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Vol. 90 No. 23
JUNE 5 - 11, 2025
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Freeport alum on his lifelong career in music music — he also took on the position as student director of the school’s jazz band. Music was still not at the Robert Levy’s life has been shaped by music — playing it, forefront of the college at the listening to it, writing it, and, time, and the band wasn’t even allowed to practice in the music above all, loving it. Levy, 82, now of Long Beach, building. The band eventually was per mitted to grew up in Freeport, hold its first concert playing trumpet in in 1964, scheduling it the Freeport High at a time when the School band. After building was expectgraduating in 1961, ed to be empty. he spent a year at But, it was Valley Forge Milipacked instead. tary College in PennLevy joined other sylvania, majoring music groups in colin business. Realizlege, playing in the ing that wasn’t for student orchestra, him, he transferred concert band and to Ithaca College, brass ensemble. He where he spent the also was part of a next four years. RoBERT lEVy brass quintet, which “ T h a t ’s r e a l l y Trumpeter was an absolute where the fuse was thrill for him, and lit, you might say,” re a l ly p l aye d a Levy said. “The experience I had there just got me very major role in shaping his life. “We commissioned a New wound up and excited about music, and I wanted to make it York City composer, and got him to come up to Ithaca, and my life.” At Ithaca, he majored in we premiered a piece of his that music, focusing on trumpet. He he wrote,” Levy recalled. “Then felt extremely inspired to follow the next year, he had a concert his heart and chase music of his music at Carnegie Hall because his professors were so and invited our undergraduate enthusiastic about his poten- brass quartet to come down to tial. But he didn’t just play Continued on page 19
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nine-year-old Braelynn Monaco brings her inner rock star out on the red carpet.
Girl Scouts shines in annual fashion show at the library By MASHIAT AZMI Intern
Seventeen young fashionistas from Girl Scout Troop 2221 dazzled the crowd during its annual fashion show held at the Freeport Memorial Library on Friday evening. Queenette Karikari, leader of the Freeport troop and the event’s organizer, said a major goal of the fashion show is to help boost the confidence of the young girls who participate. To avoid any additional expenses, themes for the outfits are chosen based on whatever the girls have at home in their closet. The themes include sports, career, heritage, eve-
ningwear, and lastly “unapologetically me” — which is meant to encourage the girls to be strong-minded and have confidence in themselves and their choices. The girls showcased their differentthemed outfits in front of their family, friends and community members, and seeing themselves portrayed in the media works as a huge confidence booster. “We want our girls to be strong-minded and to just feel good,” Karikari said. “We have family and friends and other members of the community here and, of course, the media.” The cultural theme is popular and signifiContinued on page 10
’ve been really fortunate because my life has been fulfilled as a trumpet player.