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Benefit concert memorializes beloved music teacher Chris LaMarca
Amityville Memorial High School hosts a concert honoring popular music teacher Chris LaMarca, who died of a heart attack shortly after Thanksgiving. Proceeds from the concert are to be donated to a scholarship fund for LaMarca's son. (Jan. 4, 2013) (January 4, 2013 9:55 PM)
Anthony Abate grabbed his saxophone and played John Coltrane’s classic “My Favorite Things” during a benefit concert Friday night for a beloved teacher.
The 11th-grader was among the dozens of students at Amityville Memorial High School who performed in memory of their music teacher, Chris LaMarca, who died suddenly in November at the age of 57.
“He was my best friend, a mentor, a father...