Democratic National Convention performance includes singers from Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Marlton, Voorhees, Sicklerville.
South Jersey residents with a keen eye may have caught some familiar faces on TV during the Democratic National Convention – and that doesn’t mean any of the politicians or their supporters.
At the start of the DNC, the 57-member Choir Across America performed the National Anthem. While the participating children may have been representing the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the other five U.S. territories, a number of them call South Jersey home.
“It was pretty crazy,” Diya Ramesh said.
The 14-year-old Voorhees resident admitted her anxiety got the best of her before seeing the performance, but it quickly dissipated.
“As soon as I saw my face, I feel like all the nerves went away,” she recalled with a smile. “It was like a pure moment of euphoria. I was so happy.”
Ramesh was one of the first performers to appear on screen alongside her peers from the Philadelphia-based nonprofit Commonwealth Youthchoirs (CY), which assembled the Choir Across America ensemble. CY has five programs across South Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania, including the Garden State Girlchoir and New Jersey Boychoir, both of which rehearse in Moorestown and at Rowan University…