[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 14 (Wednesday, February 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E87-E88]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           IN HONOR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHOIR SCHOOL OF DELAWARE

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                         HON. MICHAEL N. CASTLE

                              of delaware

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 8, 2006

  Mr. CASTLE. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today 
to pay tribute to the Cathedral Choir School of Delaware, who on 
January 25, 2006, had the honor of singing for First Lady Laura Bush at 
the White House. The Cathedral Choir School of Delaware was honored as 
one of the 17 youth arts and humanities programs that will receive the 
2005 Coming Up Taller Award from the First Lady. The Choir performed 
two songs, the National Anthem and a Zulu anthem.
  This Award was created by the President's Committee on the Arts and 
the Humanities, and its recipients are chosen by members of the 
Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for 
the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Cathedral 
Choir School of Delaware was selected from a group of over 250 well-
qualified nominees.
  Led by Choirmaster and Artistic Director Dr. Darryl Roland, this 
wonderful ensemble boasts 53 area students whose ages range from as 
young as 7, to as old as 17. The main objective of the choral arts 
program is to help these young people, many of them disadvantaged, 
succeed in school and other extracurricular endeavors. While singing is 
the central activity, it is only one of the important skills that they 
take away from this program.

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  The Cathedral Choir School of Delaware boasts an impressive list of 
alumni, many having been elected to leadership positions at their 
academic institutions and in their communities. The former Chief 
Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court is an example of a distinguished 
alumnus from the group.
  I congratulate and thank the Cathedral Choir School of Delaware for 
their contributions to the State of Delaware and to our country. Many 
children who have participated in the program as well as music lovers 
owe the group a sincere debt of gratitude, and I am pleased to be able 
to vocalize their appreciation. I am thrilled that a group from my home 
State has been honored with such an illustrious award and I wish them 
many more years of continued success.

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