![]() ![]() When not behind the camera, she can usually be found in her garden, in her kitchen, or wandering the state with her husband Anthony LaSala on a long hike, browsing antique shops and searching for the perfectly made latte. MIANA JUN is based in beautiful Bucks County, PA. ![]() JEN HONOVIC HERCZEG is a pastry school graduate with an MBA who utilizes her experience in food and beverage branding, strategy and digital marketing working for best-in-class brands and local favorites alike. She is the co-author of Frommer’s Philadelphia & the Amish Country and the blogger behind The Dharma Kitchen. When she isn’t working, she is spending time with her husband, two adult sons and Great Danes.ĬARRIE HAVRANEK writes about food and travel from Easton, where she is a dedicated shopper of the Easton Farmers’ Market. Her work has been featured on the cover of Martha Stewart Weddings and Bride’s, to name a few. Boys Choir, auditions, performances and to donate to their upcoming trip to South Africa, go to Philly is comprised of people with various talents that help make Edible Philly the success it is today.ĪLISON CONKLIN has been a professional photographer for over two decades. “She wrote my letter of recommendation to the choir director there.” “I sing with Lincoln University’s choir in Pennsylvania and received a scholarship because of Ms. Thomas Nash, 21, who joined the choir in only the fourth grade, has immense gratitude for Stewart. Each of the choir members works on core program goals set by Stewart that lend themselves to character-building and academia.Īmong those goals: to develop positive social and cultural experiences which facilitate alternatives for understanding and respecting cultural and ethnic differences, to reinforce academic skills in reading through interpretation of text and vocabulary expansion and to reinforce academic skills in mathematics by enabling the boys to demonstrate their understanding of rhythm, note and rest duration, and meter signatures. Stewart’s effort goes far beyond their polished rehearsal space at St. Living the Dream Award and the Foundation for the Advancement of Music and Education Award. Justice Department, the Martin Luther King Jr. The choir has received countless awards and recognitions over the years, including the 1993 Mayor’s Youth Initiative Grant, 2005-2006 Grant from Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the U.S. Stewart teaches her choir members how to dissect music and is enthusiastic about all the different voices they bring to the table, ranging from soprano to bass. “Besides teaching them music, I try to teach them what it means to succeed, have manners and stay out of trouble.” “Many of them say to me, ‘You’re like my mother,” Stewart said matter-of-factly. Starting with 25 boys, she proudly named them the D.C. public schools system in 1967, Stewart was instantly infatuated with teaching the children how to read, consume and perform music. “I can’t wait to see the culture, what they do there, what they eat and what kinds of music they listen to.” “I’m super-excited about South Africa because I’ve never been there before,” choir member Christopher Nash told The Informer. This month, Stewart and the choir will be performing at the American Celebration of Music in South Africa, adding to the long list of places the choir has blessed with its musical charm, including China, England, Austria and Italy.įor some participants, it will be their first time traveling out of the country. What started as a love for music and a subtle attempt to keep young men of color positively engaged blossomed decades later into one of the premier youth choirs in the nation. In 1993, vocal music instructor Eleanor Stewart assembled a choir for elementary school boys. By Diamond Durant | The Washington Informer
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