Fleets Cove Beach
Fleets Cove Beach
Long Island is proud of its overall water quality. Some of the best drinking water in the world! Long Islanders on the North Shore drink water that is thousand year old! But we need to pay attention to keeping both our fresh water and sea water clean for bathing, fishing and boating on the harbors and coves of the north shore of Long Island and the Long Island Sound. Fleets Cove Beach is one on many public beaches in Huntington Township. It is one of five beaches on Centerport Harbor. During the summer months excessive levels of bacteria often force small local beaches to close after heavy rains. Runoff from the steep cliffs carry chemicals into the water from lawn care products and from numerous other sources including fecal contamination that potentially expose bathers to harmful pathogens. NYS Department of Health has requested that the Suffolk County Department of Health conduct an Intense Sanitary Survey of a selection of beaches in Centerport Harbor, Cold Spring Harbor and Huntington Harbor in 2011. Since 2009 the Harbor Water Quality Protection Committee formed by local residents and elected officials has been pushing water quality issues to the forefront of all local officials' agenda. We will dance to celebrate our beautiful beaches and draw attention to the need to care for them.
Dafna Soltes Stein CMA will choreograph: "Movement Choir by the Sea" assisted by Patti Moss Vernam.
live percussion musicians Tom Chapin's song: The Wheel of the Water
MOVEMENT CHOIR BY THE SEA: water ritual - water cycle and flow of the sea fish and bucket dance - playful intergenerational with adults and children Kayaks upon the sea - synchronized movement of paddles and kayaks upon the water Audience Participation Dance Additional Dances to be included: Nancy Brier CMA will choreograph a water dance for two of her students at CWPost University. Tara Murphy will choreograph a water dance for her company "The Kali". Roni Yaari and "Inner Spirit Dancers" will perform a middle eastern belly dance with a focus on water and flow within us. Posey School's Children's Dance Co. will perform a reconstruction of Doris Humphrey's Water Studies from the 1940's.
Dafna needs as many dancers as possible for the "Movement Choir by the Sea"...rehearsals every Saturday at 4:00pm on Fleets Cove Beach in May and June. Inclement weather rehearsals will be help at Inner Spirit Yoga Center or Posey School of Dance. Percussionists also are needed to join in with those we have. Contact either -- Pattimoss@optonline.net or the other email below
Take Long Island Expressway or Northern Parkway traveling East from NYC and Nassau County or West from the East End of Long Island. To the Huntington Exit. Go North on Route 110 (New York Avenue) all the way to the end. At red flashing light go right up Youngs Hill Road. Youngs Hill Road turns into Cove Road. Follow Cove Road to the end. At the "T" stop go left on Fleets Cove Road until you reach the beach. There is parking at this public beach. If you do not have a Huntington Township permit parking is $15 for the day. Fleets Cove Beach is about 25 minutes from the Expressway and Parkway.
Town Supervisor Frank Petrone and Adrienne Esposito, Director, Citizens Campaign for the Environment
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