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Pascale is one of three fourth graders from the Hyde Park school selected to sing in the 2009 National Kodaly Children’s Choir, which will be performing Saturday evening.
A song written for a school assembly ended up as a professionally produced track sold over the internet, thanks to parents with music-industry connections.
A selection of songs created by famous Chicago Public Schools alums, including Quincy Jones, Benny Goodman, Jerry Butler and Rickie Lee Jones, is available online.
The ordinance would require anyone who promotes an event drawing more than 100 people to obtain a two-year license at a cost ranging from $500 to $2000. Bands and community groups would have to pay.