Featuring
We had many special features and guests.

There were FREE HEARING SCREENINGS at the Over 50 Fair, compliments of HearingLife.

Ellen Meister
Attendees met best-selling author Ellen Meister as she talked about her latest book, Joyride,

One River School of Art + Design of Woodbury offered an interesting and free ART LESSON. Our attendees got in touch with their creative side!

Carrie Creative Concepts provided our acoustic artist showcase featuring terrific Long Island-based musical performers!

Denise Romas
Denise enjoys playing acoustic folk and folk-rock favorites with a special nod to Joni Mitchell, Carole King and other female artists.

Richard Kilian
Richard is known for playing simple Cowboy Chords and is greatly influenced by Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead.

James Erxleben of North American Pandas
James plays various Acoustic Rock and Popular music. Some of his musical influences include The Beatles, Buddy Holly and Kurt Cobain, just to name a few.

Gotcha Covered Duo @ 10:30 AM
Gotcha Covered Duo featured David Lamm and Danielle Gatto. Together, they played the best of Soft & Classic Rock of the 60’s to 2000’s.

Mark J. Sperenza (MarkJ)
MarkJ’s performances center around popular 80's music, along with current country and pop tunes.

James "X" Erxleben @ 11:30 AM
Playing acoustic rock and popular music, his musical influences include The Beatles, Buddy Holly, and Kurt Cobain.

Nicholas Morales of Cover2Cover @ 12:30 PM
Nicholas Morales has been playing guitar for 44 years. He performs classic rock, pop, and blues favorites from the 50's to 90's.

Dawn Banks @ 1:30 PM
Dawn, a singer-songwriter, invited listeners on a journey through sweet, sexy, and soulful compositions, enhanced by her sultry vocals, blues harp, and acoustic guitar.

Ben Diamond @ 2:30 PM
Ben Diamond, lead vocalist of the band Son Stone, is a singer-songwriter with the wit of John Prine and the grit of Tom Waits. He performed solo acoustic originals and a few classic covers.

Tyler Gianchetta Music @ 3:30 PM
Tyler has strong vocals and a unique instrument, known as the dulcimer. He took us back to the 90's and 2000's rock era.

Ms. New York Senior America
The Seasoned Steppers and Queens joined us to glam the place up! Dancers included: Honey Eberhardt, Linda Capezza, Pat Tropea, CJ Marie, Phyllis Bogart, Carol Bjorklund, and Judy Berman. Director: Joan Caliendo

Tina Hanley
Ms. New York Senior America 2025

Joan Caliendo
Ms. New York Senior America 2024

Mae Caime
Ms. New York Senior America 2023

Virginia M. Werner
Ms. New York Senior America 2013 and NY State Administrator
PLUS... Our Lovely Beauty Queens!

Joan Caliendo
Ms. New York Senior America 2024

Joan Caliendo
Ms. New York Senior America 2024

Joan Caliendo
Ms. New York Senior America 2024