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June 25, 2015
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Festival turns 50 arts council to honor Sandy Chapin By Victoria Espinoza
‘Power and Strength in Art’
also: ‘Christian white: Fifty years of art’ exhibit at gallery north; ‘Mary poppins’ flies into CMpaC
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The Huntington Arts Council’s Summer Arts Festival is turning 50, and the council is celebrating the anniversary in style. In honor of the milestone, the arts group will be hosting a 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday, June 27 at 6:30 p.m. During the event, Sandy Chapin, the wife of Harry Chapin and current arts in education chairperson, will be presented with the Huntington Arts Council Harry and Sandy Chapin Arts and Humanitarian Award. The celebration will be held during the opening weekend of the annual festival. Established in 1963 as a nonprofit organization, the council has been hosting a summer arts festival concert series, where Huntington Town residents get
to enjoy free music performances from various genres across the nation and the world. “The town values its longtime partnership with the arts council in funding and presenting the summer arts festival, which continues to be the signature event in the town’s cultural calendar,” Huntington Town Supervisor Frank Petrone said in a statement. Award winning musicians, actors, dancers and artists perform at the Chapin Rainbow Stage in Heckscher Park from Tuesday through Sunday for 40 nights, with family nights on Tuesday evenings. Musicals like “West Side Story,” “Shrek,” “Nunsense A-men!” and “Peter Pan” will be on this summer. And bands span genres from traditional Dixieland jazz, contemporary folk and classical orchestra to spoken word rap and more.
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Garland Jeffreys performs at last year’s Huntington summer arts Festival.
As the years have gone by, the festival diversified in terms of performers and types of shows, said John Chicherio, the performing arts director at the council and the program director of the summer arts festival. “The festival has a great mix of
styles and genres.” The Huntington Men’s Chorus and the Huntington Choral Society will kick off the summer arts festival’s first weekend. The groups have performed each year since the festival began. FEStiVal continued on page a10
Man who ran down cops pleads guilty Free band shows northport Community band is kicking off its 57th season
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Morizsan to be sentenced to 25 years By Victoria Espinoza
A Northport man pleaded guilty to assault and other charges after striking two Suffolk County police officers and critically injuring one of them before fleeing the scene in a stolen car last September. Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota said that Chad Morizsan waived his right to appeal and will be sentenced to 25 years in state prison. He pleaded guilty to charges of assault, assault on a police officer, leaving the scene of an accident, grand larceny and more, according to a statement from Bob Clifford, spokesman for Spota. Daniel Guttmann, who is
listed in online court records as Morizsan’s attorney, didn’t immediately return calls seeking comment on Wednesday. Morizsan was arrested in September of last year for running down two Suffolk County police officers following a traffic stop in Huntington. After speeding off, Morizsan stole gas, collided with another vehicle at the gas station and carjacked a 2005 Toyota Camry from an 87-year-old woman. Nicholas Franzone, also a Northport resident, accompanied Morizsan in the car and is scheduled to appear in court before State Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho on July 14. MoriZSan continued on page a10
chad Morizsan.
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