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Senior Pops Orchestra show goes on despite fire

Leonard Apicella in front of the burned-out remains

Photo credit: Johnny Milano | Leonard Apicella in front of the burned-out remains of Sweet Hollow Hall in Huntington, home to the Senior Pops Orchestra of Long Island. (Dec. 12, 2012)

When Leonard Apicella saw the burned-out remains Tuesday of Sweet Hollow Hall in Huntington, home to the Senior Pops Orchestra of Long Island, he said, "It brought tears to my eyes, it really did. I didn't expect the devastation."

Every Wednesday for years, he and members of orchestra practiced at the hall, which was destroyed early Monday in a fire that Suffolk police said is being investigated...

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