Katy Perry stopped in Long Island, New York this past Friday at Nassau Coliseum for her California Dreams Tour. The California Dreams Tour is the second worldwide concert tour by American pop singer Katy Perry to promote her latest album Teenage Dream. Katy Perry made sure to not disappoint her fans by giving them a huge showcase and outstanding performance.

Despite the huge size of the coliseum and the enormous crowd Katy still managed to keep it fun and interactive and brought her version of Candy Land to life. The Candy Land scene included “a rainbow-colored staircase with lollipop banisters, three video screens floating above the stage framed by fluffy neon pink clouds.”

Perry’s band dressed in “all-white suits with pastel ties playing in front of a pair of pink, sugar-topped mountains.” Perry successfully makes wearing candy look completely stylish and sexy that even some female crowd members wore their own playful attire: blue wigs ,cupcake bras, Daisy Dukes shorts, and light-up heart headbands.

The show kicked off with an opening act by Swedish pop sensation, Robyn and another guest appearance by the rapper/ dancer Rye Rye. Their performances helped excite the already high energetic crowd. Throughout parts of the show a film played with narratives “about Perry’s travels through Candy Land in pursuit of ‘the baker’s boy,’ and it linked the different songs together.

Perry did fun medley covers of a few songs she called them the playlist for my life right now. The songs included “Only Girl in the World” by Rihanna, “Big Pimpin” by Jay-Z, “Whip My Hair” by Willow Smith and Rebecca Black’s “Friday.” She even did her own rendition of Whitney Houston’s 1980s hit “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.”

Though there were plenty of upbeat dance-pop tunes, Katy left a lot of the dancing to her professional backup troupe and showed off her own talent through an amazing vocal performance from start to finish. There didn’t appear to be a single dull or bitter moment in this concert- scene from Candy Land. The show was one colorful and entertaining sweet treat fans will be sure to remember.

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August 1^st will be a decisive day for Long Islanders. A vote will be held regarding the possible rebuilding of the Nassau Coliseum, home of hockey’s New York Islanders, and the general redevelopment of the area.

On May 31^st the Nassau County (New York) Legislature held a meeting to decide whether or not to let county residents vote at all on the proposed $400 million dollar project, a meeting that culminated with a positive decision for residents, putting the choice in their hands.

Rallys had recently been held in support of the referendum. Understandably, residents, union workers and business men and women around the area want the choice to be theirs rather than solely up to the Islanders owner Charles Wang and other county legislators.

However, Wang was the person who first brought this plan to fruition. The proposal offers not only a brand new state of the art arena for the Islanders, but also will include the construction of a minor league baseball field nearby in the same complex. Rumors have also floated around that should this vote pass, a casino will be built in the area as well.

The initial thought is that $400 million dollars is a ton of money to be spending during such a harsh economic climate, especially on a hockey team that hasn’t produced much success, either financially or athletically, in over a decade.

Though this is true, residents should think further into the future, after these arenas are built, and look for the positives in the project.

Thousands upon thousands of jobs will be created both in the construction of these buildings, and the everyday operations of them after they are finished. In such a time when finding jobs is difficult in any place, people should not quickly turn a blind eye to such an investment without serious thought.

The project could prove to be a real boost to the overall economy of the entire county. A new stadium would bring much revenue to business in the surrounding areas. At the very least it would send more traffic through the area, and for the most part, people equal money.

Should this vote fail, the belief is that the Islanders will be forced to move out of Uniondale. Possible rumored locations include Queens, Brooklyn, and possibly out of state destinations such as Kansas City. If the Islanders are gone, the Coliseum will undoubtedly go vacant, and cause not only a loss of jobs and revenue, but create an unused eyesore for the community, a reminder of what once was the pride of Long Island.

August 1^st, 2011 may indeed be a day that goes down in infamy, with the future of Long Island waning in the balance, no matter the outcome of the vote. Residents are urged to take a side on the project in the coming months and go to the polls so they can have their hand in shaping not only the home of one of their beloved sports teams, but their home as well.

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