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Growing Up and Crossing Over: Jackie Evancho on the Company She Keeps Now
Jesse McGuire, the "Star-Spangled Banner"...and How He Won the Panthers-49ers Playoff Game Before Kickoff
The word "viral" has become a household term in describing the Internet's most relevant and popular posts. Would one ever assume a trumpeter's rendition of the "Star-Spangled Banner" to go viral, though? As unpredictable as the Internet may be, astoundingly, Jesse McGuire's performance of our national anthem has become a popular topic on social media. Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia, with Bill Cosby and Wynton Marsalis, Debuts at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
In a world sick with Cyrus hysteria and One Direction-less fever, the formation of a jazz ensemble would seem unlikely. But for Philadelphians, the emergence of a newly-founded jazz orchestra echoes the sounds from a city in its youth.
