent doubledigit scorer. “Rhoda has great athleticism and really blossomed into a nice two-way playContinued on page 3
Symphony and the Imani Winds. Jessica Shenker, the district’s director of music and the president of the Music Educators Association, created the workshop with the hope of giving students a chance to perform and receive feedback from professional musicians, she said. Shenker recruited other members of East Meadow’s music faculty to lead some of the workshops, including teachers Alexandria and Zachary DeVries, Rachel Fogel, Caitlin Hale, Gregory Krajci, Colleen Mander and Kaitlin Melker.
was in the studio every day over the summer, and that was what led to me getting the album recorded.