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Statue honors baymen past and present poles pointing toward the sky, was first presented to the Town of Oyster Bay Board by the Jeff Buccacio first saw Billy Baymen’s Heritage Association Joel’s house when he was look- in 2022. The association was ing across the Oyster Bay Har- founded in 2020 to preserve and bor at Theodore Roosevelt honor the history, culture and Memorial Park on a cold fall influence of professional fishermen in Oyster Bay. day in 2022. The monument Buccacio, a will also feature 53-year-old sculptor, e n g r ave d l y r i c s has been a fan of from Joel’s “The Joel’s since he was Downeaster Ala kid. For the past exa,” whose subject few years, he has is an impoverished been working on a Long Island fisherstatue that comman: “I was a baybines his love of man like my father the water and his was before/can’t admiration of the make a living as a six-time Grammy- BIll PAINTER bayman anymore. winning musician. President, There ain’t much “It’s very person- Baymen’s Heritage future for a man al,” Buccacio said. Association who works the sea/ “For me, as an artbut there ain’t no ist, that needs to come first for the work to be Island left for Islanders like true.” He added that when he me.” Buccacio, a sculptor for over was first approached about building the monument, he felt 35 years, owns Buccacio Sculpmoved. “I knew that these peo- ture Services LLC, a foundry in ple needed a voice. And we Canton, Massachusetts, that he could do that through sculpture, opened in 2015. The monument, overlooking through monument making.” The proposed monument, a the harbor at Roosevelt Park, bronze depiction of a bayman will be surrounded by four pulling his catch of shellfish benches offering a panoramic onto his boat, with his rake and Continued on page 2
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Leonard Lehrman with a copy of his autobiography, “Continuator,” which chronicles his long career in music and activism.
A life composed with purpose
Leonard J. Lehrman’s memoir traces his varied career By ISABEllA oREN Intern
Leonard J. Lehrman, 76, a Valley Stream composer and librarian at the Oyster BayEast Norwich Public Library, deeply committed to his Jewish heritage and social activism, has lived a life intertwined with music and causes greater than himself. His upbringing, he recalled, was shaped by parents who were deeply engaged in the world’s injustices, particularly those related to nuclear weapons. “Some of my earliest works were about peace and justice,” Lehrman said. “I became a composer because I was constantly improvising things that I couldn’t remember and
wanted to write them down.” His journey into musical composition began early, at around age 7, and by 11 he had already decided on his future. His parents took him to meet the composer Elie Siegmeister, a moment that would significantly influence his career. Initially, Siegmeister was reluctant to teach him, saying he didn’t take students that young. But when young Leonard asked how long it would take to play all of Siegmeister’s music, and the composer replied that it would take about a week, Leonard confidently responded that it would take him only 45 minutes to play all the music he had written — and offered to do so. Continued on page 9
hether it’s good times or bad times, they stick it out.