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Morning Show Insider: Still Going Strong

Evrod Cassimy and DYC Director Anthony White

DETROITEvrod Cassimy: They are still going strong! The Detroit Youth Choir had quite the weekend! I was at the Pistons game Saturday night and they performed at half-time. It was an incredible performance and I’m so happy for these kids. I ran in to their choir director, Anthony White, at LCA right after their performance. He is such a cool guy and is leading these students well. Friday night I actually shared the stage with the DYC at Winter Blast’s Skating In Detroit event. They opened up the show with a great performance. I closed out the event with a live performance as well. It was such a great event. More on my music and song I performed here. It was a great weekend overall. I hope yours was too!

In case you missed it, check out my Black History Month feature on a former Detroit Lion who is doing great things in our community.

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National Days: February 11th

  • National Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
  • National Inventors' Day
  • National Make a Friend Day
  • National Peppermint Patty Day
  • National Shut-In Visitation Day
  • National White Shirt Day
  • Safer Internet Day U.S.

History Highlights: February 11th

  • In 1937, a six-week-old sit-down strike against General Motors ended, with the company agreeing to recognize the United Automobile Workers Union.
  • In 1968, New York City’s fourth and current Madison Square Garden, located on Manhattan’s West Side at the site of what used to be the Pennsylvania Station building, opened with a “Salute to the USO” hosted by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. (The same evening, the New York Rangers played their final game at the third Garden, tying the Detroit Red Wings 3-3.)
  • In 1990, South African black activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity.
  • In 2006, Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded Harry Whittington, a companion during a weekend quail-hunting trip in Texas.
  • In 2012, pop singer Whitney Houston, 48, was found dead in a hotel room bathtub in Beverly Hills, California.
  • In 2013, with a few words in Latin, Pope Benedict XVI did what no pope had done in more than half a millennium: announced his resignation. The bombshell came during a routine morning meeting of Vatican cardinals. (The 85-year-old pontiff was succeeded by Pope Francis.)

Celebrity Birthdays: February 11th

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  • Actress Carey Lowell (“Law and Order”) is 59.
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  • Actress Jennifer Aniston is 51.
  • Singer D’Angelo is 46.
  • Singer-actress Brandy (“Moesha”) is 41.
  • Actor Matthew Lawrence (“Boy Meets World”) is 40.
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  • Actor Taylor Lautner is 28.

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