Just wanted to let everyone know that the Long Island Music Hall of Fame has secured a building that will eventually be open to the public. So there will likely be some mention of Dream Theater there, since they were inducted in the fall. No word on when it will officially open just yet. Here is the story.
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https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/li-music-hall-of-fame-moves-to-port-jeff-1.3090380LI Music Hall of Fame moves to Port JeffOriginally published: August 11, 2011 12:16 PM
By CARL MACGOWAN carl.macgowan@newsday.com
After searching five years for a home, the Long Island Music Hall of Fame has a hall.
In a ceremony Thursday morning in Port Jefferson, Brookhaven Town officials turned over a town building at the corner of Main and East Main streets to Hall of Fame chairman James Faith.
"The great musicians of Long Island and the rich musical history of Long Island will finally have a home," said Faith, pumping his fist as he addressed a crowd that included inductees and local officials. "It's about time, Long Island. This is it."
The museum, whose inducted members include Billy Joel, Barbra Streisand, Twisted Sister and Zebra, has been looking for a building since naming its first members in 2006.
Faith said after the ceremony he didn't know when the museum will open.
Earlier this year, the museum arranged to lease the building from the town. The vacant building, the former First National Bank of Port Jefferson, needs extensive renovations. The oldest portions of the building date to 1900.
The ceremony was attended by several inductees, including Peppi Marchello and his brother, Mickey Marchello, of The Good Rats, Vincent Martell of Vanilla Fudge, and Carole Demas and Paula Janis, the stars of the 1970s children's TV show "The Magic Garden."
Demas and Janis sang their tune, "The Hello Song," to help christen the hall.
Janis, 71, noted that their show, which debuted on WPIX/Channel 11 in 1972 and aired for about 13 years, had premiered "a long, long time ago."
"You know how long ago it was when you're in a museum," Janis said.