The New Look for 2010!

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Here is the new PS22 Chorus of 2010 preparing for a very special performance that took place yesterday, and will be posted about shortly....

UPDATE 10-4-09: This video has just earned itself a YouTube honor as the #63 Top Rated Music Video today! The new PS22 Chorus of 2010 is really making quite the first impression!

Err.... Quadruple Ashton?

Congrats to the PS22 Chorus of 2008 for getting a belated acknowledgement from Ashton Kutcher, who linked to the kids' rendition of "Circle Game" by Joni Mitchell (a personal all-time fave of mine as well) on his Twitter page. This makes the FOURTH PS22 Chorus tweet in about a week! How grateful we are to have such a supportive and influential fan! To see some more of Ashton's PS22 Chorus tweets, click here.

TRIPLE Ashton!

Cheers yet again to one of the chorus's biggest supporters, Ashton Kutcher, for tweeting about the PS22 Chorus and linking to the group's stirring rendition of "Pictures of You" by The Cure. This makes 3 times in a week the kids have appeared on Ashton's Twitter page!! Click here to see Ashton's previous PS22 Chorus tweets!

Double Ashton....

Congrats to the new PS22 Chorus of 2010, who already have gotten themselves noticed by our friend, Ashton Kutcher, who just the other day linked to our "Just Dance" video from last year's group! (See previous post.) This time he tweeted about the new group and linked to the kids' rendition of "FAME," posted just last week! Way to go kids! This is the first time a debut video by ANY chorus has gotten recognition. Sure sign of good things to come from this group. And just wait until you see what's coming....

To check out more Ashton Kutcher PS22 Twitter action click here.

Ashton to Ashton, Aplusk to Aplusk

Thanks to our boy Ashton Kutcher, who tweeted again about his favorite fifth graders once again just a few minutes ago, linking to the PS22 Chorus version of "Just Dance!" Check out more Ashton PS22 Chorus tweets here!

AWE-some!

A really flattering article was to be found in today's Staten Island Advance's AWE section! Thanks to Ben Johnson for such a fantastic write-up! You can read it in the scans below or on SILIVE.com!

pic below from SILIVE.com

10 MILLION!

CONGRATS to the PS22 Chorus kids for reaching a new plateau! As of today, there have been over 10,000,000 viewings of PS22 Chorus videos!! Who could have ever imagined?!

To celebrate this amazing accomplishment, we present the new TOP 10 PS22 Chorus YouTube videos:

#10 EVERYBODY'S CHANGING (YouTube Views: 173,012)


#9 FLYING DUTCHMAN (YouTube Views: 178,653)


#8 PS22 sings for TORI AMOS (YouTube Views: 203,624)


#7 PICTURES OF YOU (YouTube Views: 251,614)


#6 1000 OCEANS (YouTube Views: 266,097)


#5 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' (YouTube Views: 310,174)


#4 LANDSLIDE (YouTube Views: 365,978)


#3 VIVA LA VIDA (YouTube Views: 787,588)


#2 EYE OF THE TIGER (YouTube Views: 828,451)


#1 JUST DANCE (YouTube Views: 1,049,863)

WOR RADIO & JOAN HAMBURG!

Today, new chorus members Neil and Sarah had the wonderful opportunity to be interviewed by Joan Hamburg on her weekday WOR broadcast. Check out the PS22 Chorus segment of the broadcast below, or download the entire podcast on the WOR website.

The kids did a great job on their first radio show, and Joan was a delight to speak with as well! Big thanks to her and her production staff (particularly Natalie) for having us on the show today!

A Spotlight Video!!

The PS22 Chorus is going to be featured all day today on YouTube's home page as a spotlight video! YouTube chose to go with the cover of "Pictures of You" by The Cure. We think it was a great choice, and here it is below! Thanks to YouTube for giving the kids such awesome exposure!

PS22 Chorus Receives COAHSI Award!

CONGRATS to the PS22 Chorus kids throughout the years for making this happen! You can read the article above or on the SILIVE.com website.

Viva la DIVA!

On Thursday night, Ms. Lisa and I were lucky enough to attend the VH1 DIVAS 2009 concert at Brooklyn Academy of Music! The show, as many of you I'm sure have seen by now, was absolutely spectacular! The line-up included, Jennifer Hudson, Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis, Jordin Sparks, and Miley Cyrus! Special guests included Stevie Wonder, Cyndi Lauper, India Arie and an assortment of others. Hosted by Paula Abdul, we were treated to one great performance after the next! But I must admit, the coolest part of the show was when the big screen went down just before they went to break, and we got to see 2 amazing performances by the PS22 Chorus -- "Chasing Pavements" by Adele, and "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis. Allie and Tirzah did the soloing and to say they rocked the mike would be the understatement of the year!! Seeing the chorus among the musical greats, and seeing the crowd's reaction to the chorus, certainly ranks among the proudest moments of my career. The kids filmed the songs on September 8, the day before they embark upon new adventures in intermediate school.

Also cool was running into our new friends from the cast of FAME, who lit up when they talked about how amazing a day they had with the NEW PS22 Chorus of 2010! We saw Naturi Naughton before the performance, who just last week tweeted about the phenomenal day with the kids at PS22. After the show, we also ran into cast members Asher Book, Kherington Payne , and Walter Perez, all pictured above. Asher and Kherington, who also attended the event at PS22 last week were just gushing about the kids, and were so happy to have had the experience.

The DIVAS concert re-airs all weekend on VH1, so check your local listings if you missed it the first time around! And there's also a great article being featured on MTV's site about the chorus's participation in the show.