PRINTER'S NO. 3700
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
982
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY DeLISSIO, WHITE, HENNESSEY, DONATUCCI, BIZZARRO,
READSHAW, DiGIROLAMO, SCHLEGEL CULVER, NEILSON, THOMAS,
DAVIS, KINSEY, J. HARRIS, MILLARD, GODSHALL, J. McNEILL,
WARD, SOLOMON, HILL-EVANS, HELM, MARSICO, YOUNGBLOOD, KORTZ,
DRISCOLL, SIMS AND M. QUINN, JUNE 18, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 18, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale on the occasion
of its 50th anniversary.
WHEREAS, Robert G. Hamilton established the Philadelphia Boys
Choir and Chorale in 1968; and
WHEREAS, Jeffrey R. Smith has directed the choir since 2004;
and
WHEREAS, Members of the Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated
choir are recognized for their musicianship, intelligence and
interpretive abilities; and
WHEREAS, Shawn Stockman, Ukee Washington, Justin Hopkins, Joe
Bonsall and John Stroud are choir alumni; and
WHEREAS, The choir has cultivated a devoted following
worldwide as America's Ambassadors of Song, having traveled to
Argentina, China, Egypt, Russia and Spain; and
WHEREAS, As the first American performing arts group to
perform on Cuban soil in the decades following the revolution,
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