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Walt Whitman and the Soul Children celebrate 17 years

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From: New Pittsburgh Courier
Date: 19990403
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Walt Whitman and the Soul Children celebrate 17 years

Mentor, motivator, rites of passage leader, disciplinarian, father figure, visionary and life-long friend are a few of the words those close to him use to describe the sensational and award-winning Soul Children of Chicago founder Walter W. Whitman Jr. Known throughout Chicago as a dynamo and virtual living legend, Whitman formed the 75-voice Soul Children of Chicago (who range from ages 7 to 17) in October 1981. The choir was originally created as an extracurricular activity to the music curriculum of St. John De LaSalle Elementary ...

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