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Three cheers for West Oak Lane. We did it again. We weathered the storm, literally, and produced an amazing three days of toe tapping music, astounding art, and an international food court that watered the taste buds.

Thank you to the West Oak Lane community members, our generous sponsors, supporters and volunteers, and all those who attended the 2009 West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival.

Originally known as the Municipal Auditorium, the Convention Hall hosted many public events, including the 1936 and 1948 Democratic National Conventions, the 1940 and 1948 Republican National Conventions, and the 1960 NBA All-Star Game. Thus the building earned the name Convention Hall. Pope John Paul II, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela all spoke there, and the Beatles and the famous Philadelphia Mummers both performed there. The Philadelphia Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers both played many of their games in the arena.

President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke at a campaign appearance on October 29, 1964 at Convention Hall. He appeared at the Hall alongside many notable Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Democratic leaders.^[1] Four days later, The Beatles played the venue on September 2, 1964 during their first tour of the United States. Hy Lit booked the band for Philadelphia for $25,000. Tickets went on sale in May 1964 and sold-out within 90-minutes.^[2] The Rolling Stones played Convention Hall on May 1, 1965 during their 3rd American Tour.^[3] American Rock Band , the Grateful Dead played a two-night stand in August 1974 and a three-night stand in April 1984.

Musiq is the eldest of nine children. At an early age, Musiq decided he would discontinue his high school education, and left home at 17. It was during that time Musiq started to build a reputation for being musically gifted, beat boxing for MC's, free styling on the open mic circuit, scatting at a jazz club, or just performing a cappella in the streets of Philadelphia, which is where he got the name "Musiq" and later added "Soulchild", which is intended to respect and represent the legacy and traditions of past soul artists. He cites as his inspiration such icons as Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Patti LaBelle,Billie Holiday, Sly & the Family Stone and Ray Charles.^[1][2]

Moard, BET, ASCAP, BMI, and Soul Train.^[1] Musiq has also earned award nominations from usiq Soulchild has had 2 platinum albums, 2 gold albums and 7 hit singles. He has received awards from BillbMTV, American Music Awards, NAACP, and 9 Grammy nominations, including 3 for his 2007 album Luvanmusiq. Besides being a successful recording artist, Musiq is notable for his creative and unique way of titling his albums and songs by ignoring the rules of capitalization, punctuation and spelling

From an early age, Monroe was a playground legend. His high school teammates at John Bartram High School called him "Thomas Edison" because of the many moves he invented.

Monroe rose to prominence at a national level while playing basketball at then Division II Winston-Salem State University, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Under the coaching of Hall of Fame coach Clarence "Big House" Gaines, Monroe averaged 7.1 points his freshman year, 23.2 points as a sophomore, 29.8 points as a junior and an amazing 41.5 points his senior year. In 1967, he earned NCAA College Division Player of the Year honors and led the Rams to the NCAA College Division Championship.