Arts & Entertainment

A Concert for Paula Bohovesky - A Celebration of a Life

Performers and special guests will gather in the Pearl River High School auditorium May 5 for A Concert for Paula Bohovesky - A Celebration of a Life.

Bohovesky, a 16-year-old Pearl River High School sophomore, was murdered while walking home Oct. 28, 1980.

Funds raised with the May 5 event will be used to maintain PetitionforPaula.org, to support a performing arts scholarship in her name and to maintain an existing memorial on the high school grounds.  Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased at PetitionforPaula.org or at the door.

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Performers will include:

  • Internationally-known violinist Eileen Ivers
  • Rockland Conservatory of Music String Orchestra with Conductor Anna Teigen
  • Pearl River High School Choir with Director Shareen Way
  • Shirley Crabbe, singer (PRHS Class of 1981)
  • Mary Ellen Petti, singer (PRHS Class of 1982)
  • John Carson and Ed Walters, singers (PRHS Class of 1982)
  • Chris Murphy and Friends

Special Guests include:

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  • Lois Bohovesky, Paula's mother, with a poetry reading
  • Sharon Klass, Paula's art teacher
  • Sheila Schonbrun, Paula's singing coach
  • A Journalist's Journey
  • District Attorneys Ken Gribetz and Tom Zugibe


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