![]() June 14, 1937) they couldn’t have children, but they always wanted to be parents, so when the opportunity to adopt landed, they took it. “The crazy stuff that he did was not right for school, and he got kicked out of school multiple times for that kind of stuff.” Lynda & RogerĦ8-year-old Lynda Cruz was born Lynda Marie Seda on Septemshe married New Yorker Roger Paul Cruz (b. “He always had guns on him,” the student, who did not give his name, told WFOR-TV. When Nikolas was young, he needed extra attention. She knew in school he needed extra help.”ġ9-year-old Nikolas Cruz was arrested in Parkland, Florida after he opened fire with an AR-15 rifle which he bought legally and killed 17 innocent teenagers and wounded more at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the same school he has been expelled during his junior year due to disciplinary problems students said he brought knives on campus, stalked a girl, he was abusive to his ex-girlfriend and even got into a fight with his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend. “She left huge footprints to follow,” Moran said.“ brought them up by themselves. Moran, who became executive director of the Islip Arts Council after Barbash retired in 2008, said she was in awe of how much work Barbash put into everything she did. Gordon added that “what Robert Moses did for the growth of Long Island, Lillian did for the arts.” The seeds she planted in them will be shared with new generations.” … I keep thinking of her introducing theater to all of these young people. She was sharing something that was part of her DNA. “She had a love and boundless passion for the arts. “What she gave to Long Island can’t be measured monetarily,” said Holly Gordon, an artist and current council board member who knew Barbash for more than 30 years. In 1995, the Barbashes spent $18,000 to organize a trip for 700 juniors and seniors at Bay Shore High School to see a Broadway performance of “Having Our Say.” The response from the students was so overwhelming that the couple established the Bay Shore Schools Arts Education Fund, which in 2016 paid for 500 students to see "Hamilton" on Broadway. Woods added that when Barbash ran meetings, “she ruled with an iron fist and a velvet glove.” “She would listen to ideas and think about them. “She was very open-minded,” said Trish Woods, a former Islip Arts Council board member. She also thought beyond Classical music, expanding concerts to showcase different genres, from Big Band to country music. The concerts, with their fireworks finales, became a summer tradition for Suffolk audiences and Philharmonic musicians.īarbash was instrumental in making free concerts accessible to Long Islanders, including the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River and the Bay Shore Band Shell. "She didn't let anyone intimidate her and forced everyone to take her seriously."įor 31 consecutive years, Barbash brought the New York Philharmonic to Heckscher State Park, attracting crowds exceeding 20,000. "She became a real powerhouse and basically taught herself," Cathy Barbash said. The Council's chamber music series featured world-renowned ensembles, including the Beaux Arts Trio, Juilliard String Quartet, Tashi, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and Music from Marlboro. ![]() "She wanted to bring the very best and that's exactly what she did." "She didn't want to just bring amateur musicians to the public," said Susan Barbash, adding that her mother believed there was an untapped audience for Classical music on Long Island. And I always felt that she was in my corner."Īfter her children left home for college, Lillian Barbash was asked by the Town of Islip in 1976 to lead the Islip Arts Council. ![]() She was supportive of our choices at all times. "My mother was tough but fair," said Susan Barbash. "She was never a meddler or judgmental. Murray and Lillian Barbash in their Brightwaters home on Nov. 23, 1988. ![]() They raised three children: Cathy Barbash Susan Barbash, of Bay Shore, and Shepard Barbash, of West Islip. The couple, family members said, were inseparable until Maurice's death in 2013. The high school sweethearts married in 1947 and moved to Brightwaters in 1954. ![]() In the early 1940s, Maurice Barbash was introduced to Lillian by her older brother, Irving, and the couple quickly hit it off, with Maurice bringing her Chopin and Rachmaninoff recordings. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. ![]()
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