Local musicians perform Mozart’s Requiem at Swarthmore Sunday
SWARTHMORE » Forty members of the Chester Children’s Chorus are joined by singers of the Delaware Valley community and full orchestra to perform Mozart’s Requiem at Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 18.
Conducted by John Alston, the chorus’s founder and artistic director, the concert is a culmination of a year of dedicated practice. “With the
support of accomplished and caring adults,” said Alston. “Our Chester children will sing one of the greatest works of Western culture with confidence, accuracy, and understanding.”
The Chester Children’s Chorus includes 130 boys and girls, age 8 to 18 years old from the Chester Upland school district. The chorus was founded in 1994 and is a division of Swarthmore College.
A free-will donation is taken to support the program. While seating is not assigned, reservations must be made at cccrequiem. brownpapertickets.com or by calling the office at 610328-8180. For information on the Chester Children’s Chorus, visit www.chesterchildrenschorus.org
Hear Dem. candidates Wednesday
SWARTHMORE » Indivisible Swarthmore: Moving the Needle hosts a public forum with Tanner Rouse and Tim Kearney, Democratic candidates for State Senate 26th District, from 7:30-9 p.m. Wednesday, March 14. Nina Ahmad, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, and Jennifer O’Mara, Democratic candidate for State Assembly 161st District, also make brief remarks before the forum.
The event is held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 301 N. Chester Road. Light refreshments are served at 7:30 before the program begins at 8. Guests are asked to park along College Avenue and not in the church driveway. The building is wheelchair accessible. For information, email indivisibleswarthmore@gmail.com
West Catholic Girls meet April 22
SPRINGFIELD » West Catholic Girls Alumnae Association presents its spring luncheon and fundraiser, “A Day at the Beach,” from noon-4 p.m. April 22, at The Porch at Lamb Tavern, 865 W. Springfield Road.
Cost is $35 per person. There is a cash bar. Summer attire, sandals, flip-flops, capris, beach hats, beach cover-ups are all encouraged. The event includes raffles and door prizes, and dancing to Beach Boys tunes.
Reservations are required. Tables of up to eight are available. Deadline to register is April 9; no tickets are sold at the door.
Make checks check payable to WCGAA and mail to WCGAA, PO Box 805, Broomall, PA 19008.
For information, call Rose Frank ‘61 at 610-2595481 or Roe Mitchell ‘67 at 610-259-4486.
Get voters’ rights info March 18
PHILADELPHIA » Local community organizations share opportunities to get involved in registering voters, educating voters, and protecting voting rights at the Let People Vote Kickoff from 3-5 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at the Cardinal Foley Center on the campus of St. Joseph’s University. The event is organized by local People Power and Indivisible groups.
The headline speaker will be Bill Cobb, current Deputy Director of ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice and founder of Redeemed, an advocacy group for those returning to society from prison.
People Power is a volunteer grassroots nonpartisan movement of the ACLU. The Indivisible Project is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit cultivating a progressive grassroots movement at the local level.
For information and registration, visit the Let People Vote Event Brite listing bit.ly//PPVoteEvent
BVM seeks classmate info
MEDIA » Nativity BVM Church, 30 E. Franklin St., celebrates its 150th anniversary with an all-class alumni memorial Mass at 5 p.m. Oct. 27, followed by a reunion in the school gym. For information and to help compile class lists contact information, call Alice at 484-574-9295. T-shirts and other keepsakes will be sold at the event.
Mickey Vernon centennial underway
RADNOR » The Sports Legends of Delaware County Museum announces a yearlong celebration to honor the birth of James Barton (Mickey) Vernon in 2018.
With apologies to other great players of local origin. it can be readily argued that Mickey is certainly the greatest baseball player that Delaware County has ever produced. Born on April 22, 1918, and a native of Marcus Hook, Vernon was a two-time American League batting champion and seven-time All-Star.
During 2018, the SLDC website presents a video clip and sports card each month throughout the year to commemorate the centennial. Called “Celebrating a Life Well-Lived,” the clips consist of a series of 12 interview segments in which Mickey reminisces about his years in baseball. Many of the segments were filmed just nine days before his death on Sept. 24, 2008.
The interview segments are compiled on a DVD “Grand Memories of a Great Champion.” For information on the exhibit and purchasing the DVD, contact Jim Vankoski at 610909-4919 or vankoski21@ comcast.net. For the clips and cards series and general information, visit www.sportslegendsofdelawarecounty.com