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Morgan Park festival opens with local stars Due to the shared bill, Cannata said the band won’t be performing its usual 90-minute show. “I’ve been asked to only do a Glen Cove’s shoreline will echo with the sounds of Billy short set because we’re sharing Joel’s greatest hits on July 6, it with an opening act,” he told the first day of the summer the Herald. “So I won’t be able concert series, as the Morgan to do my normal one-and-a-halfPark Summer Music Festival hour show. I’ll only be able to do maybe one hour. kicks off its 66th Because of that, we season with a perwill be doing the formance by Richie hits, of course, peoC a n n at a a n d t h e ple want to hear.” Lords of 52nd Cannata, who Street. The concert has perfor med at will begin at 7 p.m., the Suffolk Theater marking Cannata’s and Richfield Playfirst appearance bathouse in recent tling cancer last weeks, said he has year. being selective “I’m so happy to about the shows he be alive. I’m a walktakes on as he has ing miracle,” Cannaretur ned to the ta said. “I was given stage this year. a 1 percent chance “Glen Cove is a to live and to sur- RICHIE CANNATA b i g o n e f o r m e, vive. Here I am driv- Musician b e c a u s e i t ’s m y ing, doing gigs and home and a lot of my friends having a great life.” The legendary saxophonist, and family will be there,” he best known for his work with said. “It’s very important that Billy Joel, will be joined by fel- we have a lot of people there low members of Joel’s original that night. I think we will. It’s band, including Liberty DeVit- always been a very big turnto, Russell Javors, Anthony out.” For Cannata, the July perforBambino, Malcolm Gold, Doug Kistner and Dan Orlando. mance will be more than a conTogether they’ll deliver a one- cert — it will be a celebration hour set of classic Joel hits. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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Valedictorian Aaryan Vira, right, and salutatorian Kaitlin Ho will lead North Shore High School’s graduating class of 2025 at the June 27 ceremony.
Meet the North Shore High School valedictorian and salutatorian By LUKE FEENEY lfeeney@liherald.com
Valedictorian Aaryan Vira and salutatorian Kaitlin Ho will lead North Shore High School’s graduating class of 2025 at the June 27 ceremony. Both students recently reflected on their journeys, motivations, and experiences that shaped their high school careers. Vira has spent his entire K-12 experience in the school district. He started at Glenwood Landing Elementary School before switching to Sea Cliff Elementary School in second grade, followed by attending North Shore Middle School and then the high school. “I felt that the freedom that North Shore allows you to have in choosing what you’re reading and kind of how you want to tackle assignments has been pretty cool,” Vira said. His academic achievements include being the recipient of the Harvard College Book Award, the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute Medal, a commended student in the National Merit Scholarship Program, the First National Bank Math Award, the Junior Award for Excellence in Social Studies, and the Kittleberger Award for outstanding 9th-grade student in math. Ho moved to the North Shore School District in 2021 from Manhattan; her 9th-grade year was her first year in the district after spending K-8 in the public city school system. Ho’s successes include recognition as a commended student in the National Merit Scholarship Program, a third-place finish in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair Award for Animal Sciences; the President’s Volunteer Service Award, National Scholastic Silver Medal of Art Award; first place at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair Animal Sciences category; first place and highest honors from the Science Teachers Association of New York State; and first place in the New York CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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would like to shake a lot of hands and see a lot of my friends that have supported me over the years.