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Haverford resident will compete in world-class championship sailing among young people, hosts continental and world regattas, including the European Championship, which admits four sailors from each country into the competition. Hall, who be gan competitive racing at USODA regattas at age 12, will bring her own sails onto Lake Balaton. According to her mother, Lisa Hall, she chose the JSail brand for its more advanced radial cut sail, Kathryn Hall, an 8th grader at The Agnes Irwin School, is pictured at the which capitalizes 2012 USODA Girls Nationals in Sandusky, Ohio. on high wind conditions. very year, the U.S. Optimist Dinghy “The lake will offer oscillating, persistent Association (USODA) sends four and geo graphic wind shifts for the more adolescent sailors to compete experienced sailors,” said Mrs. Hall. “Such against top sailors from all over conditions present a greater challenge than the world. This year, they have sailing on open water.” Her year-round preparation for this comdesignated Kathryn Hall, an eighth grader at The Agnes Irwin School, the top petition is vigorous, including regular workfemale sailor to compete in the 2013 European outs and traveling each weekend to Long Optimist Championship – a four-day regatta Island, NY or Annapolis, MD to sail. In addition to her training outside of school, Hall on Lake Balaton in Hungary. “I am very excited to be representing the played on the tennis, squash and lacrosse United States in Hungary,” said Hall. “It takes teams and served as the Student Council a tremendous amount of strength and endur- athletic representative for her eighth grade ance to keep up with the competitors, espe- year, an elected position. “Kathryn has worked tirelessly to earn the cially the boys! Being the top U.S. female sailor means all of my hard work has really ranking of top female sailor on the United States Optimist sailing team,” said Katie paid off.” The International Optimist Dinghy Associa- Cooper, assistant athletic director at Agnes tion (IODA), which promotes the sport of See Top Sailor Kathryn Hall to Compete in Hungary on page 12
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Jay Wexler, noted Professor of Law at Boston University and award-winning author and humorist, will present his “Holy Hullabaloos and Beyond: The State of Church/State Law in the United States (and maybe some other things)” July 1, 2013 at the Ethical Society. he Freethought Society (FS) and the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia (EHSP) are co-hosting Jay Wexler, noted Professor of Law at Boston University and award-winning author and humorist, who will present his “Holy Hullabaloos and Beyond: The State of Church/State Law in the United States (and maybe some other things)” at their July 1, 2013 gathering. Jay Wexler’s humorous, lively and revealing presentation is based on his best-selling book Holy Hullabaloos: A Road Trip to the Battlegrounds of the Church/State Wars. “In the fall of 2007, I spent about six months traveling to all sorts of interesting places where big church-state Supreme Court cases came from,” Wexler said. “I wanted to visit the people who were involved in the cases and see the places where they actually happened. I went to an Amish farm, a high school football game in East Texas, the U.S. Senate, a community of really Orthodox Jews in New York State, a Santeria get-together in South Florida, and downtown Cleveland.”
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Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell Hold Historic Meeting Plan 50-Year Legacy Celebration n historic reunion of pioneering producers and friends Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell, the iconic co-creators of the Sound of Philadelphia, occurred recently at the Philadelphia International Records offices as “The Mighty Three” of the Philly Sound met to begin discussions to celebrate their 50year legacy, starting in 2014. Much of Soul music history over the last half century has revolved around great producer/artist combinations, and none was more pleasing than the work of ”Mighty Three” partners Gamble, Huff and Bell. Together, they created the Sound of Philadelphia, the most important and dominant sound of the ‘70s, and the heir to the Motown sound of the ‘60s. As songwriters, musicians, producers and arrangers, Gamble, Huff and Bell established themselves
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among the most important R&B/ Soul music figures of all time. Their Mighty Three Music catalog and publishing company, currently owned by Warner/ChapFrom left – legendary pioneering producers and friends Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell, the iconic “Mighty Three” of the Sound of Philadelphia, pose in front of the Philadelphia International Records offices, where they held an historic meeting to launch discussions about celebrating their 50-year legacy together. Photo/David Ickes
pell Music, is one of the deepest and most enduring catalogs in the history of popular music. Bell’s work with the Delfonics (“La La Means I Love You,” “Didn’t See Gamble, Huff & Bell Gather on page 7