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Year 34, No. 45
Celebrating 34 Years of Community News
July 31 – August 6, 2019
The Philly POPS to Perform with Sarah Mia Schaller Wins 2019 Harry Dunn Art McLachlan at The Met Philadelphia Scholarship Award
The POPS Makes Its Met Philadelphia Debut in One-Night-Only Performance August 5
he Philly P O P S will perform its first concert at The Met Philadelphia on August 5 in a onenight-only performance with GRAMMY awardwinning vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Sarah McLachlan.
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The Philly POPS will perform its first concert at The Met Philadelphia in a one-night-only concert with superstar Sarah McLachlan August 5!
Laura Cheadle to Perform in Wayne Page 7
“Elliot and the Magic Bed” Page 11
This concert is the first in The Philly POPS at the Met Philadelphia concert series. Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sarah achieved international fame with her multiplatinum album Surfacing, which includes tracks like “Building a Mystery” and “Angel,” the latter of which achieved meteoric success in commercials with the ASPCA. By 2009, she had sold over 30 million albums worldwide. The POPS, under the direction of maestro Sean O’Loughlin, will perform some of Sarah’s signature hits, including, “Building a Mystery,” “Adia,” “I Will Remember You,” and “Angel.” This concert, in featuring an artist with roots in both pop and rock music, bridges the POPS’ 41year focus on American popular music and its POPS Rocks brand. In 2002, Sarah founded her non-profit organization, the Sarah McLachlan School of Music, which provides top-quality music instruction at no cost, in a safe and nurturing environment, for at-risk and underserved children and youth. Since music provided McLachlan with the tools she needed to navigate the challenges she faced in her life, she recognized how important it is for every child to have those same opportunities and created the school. Her efforts parallel POPS in Schools, a program in which The Philly POPS provides supplemental music education to School District of Philadelphia schools. POPS in Schools gives See The Philly POPS to Perform with Sarah McLachlan page 5
Moore Receives $5 Million Gift Page 12
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The Chester County Community Foundation has announced Mia Schaller of Downingtown as the winner of the 2019 Harry Dunn Art Scholarship Award. orn in 1929 in West Chester, Harry Dunn studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia College of Art, and the Art Students League of New York. Harry went on to work in New York and Philadelphia in advertising, television & illustration. Harry’s most widely-recognized illustration became the NBC peacock, promoting full living color television in 1956. Harry’s artwork was featured on the covers of The New Yorker, Park East, House & Garden and Fortune magazines. In the 1960s and 1970s a good deal of Harry’s artwork and murals were installed for display in East Coast hotels, apartment buildings, and banks. In his later years, Harry mentored many artists throughout Chester County. Although Harry passed away in 1998, his legacy lives on through his family and friends, his artwork, and the Harry Dunn Scholarship Fund. Harry also served as the inspiration
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See Art Scholarship Award Winner Mia Schaller page 6
The Players Club of Swarthmore Presents Schoolhouse Rock Live! choolhouse Rock Live!, a pop culture phenomenon takes the stage at The Players Club of Swarthmore’s Children’s Series August 10-18. Based on the hit Saturday morning cartoon series seen on ABC-TV throughout the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, Schoolhouse Rock Live! teaches history, grammar, math, and “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” runs from Saturday, August 10 more to a whole new generation. Academic subjects will through Sunday, August 18 as part of The Players Club of never seem boring again when presented through megahits Swarthmore’s Children’s Series. like “Conjunction Junction,” “Just a Bill,” “Interplanet Janet” or “Three is a Magic Number.” Directed by Jason Boyer, music director is Dan Matarazzo and choreographer is Caitlin Naylor. Directed by Jason Boyer, with music direction by Dan Matarazzo and choreography by Caitlin Naylor. Schoolhouse Rock Live! teaches grammar, math, and more with clever, catchy tunes. The show follows Tom (Chaz Myers, Media), a teacher who is nervous about his first day in the classroom. He tries to relax by watching TV, when Bynum, Brookhaven), Dori (Colette Scorzetti), Shulie (Lanie Morris, Springfield), various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the and Dina (Danielle Marone, Phoenixville). Schoolhouse Rock Live! runs from Saturday, August 10 through Sunday, set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music. The characters include Joe (Sabrina, Boyd-Surka, Philadelphia), George (Jeff See “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” Aug. 10-18 page 6
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