The Lengthy Island Music and Leisure Corridor of Fame (LIMEHOF) now has a everlasting residence in Stony Brook, the place the general public can study native music and leisure legends upon its grand opening Friday.
This nonprofit group based in 2004 with a mission to have a good time Lengthy Island’s musical heritage has been looking for the correct house to name its residence. They lastly discovered it on the Ward Melville Academic and Cultural Heart, a stately 8,800-square foot colonial model constructing anchoring Stony Brook Village, positioned at 97 Fundamental St.in Stony Brook.
The melding of LIMEHOF with WMHO is the brainchild of Gloria D. Rocchio, president of Ward Melville Heritage Group who stated, “After I heard that LIMEHOF was on the lookout for a everlasting residence, I referred to as its chairman, Ernie Canadeo, and the remaining is historical past.”
This Stony Brook Village location is the right spot for the house of the Corridor of Fame with its lively, picturesque heart abounding in eating places, outlets, parks and close to different LI cultural points of interest together with The Lengthy Island Museum, The Jazz Loft and The Reboli Heart.
On Nov. 22, the media was invited to a star-studded ribbon slicing ceremony that included earlier inductees to the HOF together with members of Twisted Sister, Blue Oyster Cult, Vanilla Fudge, Zebra, Bonnie Parker, Paula and Carol Magic Gardens, Jen Chapin and Elliot Murphy. Additionally in attendance to have a good time the festivities had been Supervisor of the City of Brookhaven, Edward P. Romaine, and Brookhaven City Councilmember Jonathan Kornreich. Acclaimed music journalist Wayne Robins, who had his finger on the heart beat of the music and popular culture scene for over 50 years, was honored as the most recent inductee throughout this preview occasion. Topping off the night, the group was handled to performances by Zebra, Paula and Carol Magic Gardens, Jen Chapin, Elliot Murphy, and members of Blue Oyster Cult.
The transformation of the Cultural Heart into a real celebration of the LI music scene was positioned within the palms of world-renowned designer, Kevin O’Callaghan, who has created an thrilling expertise for guests. O’Callaghan’s imaginative and prescient is to rotate exhibitions representing the historical past of music on Lengthy Island. The premier exhibit titled “Lengthy Island’s Legendary Membership Scene – Nineteen Sixties-Nineteen Eighties” options the façades of iconic golf equipment reminiscent of Hammerheads in Levittown, Motion Home/Speaks in Island Park, The Mad Hatter in Stony Brook and My Father’s Place in Roslyn. A peak inside exhibits guests movies of artists who performed there together with Twisted Sister, Zebra and Blue Oyster Cult. A variety of memorabilia are on show together with classic adverts, posters, devices, and a precise duplicate of a typical Nineteen Sixties stage, with basic gear and sound system.
A facsimile of the bar from My Father’s Place that doubles as a glass showcase shows mementos from the Lengthy Island bar scene reminiscent of matchbook covers, coasters and cocktail menus. There may be additionally a wall of previous ticket stubs, in addition to a 10-foot-long map of Lengthy Island displaying the areas of the golf equipment again then.
“As an alternative of specializing in one inductee, we determined to focus on the golf equipment that gave beginning to all these artists on Lengthy Island,” stated O’Callaghan. “It’s a pleasant method to introduce the museum.”
The everlasting Corridor of Fame shows plaques and displays recognizing over 120 inductees. There’s a part for a library, school rooms for instructional applications and grasp courses, a surround-sound theater and a present store with music and leisure themed memorabilia.
Inducted artists together with Billy Joel, Joan Jett, Debbie Gibson, and households and estates of Harry Chapin, Man Lombardo, John Coltrane have donated visible components and uncommon artifacts reminiscent of their musical devices, efficiency outfits, bikes, uncommon posters and photographs, handwritten lyrics, and way more. Of particular word on show on the Malibu Membership duplicate is Joan Jett’s classic first automobile.
“Individuals actually wish to relive previous instances. Nothing does that like music. Listening to a tune may put a smile in your face that brings you again to your previous girlfriend or boyfriend. That’s what this entire first exhibition is about.”
Serving to to make this new residence for LIMEHOF doable is LI Catholic Well being Care System. Joe Carofano, senior vp of technique and chief advertising and marketing officer, stated, “Catholic Well being is dedicated and rooted in LI and we prefer to associate with like-minded organizations who have a good time the successes of LI.”
The general public is invited beginning Nov. 25 to the everlasting residence of LIMEHOF the place they are going to participate in all the joy of Lengthy Island’s phenomenal music scene and luxuriate within the nostalgia of these awe-inspiring instances.
The Corridor of Fame and Museum is open Wednesdays-Sundays from 12 midday by means of 5pm. Admission costs are: Grownup $19.50, Seniors (65+) and Veterans $17.00, College students (w/ID) $15.00. Kids underneath 12 are free. Tickets could be bought on-line on the LIMEHOF.org web site and on the door.
