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High honor for Malverne H.S. choral students By ANNEMARIE DURKIN adurkin@liherald.com
Courtesy The West Hempstead Historical Society
IN 1955, CONSTRUCTION at the location of the bargain department store known as Klein’s was completed. The site later became a National Wholesale Liquidators. It is now slated for development as residential housing.
Wholesale Liquidators property under development By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com
The property in West Hempstead that for merly belonged to National Wholesale Liquidators evolved over and over again for nearly 100 years before closing in 2019. National Wholesale Liquidators officially closed in 2019. Now the property is set to change through rezoning from retail to residential, according to Lesley McAvoy, the West Hempstead Historical Society vice president. The West Hempstead Com-
munity Support Association held several public meetings with developer Heatherwood Luxury Rentals during the summer of 2020, and this fall announced that Heatherwood is set to build 428 assorted units at the location during the next two to three years. “The landscape of West Hempstead is changing quickly, each vista that one looks at seems different,” McAvoy said. “History tells us that though it might not always have happened at such speed, it has always happened.” McAvoy said the known
history of the property began in 1926, when it functioned as a field, with the Long Island Rail Road running diagonally in its eastern corner. The field is thought to be one of many wooded, grassy lands in West Hempstead purchased by Austin Corbin, president of the LIRR during the late 19th century. Corbin hoped to build Hempstead Gardens, a rival community to A.T. Stewart’s Garden City. Corbin’s death in 1896 upended the plan, and the tract remained in the hands of the LIRR. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Four Malverne High School choral students have been accepted into the American Choral Directors Association’s Easter n Division Gospel Honor Choir. Each year students from across the country audition for ACDA regional choirs, hoping to ear n spots in the country’s most prestigious and talented groups of student vocalists. “I was pleasantly surprised. It took me a second to comprehend that I got in,” Lauren Dinglasan, a Malver ne senior, AUSTIN said. “Once it sank Malverne in, I was jumping for senior joy.” Dinglasan, 17, along with fellow seniors Carly Bottitta, 17, and Austin Cange, 17, and junior Niles Wilson, 16, are four of thousands who audition for the prestigious positions each year. “As a musician, I feel very accomplished to get into such a prestigious choir,” Cange, a senior from Lynbrook, said.
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“Being a singer for most of my life, and doing other activities in music—it’s amazing to get another opportunity to sing at such a high level.” For young musicians, an accomplishment like an ACDA choir appointment can boost selfconfidence in their talents. “[This] shows that as a musician, I’m good enough to succeed,” Wilson, a junior, said. “It truly is a milestone for me. I haven’t gotten into a choir of this degree before.” To prepare for the intensive audition process, each student worked with CANGE M a l v e r n e H i g h School choral direcHIgh tor Kenneth Zagare to learn an excerpt from a piece in ACDA’s choral repertoire, sing scales and a portion of each of their New York State School Music Association songs from last year. “I was beyond excited to hear that four of our students were accepted into the ACDA honor choir,” Zagare said. “After two
sa musician, I feel very accomplished to get into such a prestigious choir.
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