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Vol. 72 No. 51
DECEMBER 12 - 18, 2024
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Toy drive caps busy season for Harbor School and scarves, which will be donated to Hope for Youth, a nonprofit organization in AmiMembers of the Student tyville that provides services Council at Seaford Harbor Ele- for children and families across mentary School are learning Long Island. “I like it a lot,” council memvaluable ways to become better citizens — all while helping ber Brianna Campo said of the those in need, especially during drives. “I like helping people in the holiday season. need.” From October According to through December, Hansen and Black, the council, made council members up of 13 fifth-gradhelp get the word ers, has been particout to their school ipating in food, and community clothing and toy about the impordrives to benefit tance of participatlocal families in ing in the drives, need. Advising the whether its council are teachers through mor ning Kerry Hansen and announcements or Katharine Black, talking to classwho oversee the KAtHARiNE BlACK mates about how a efforts of the stu- Seaford Harbor can of food can dents participating Elementary School benefit those in teacher in the drives. need. This month, the “ We i nvo l v e council is organizthem as much as ing a toy drive with donations possible from the beginning to going to the John Theissen the end,” Hansen said of the Children’s Foundation, a non- student council. “From publiciprofit based in Wantagh that ty to sharing the word and crehelps sick and underprivileged ating the signs and all that, children through donations and they’re involved for sure.” fundraisers. For Black, these efforts help The council is also partici- build several skills associated pating in a winter clothing with the Seaford Scholar Prodrive, collecting mittens, gloves Continued on page 16
By CHARlES SHAW
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A celebration of giving People gathered at Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall last Friday for the John Theissen Children’s Foundation’s annual Holiday Gala. The event featured raffles and a live auction, with proceeds benefiting the foundation. Story, more photos, Page 10.
Learning from some musical pros Students show off their talents for Broadway performers By CHARlES SHAW cshaw@liherald.com
Students auditioning for a role in Wantagh High School’s spring production of “Spamalot” last week were in for a unique experience, as Broadway performers joined in on the judging process. The school’s Performing Arts Department is set to stage four performances of the show on the first weekend of April. “Spamalot” is a Tony Award-winning musical comedy based on the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” a satirical take on the legend of King Arthur and his knights.
The auditions were held in the Wantagh High auditorium on Dec. 3. Joining arts department members at the judges’ table were Broadway performers Matt Bauman, Michael Fatica and Darrell Joe. Jim Hoare, executive vice president of Theatrical Rights Worldwide, a musical theater licensing company based in Manhattan, also judged. Hoare helped develop the school edition of “Spamalot,” which toned down the sometimes spicy language to make it more appropriate for young performers. Kimberly Davis, a teacher at the high school and the musical’s director, said she reached out to the performers on social media, asking them Continued on page 11
ur hearts are so happy when we see them get something to help people.