Sixteen members of the Staples High School Orphenians, including seven who graduated last month, performed at the McManus Room in the Westport Public Library today. At the end of the performance the Orphenians applaud fellow Orphenian Alec Galambos (far right) who accompanied some selections on the piano today as well as having served as conductor for vocal performances. Alec will attend Emory University in the fall pursuing studies in music composition and politics. Today’s performance was the last time that this group of Orphenians will perform together. Pictured (l-r) are: Anna Slate, Cindy Shuck, Mel Siegel, Natalie Carlson, Noah Schnoll, Steve Fuertes, Sally Eidman, Kathleen Hessman, Brooke Charlesworth, Zachary Shornick, Jacob Heimer, Claire Bangser, Chloe Sloat, Rachel Ivison, James Allison, and Alec Galambos. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Leading the Orchestra
Zachery Kampler, a 2001 Staples grad, led the Eastern Festival Symphony Orchestra Saturday night at the Midsummer Music Festival at the Norwalk Concert Hall. All net proceeds of the concert were donated to the Hudsan Valley Cerebral Palsey Association. The all volunteer orchestra, consisting of local college and high school students, played “Overture to Egmont” by Beethoven, “Peter and the Wolf” by Prokefiev and finally Tchaikovsky’s Violin Conerto. Just days before the concert, the violinist who was supposed to play the concerto abruptly quit and Igor Pikayzen, a recent Staples graduate and soon to be Julliard student, filled in. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Jonathan Thrope for WestportNow.com
Narrating “Peter and the Wolf”
Westport First Selectwoman Diane G. Farell Saturday night narrated “Peter and the Wolf” by Sergei Prokofiev during a performance of the Eastern Festival Symphony Orchestra at the Norwalk Concert Hall. Staples grad Zachery Kampler conducted. Jonathan Thrope for WestportNow.com
Sunday, July 31, 2005
2 p.m. – Westport Public Library McManus Room – Staples High School Orphenians
3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m . – Westport Country Playhouse – “The Member of the Wedding”
7 p.m . – Levitt Pavilion – Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks, big band, jazz
Little Boys and a Big Fire Engine
Today’s WestportNow Teardown: 43 Sturges Highway
Saturday, July 30, 2005
7:30 p.m . – Westport Country Playhouse – “The Member of the Wedding”
8 p.m . – Levitt Pavilion – 3rd Degree, rock and R&B
Country at the Levitt
Learning Some New Moves
Westport Property Transfers July 18-22, 2005
Property transfers as reported by the Westport Town Clerk’s office for the period July 18-22, 2005:
Gary M. Stibel to Amy S. Benjamin, 11 Covlee Drive, $3,372,500
Alan C. Benjamin to Elliot and Barbara Cooperstone, 6 Marvin Place, $2,120,000
Masayasu and Emiko Koizumi to Carel and Brigid Vandermerwe, 38 Marion Road, $989,000
Lawrence E. Janes and John W. Williams Jr. to Andrew J. Thomas and Randall Alan Hammond, 64 Bayberry Lane, $2,299,000
John F. and Christine Wilkes Beninati to 554 17th street LLC, 43 Crescent Road, $980,000
Pieka Construction Inc. to Christopher D. Quigley, 129 Imperial Ave., $1,700,000