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Vol. 71 No. 22
MAY 25 - 31, 2023
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Composer visits Wantagh Erik Morales listens as students rehearse his world premiere high level,” Morales said. “For a composer, it’s always a treat to hear our music being representMembers of the Wantagh ed in the highest possible way. High School band received a real When the students are enjoying treat as they prepped for their it, you can hear that in the spring concert: The renowned music.” composer whose music they Morales visited Wantagh have been practicing High to hear the stuled them through a dents rehearse the special rehearsal. piece for the first Musician and t i m e, a n d C h r i s composer Erik Cockren, who leads Morales guided the the ninth- and 10thband through the g rade bands, exre h e a r s a l a d ay plained the pressure before the May 18 of rehearsing the concert, as the wind CHRiS piece in front of ensemble performed CoCKREN Morales before the the world premiere premiere. of Morales’ “Hunt- music teacher “These are the ress of the Fiery kids that really love Air,” under the direction of the the band, and this is like meethigh school’s band leader, Dan ing a sports star,” Cockren said. Aviles. “For the composer has a vision, The band had the opportuni- and he’s trying to match the ty to meet one of the finest com- vision, and he only has an hour posers in the world and get a and a half to get the message deeper look at why and how he across, and the kids have to get wrote the piece. Morales has col- as many corrections in as they laborated with bands in the can.” Long Island area, and Aviles, Freshman Olivia Scherer, 15, who took over the high school’s and senior Natasha Meagher, 17, wind ensemble five years ago, who are both members of the contacted Morales last summer. wind ensemble, discussed their “It’s a hard piece of music, emotions going into the concert. but this band is capable of per“This is definitely the hardest forming hard music at a very Continued on page 4
By KEPHERD DANiEl kdaniel@liherald.com
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NASSAu CouNtY ExECutiVE Bruce Blakeman displays a voter card he said was sent to a voter in his jurisdiction, incorrectly labeling them as a registered Democrat. According to Phoenix Graphics, the cause was human error.
‘Human error’ caused mailing issue, voter card printer says By MiCHAEl MAlASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com
Anyone receiving a voter mail check card erroneously identifying them as a registered Democrat, there are a few things to know. First, it was caused by human error. Second, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman does not want any blame to be leveled at county Democrats. According to Blakeman, a Republican, over the course of the past couple of weeks, the county has fielded many calls from disgruntled voters claiming that they received these cards that misidentified their voter registration. There also were claims that
other details like township and Assembly district were also incorrect. But there is no conspiracy, Blakeman said. Instead, it was a simple mistake acknowledged by Phoenix Graphics, the vendor used by the county elections board to print and distribute these cards. “The voter check cards were sent out with information on a card about people and where they’re supposed to vote, what district they’re in, and what their registration was,” Blakeman told reporters at a recent news conference. “In this circumstance, everyone was identified as a Democrat. Not Republican. Not Continued on page 16