The platinum-selling group will be recognized as local history-makers at Independence Hall on July 4 at 10 a.m and perform during the Concert and Fireworks on the Parkway at 7 p.m. The theme for 2017 is “Everyone is a History Maker.”
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The festival kicks off next Thursday, June 29, with six days of 50 free events. The CAPA vocal students performed an acapella rendition of “Motown Philly,” and then a signature CAPA mashup, “Medley America” with the hometown Boyz II Men joining in.īoyz II Men will perform at the July Fourth Wawa Welcome America festival. “If Boyz II Men can do it, every last young person out here in this crowd and every young person that attend this school can do it.”
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“They show you that every young person here in the City of Philadelphia can follow their goals, their dreams and aspirations despite their zip code, despite their neighborhood, despite anything that they may be going through in their personal lives or their family lives,” Johnson said.
The councilman said the vocal group’s success is an aspirational message for all young Philadelphians. So today is a special day for me,” he said. It was like everybody from the neighborhood made it because Boyz II Men made it. “When they got that record deal, it was like we all made it. Johnson, who grew up in the Point Breeze section of the city, spoke about the group’s impact on the city. “I came back to talk to Mark on the Council Floor … and said, ‘Listen, we going for Broad Street’… because at the end of the day, they deserve to have the honor on the Avenue of the Arts Broad Street here in the City of Philadelphia.” “It was a slight recommendation from somewhere to say, ‘Well maybe let’s look at Carpenter Street or Christian Street,” Johnson said. Squilla came to Johnson with the idea near CAPA, but first they had to find a street. The official street-naming followed a resolution sponsored by Philadelphia City Councilmen Kenyatta Johnson and Mark Squilla to rename the section. But when they don’t love you, they hate you, and that’s the bottom line,” he said, laughing. “It’s incredible how when they love you, they love you. We’re real tough, you know what I mean?” he said.
“It was a time when we didn’t know if they would because, you know, Philly is a tough crowd. Philadelphia believing in the group was a “beautiful thing,” he said. Nothing prepared me for these moments and times in our lives.” “You know, we had no idea that these things were going to come to fruition. “It was far-fetched to reach this point right here,” Morris said. Wanya Morris, a member of the group who hails from North Philadelphia, echoed the appreciation. And every now and then I’d tell myself that I was going to buy this place and make it my house.” “It’s really, really special for me because I literally lived three blocks away, and before this was a school I used to come down here and sit up on the steps and write songs. Know that what we started was all started here.”Ī native of the nearby Graduate Hospital neighborhood, he had the group rehearse at his apartment, so the dedication was even more personal. “This high school right here is a special place for all of us, and probably some of you too. “Even though we may have moved away, Philly is always in our hearts and will always be,” he said. “We thank Creative and Performing Arts for teaching us and for putting us together.”Īnother member, Nathan Morris, said Philadelphia is what the group is about, saying the city has been a part of their career for the past 25 years. “It’s a real, real honor to know that the city that raised us, this city that practically brought us up musically and otherwise were gracious and kind enough to give us this honor,” Stockman said. The CAPA small jazz band played on the school steps before the dedication.īoyz II Men member Shawn Stockman, from Southwest Philly, said it was humbling to have the city that gave them so much and the school that brought them together from their respective parts of town recognize them. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor
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