HENRY LEWIS (DR51) passed away on December
30, 2009. He got his start as a teenager in New York
City, working on WNYC-AM (820) in 1945. Overall, Henry
Lewis would work parts of six decades on the non-commercial
station, and he also spent time on other stations in
the New York area, including classical WQXR. Rex Doane,
Programming Promotions Manager at WNYC says of Lewis,
“He was of that generation of radio announcers
who had a style few people could replicate, a style
that stood out and was meant to.”
photo courtesy WFMU
CONARD FOWKES (DR50) passed away on
December 14, 2009. Click HERE
for a press release from AEA/Playbill: Kenneth Jones
photo courtesy AEA
JEROME ESKOW (FACULTY) passed away
on November 14, 2009
KELLY BRESLIN
(82) passed away in mid-April, 2009.
CHARLES McCRAW
(FACULTY) passed away March 31st, 2009.
Mr. McCraw at the 2006 SPAA Gala
• MAURA FOGARTY
(MU83) passed away March 10th, 2009.
Maura was a featured entertainer at the 2008 60th
GALA
Latest Update MARCH 12, 2010
We are finalizing plans
for our 2010 annual reunion, scheduled for Friday, June
11, and Saturday, June 12, 2010.
Friday, June 11, 2010 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Reception &
45-minute student performance. LaGuardia Arts High School
100 Amsterdam Avenue, NYC
8:30 pm
- 10:30 Cocktail party for PA alums The Triad 158 W 72nd Street, NYC
Saturday, June 12, 2010
As usual, we will all congregate at our alma mater at 120
West 46th Street to meet-and-greet our fellow alumni and
wonderful teachers, to be followed by our own cabaret in
the school's theater. (You'll get exact times in a future
mailing.) You are encouraged, should the spirit move you,
to participate in this performance! Please contact
Bruce Heath (Dance '72), who will
be directing the performance. He can be reached at bethe1@rcn.com
or by phone at (cel) 917-549-2888 or (home) (212) 842-1047.
If your own class is coming up on a five-year anniversary
date: 1950 / 1955 / 1960 / 1965 / 1970 / 1975 / 1980 / 1985
and you want to help get in touch with your classmates,
go here
to see who among your classmates is listed there, and contact
Margaret Luca to get help in e-mailing them to plan your
own special events. Margaret can reached at ml@mluca.com
or at (212) 355-6464.
As those of you who were at our reunion last year will recall,
more than 300 PA alumni from all years attended and we had
a great time. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU PLAN TO COME: Please
contact Margaret Luca at margaret@mluca.com
to RSVP, or if you have any questions about our June
event.
PLEASE MAKE A DONATION:
Your assistance and support are needed to keep SPAA
alive and able to make these events possible. We have several
thousand dollars in expenses every year renting our old
school building, sending out mailings, and purchasing food
for our spring and winter reunions. You can make a $25 donation
at PayPal [SEE LINK AT TOP LEFT] and more
is greatly appreciated. You can also write a check payable
to SPAA, and mail it to 297 Stone Schoolhouse Road, Bloomingburg,
NY, 12721.On behalf of the entire SPAA Board, we look forward
to seeing you again in June!
Best regards, Margaret Luca ('65)
JoAnne Bruggeman ('64)
Co-Presidents, School of Performing Arts Alumni Association
Click
this link to read the NY POST article (PDF file) that
quotes former SPAA President Steve Lewis!
