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Robert Levy’s had a 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 g rew up in Freehold its first concert port, playing trumin 1964, scheduling pet in the Freeport it at a time when the High School band. building was expectAfter graduating in ed to be empty. 1961, he spent a year But, it was at Valley Forge Milpacked instead. itary College in Levy joined Pennsylvania, other music groups majoring in busiin college, playing ness. Realizing that in the student wasn’t for him, he orchestra, concert transferred to Ithaband and brass ca College, where he ensemble. He also spent the next four RoBERT lEVy was part of a brass years. quintet, which was “ T h a t ’s r e a l l y Long Beach resident an absolute thrill where the fuse was for him, and really lit, you might say,” Levy said. “The experience I had there played a major role in shaping just got me very wound up and his life. “We commissioned a New excited about music, and I York City composer, and got wanted to make it my life.” At Ithaca, he majored in him to come up to Ithaca, and music, focusing on trumpet. He we premiered a piece of his felt extremely inspired to fol- that he wrote,” Levy recalled. low his heart and chase music “Then the next year, he had a because his professors were so concert of his music at Carneenthusiastic about his poten- gie Hall and invited our undertial. But he didn’t just play Continued on page 19
By BRENDAN CARPENTER
bcarpenter@liherald.com
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A colorful way to remember Covered in color, Long Beach residents, friends and families gathered on the beach for the second annual Sunset Color Run in honor of Michael Berube. Story, more photos, Page 3.
This Long Beach team is now the best in the entire world By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com
Odyssey of the Mind is a renowned competition that teaches students in grades four through eight how to use their natural creativity to become confident problem-solvers. Students work together in teams to solve unique, openended challenges that incorporate science, art, engineering, technology and math. Six teams of Long Beach students recently took part in the New York State Finals in Syracuse, where they competed against more than 240 other teams. Five of the Long Beach teams, consisting of 37 students, qualified for the World Finals, with one team winning the state title. At the World Finals held at Michigan State on
May 24 and 25, a team of Long Beach elementary students was crowned World Champions, beating out teams from around the world. “It’s hard to even put it into words,” Doug MacConnell, coach of Long Beach’s Odyssey of the Mind team, said of winning. “You take kids from all different schools, they’ve never met each other, and it’s not like they’ve grown up together and have this bond. But they form a relationship, and they become a family and they fight for each other, they work together, they learn. It’s a microcosm of the whole world. You don’t always get to pick who you’re working with, and you need to figure it out, and you need to come together in a positive way.” The team of eight Long Beach elementary stuContinued on page 2
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’ve been really fortunate because my life has been fulfilled as a trumpet player.