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From YouTube: Councilwoman Reynolds Brown Honors the 50th Anniversary of the Philadelphia Boys Choir 10-25-2018
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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, October 25, 2018:
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown (At Large) led a presentation honoring and recognizing the Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale on the occasion of their 50th Anniversary.
Read the resolution: http://bit.ly/2EFQ5xm
A
Chair
recognizes
Councilwoman
Runnels
Brown,
who
presented
resolution
to
the
Philadelphia
Boys
Choir
with
Jeffrey
Smith,
Stefan
Stoker
and
those
accompanying
them.
Please
join
the
Councilwoman
at
the
podium
and
we
also
have
councilman
Jones
Councilwoman
gym
councilman
Todd,
Nurnberger,
councilman,
Oh,
councilman
Johnson.
B
Thank
You
mr.
president,
I
first
want
to
publicly
say
thank
you
to
your
sergeant-at-arms
team
for
working
so
closely
and
working
in
an
extremely
collegial
fashion,
with
my
staff
to
allowing
us
to
hear
the
100
angelic
voices
that
we'll
hear
later
this
morning
and
the
spirit
of
music
and
all
of
what
it
means.
I,
believe
Richard,
Daley,
former
mayor
of
Chicago
said
it
best
when
he
said
and
I
stated,
politicians
don't
bring
people
together.
Artists
do
for
those
of
us
who
love
the
arts.
B
We
know
that
there
are
only
three
colors
when
you
think
about
it.
We
really
actually
start
with
three
colors.
There
are
ten
digits,
five
dance
positions
and
seven
notes.
It
is
what
we
do
with
them.
That's
important.
Today
we
are
honoring
and
recognizing
the
Philadelphia
Boys
Choir
and
chorale
on
the
occasion
of
their
50th
anniversary.
C
B
Whereas
this
is
founding
in
1968,
the
Salafi
boys,
choir
and
chorale
has
proudly
represented
both
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
the
United
States
of
America.
Doing
many
worldwide
concert
tours
tours
around
the
globe,
which
has
earned
them
the
nickname,
America's
ambassadors
of
songs.
Thank
you,
young
men
and
whereas,
as
a
Grammy
nominated
and
Emmy
Award
winning
group,
the
fall
off
your
boys
choirs
highly
acclaimed
performances
have
earned
them
some
of
the
most
distinguished
honors
and
music
and.
D
And
I
went
with
them
to
the
China
trip
and
all
I
will
tell
you
is
we
had
a
interesting
time
over,
whereas
the
fell
off
your
boys,
choir
and
chorale
has
been
led
by
its
artistic
director
Jeffrey
our
Smith
since
2004
mr.
Smith,
who
was
in
the
choir
as
a
child
and
is
an
accomplished
conductor,
composer
and
musician
in
his
own
right,
having
performed
with
the
Philadelphia
Orchestra,
New,
Jersey
Symphony,
and
as
a
pianist
for
several
theatrical
performances
both
on
and
off
Broadway.
Mr.
E
Whereas
the
Philadelphia
Boys
Choir
has
collaborated
with
world
renowned
orchestras
and
soloists
such
as
Luciana
Pavarotti,
the
Philadelphia
Orchestra,
the
Philly
pops
Pennsylvania,
Ballet,
opera,
Philadelphia,
Curtis
Institute,
as
well
as
the
Mendelssohn
Club
pig-iron
theater,
Vox
Amadeus,
and
the
Chamber
Orchestra
of
Philadelphia,
and
whereas
the
Philadelphia
Boys,
Choir
and
choral
has
been
featured
on.
Television
shows
such
as
Good
Morning,
America,
Saturday
live
The,
Today,
Show
and.
I
Whereas
the
Philadelphia
spoi,
Boys,
Choir
and
Corral
is
celebrating
50
years
of
outstanding
achievements
of
musical
excellence
and
Philadelphia
is
proud
to
be
the
home
to
such
a
world-renowned
groundbreaking
group
now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
by
the
Council
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia
that
we
hereby
honor
and
recognize
the
Philadelphia
boys
choir
in
chorale
on
the
occasion
of
its
50th
anniversary.
Congratulations.
J
Besides
this
honor,
we
want
to
thank
all
of
the
council
people
for
their
hard
work
for
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
because
we
know
you're
here,
because
you
love
and
care
about
the
people
of
Philadelphia,
as
do
our
boys
and
men,
and
so
when
we
go
around
the
world
and
sing
our
songs
and
share
our
music.
Besides,
representing
our
country,
we
specifically
represent
our
city
and
the
boys
are
proud
of
that,
and
they
take
that
seriously
and
many
of
the
countries
we
visit.
J
They
don't
necessarily
speak
English,
but
they
understand
our
message
through
our
music
and
they
realize
that,
though
our
countries
may
have
differences
and
maybe
they're
not
happy
with
the
way
things
are
going
in
our
own
country.
They
know
that
the
people
of
America
are
great
people
and
they're
able
to
to
have
a
higher
opinion
of
Americans
than
before.
J
We
visited
because
they
meet
these
fine
young
men
and,
and
they
see
that
these
are
good
kids
and
they
care
about
others
and
so
they're
happy
to
represent
us
of
as
well
as
here
in
Philadelphia
and
as
a
matter
of
fact,
some
of
the
boys
take
it
so
seriously
that
as
they
get
older,
they
go
into
major
in
foreign
affairs
or
political
fields.
We've
got
several
boys
overseas
and
maybe
some
days
some
of
them
will
be
here
in
City
Council.