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YOUR HOMETOWN PAPER SINCE 1949 | www.islipbulletin.net | JANUARY 23, 2020 | 75¢ ‘We all struggle together’ Bach Fest comes to Bay Shore Will include a performance by acclaimed violinist Rachell Ellen Wong BY RANDALL WASZYNSKI The first annual Island Symphony Bach Festival in Bay Shore is set for this Sunday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. at St. Peter’s By-The-Sea Episcopal Church and will feature a performance by acclaimed violinist Rachell Ellen Wong, winner of the first annual Lil- lian and Maurice Bar- BAY SHORE bash J.S. Bach Com- petition early last month at Stony Brook University. Wong will perform the Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005, one of J.S. Bach’s most demanding pieces for unaccompanied violin. Wong has been a prize recipient in multiple international string competitions and is a recent graduate of the Juilliard School with a Master of Music in Phillipa Pascale (right), from Babylon, and Mora Peterson (left), from Islip, spar on the mat. historical performance. She excels at IB/Waszynsk modern violin as well as Baroque grateful for the opportunity.” ily Pascale felt. violin. NYS first all-girls wrestling Girls from all over Suffolk County are “When I walked in, I thought it was Island Symphony Orchestra and team starts in Bay Shore eligible to join the team, as long as they going to be an individual sport. I thought Long Island Symphonic Choral Asso- have transportation. Roughly half the it was going to be nothing like the family ciation conductor Eric R. Stewart BY RANDALL WASZYNSKI girls on the team are from Bay Shore, I have playing volleyball and softball. But expressed excitement, particularly and the majority of the girls are relative- it’s even stronger than both those fami- See BACH FEST on page 2 Bay Shore School District has estab- ly local. lies combined. It’s a really strong bond lished the first all-girls wrestling team in Phillipa Pascale, a freshman from Bab- that we all have in the short period of New York. In their first season, the girls ylon, makes her way to Fifth Avenue Ele- time, and it is just going to get stronger expressed that they feel more connected mentary School after school every day over time,” Leggio explained of the new with one another compared to playing to practice with the other 17 girls from team. “We all work hard together, and it other sports. around Suffolk County. Pascale has been just makes the whole bond grow because Do you notice Coach Amber Atkins, a Bay Shore wrestling for three years and has her fair we all struggle together and makes a dif- High School graduate who wrestled share of experience in softball, tennis, ference around that.” for both middle school and high school track and softball. Leggio, who has been wrestling a difference? boys teams, formed the “I actually switched to this sport com- through the Kid Wrestling club program BAY SHORE team. She said the girls pletely,” she said. “This year, I decided to for several years, is a third-generation We are happy to unveil this brand- practice each weekday only do wrestling because I am on a club Bay Shore High School wrestler, as both new design for your hometown in addition to participating in tourna- team also. It’s the hardest sport.” her father and grandfather stood out as ments most Saturdays. If there is no Pascale also emphasized that the team top performers. In fact, her grandfather newspaper. We’ve spent the past tournament on a Saturday, the girls pick feels like family. established Kid Wrestling in Bay Shore several months working to make up an extra practice that week, she said. “You don’t get that with many other in 1962, in the basement gym at Fifth the reading experience better, and Atkins said that being the coach of the sports. Going through the intensity of Avenue Elementary School, where the we hope you enjoy the changes first all-girls wrestling team in the state the sport, you are going through this girls practice. is a great feeling. with someone else together. It brings Regarding being on the first all-girls we’ve made. You can still expect “It is something I wish I had when I everyone together because we all know wrestling team in New York, Leggio the same top-quality coverage of was younger,” she said of her dream how hard it is. It is a shared experience,” expressed gratitude for how far the sport your community. If you have any come true. “I kind of take all those things she added. has come. questions or suggestions, please I wish I had and I try to give it to the girls. Teammate Megan Leggio, a freshman “This team has become an inspiration It is tough sometimes, but I am super from Bay Shore, echoed the sense of fam- See WRESTLING on page 3 feel free to contact us. WEEKLY PERIODICAL Vol. 70, Issue 20 ISLIP TOWN Donating in the name of MLK PAGE 3 ISLIP Throw a backyard glamping party PAGE 5 2 THE ISLIP BULLETIN | JANUARY 23, 2020 | islipbulletin.net INSIDE BACH FEST: First year of a new annual festival Around Town 9 Public Notices 12 FROM PAGE 1 Classifieds 18 Sports 20 Editorial 8 Years Ago 7 Police Blotter 8 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Advance Building 20 Medford Avenue/P.O. Box 780 Patchogue, NY 11772 Phone: (631) 475-1000 Fax: (631) 475-1565 ©2020 Patchogue Advance Inc. All rights reserved CONTACT US CALL 631-475-1000, plus extension shown Subscriptions and billing: Vicki-Ann Morales (ext. 23) Display ads: Monica Musetti-Carlin (ext. 17). [email protected] Classifieds: Lynn Halverson (ext. 10), Mike Leonar- di (ext. 11). [email protected] Legal notices: Vicki-Ann Morales (ext. 24). Liaof- Conductor Eric R. 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Bach’s open the concert with “St. Anne” Prelude and Your Hometown news Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005. Fugue BWV 552. Courtesy photos to share the concert with Wong. The Anne” Prelude and Fugue BWV 552. orchestra will follow Wong’s perfor- “St. Peter’s, which has a 50-year tra- Delivered mance with Mendelssohn’s Symphony dition of presenting world-class musical No. 5 in D major/D programs, is proud minor. “We are excited to inaugurate to host this exciting right to you. “We are excited cultural event,” he to inaugurate this this new annual music festival, said. “I am person- Don’t let important new annual music which is sure to become a major ally honored to have festival, which is been asked to play news pass you by sure to become event on Long Island’s cultural one of Bach’s organ Subscribe today! a major event on masterworks on St. Long Island’s cul- calendar.” Peter’s world-fa- tural calendar. mous Gress-Miles Music lovers of ERIC R. STEWART, conductor of the Island organ.” all ages will have Symphony Orchestra Admission is free, the opportunity and those in atten- to hear a program dance are invited devoted to the incomparable J.S. Bach to a post-concert reception featuring a q Yes! I’d Like the Islip Bulletin Home Delivered and his advocate, Felix Mendelssohn,” selection of wines and sweets from Ger- Stewart said. many. In the case of snow, the concert Name _____________________________________________________________ Organist Mark T. Engelhardt of St. would be pushed one week later, Feb. 2. Peter’s will open the concert with “St. Address ___________________________________________________________ Town __________________________ State __________________ Zip _________ Phone ( ) ___________________Email _______________________________ THE FAVORITE GIFT CHOOSE ONE: METHOD OF PAYMENT 4 (6 oz.) Filet Mignons q IN COUNTY 4 (4 oz.) 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