Detroit, MI
Detroit Youth Choir’s Disney+ series debuts Wednesday, screening set for DIA Saturday
The uplifting and joyful Detroit Youth Choir is no stranger to television, as we know, but now the local ensemble is getting ready for their big streaming debut.
“Choir” is a six-part docuseries about the DYC and director Anthony White as they work towards a big performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
All episodes will premier on Disney+ Wednesday, but local fans can get a sneak peek of the first episode at a screening 2 p.m. Saturday at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The event is free with general admission and includes a post-screening question and answer session and a performance by the choir.
The Detroit Youth Choir started many years ago, but it wasn’t until a fruitful 2019 appearance on “America’s Got Talent” that the group became a well-known name in the city and nationally. Since taking second place on the reality competition show, the nonprofit group has been everywhere, performing at Orchestra Hall, charity galas, movie theaters and halftime shows.
More: Detroit Youth Choir director’s faith in students gives them confidence behind the scenes
“(Disney) is going to take it to the next level,” White told The Detroit News last year. “What other youth choir in the country have a docuseries made by Blumhouse? It’s crazy. The crew that filmed became like family to us … they were just hanging out in rehearsal, hanging out at Carnegie Hall with us.”
The six-episode arc of “Choir” follows the kids as they perform at the Detroit Institute of Arts and audition to be part of the 50-singer group that will go on to dazzle them at Carnegie. The series not only follows the choir and its performances, but focuses on the drama of the school-aged kids as they ponder balancing after-school activities and growing into older teenagers.
mbaetens@detroitnews.com
‘Choir’
featuring the Detroit Youth Choir
Out Wednesday on Disney+
“Choir” screening event
2 p.m. Sat.
Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward, Detroit
Free with general admission, which is free for residents of the tri-county
Dia.org
Chickens and geese that went missing from a local nonprofit’s Detroit site were found in the backyard of a nearby home, the director of operations said Wednesday.
The Full Circle Foundation, a Grosse Point Park-based nonprofit, said more than a dozen chickens and geese were believed stolen from a chicken coop on Detroit’s east side that also features the Full Circle Edible Garden.
The nonprofit provides training and job opportunities for young people with special needs.
Neighbors who learned from news reports about the missing flock found the “chickens were being held in the backyard of a vacant home not far from the Full Circle Edible Garden,” said Stephanie DiVirgil, director of operations. She said Ribbon Farm 4-H owns the flock.
“The homeowner was contacted, and she reached out to Full Circle to confirm,” said DiVirgil. “We were able to retrieve all of the chickens and geese that were found on the property, 19 in total.”
The foundation and Ribbon Farms 4-H are working to secure the site, including cameras, fencing and lights.
“We will likely start a fundraising campaign to have these items installed,” DiVirgil said. “We’ve gotten amazing support from the community, including offers to help pay for these additional security measures.”
DETROIT (WXYZ) — Human remains were found in a furnace of an home on Detroit’s west side, the Detroit Police Department tells us.
The remains was found by an individual working on the home in the 5200 block of S Clarendon just after 11 a.m.
Anyone with information can call 313-596-2260 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-SpeakUp.
Stay with WXYZ.com for updates on this developing story.
The Detroit Police Department is investigating after a 5-year-old child was shot in the arm near a park on Tuesday.
The shooting happened at about 8:50 p.m. near the Fargo-Oaklfield Playground on the city’s west side. Police Chief Todd Bettison says the child was in front of his home riding a bike with his father supervising at the time of the shooting.
Bettison says an individual at the park fired multiple shots, striking the child. He says the boy’s father reported hearing shots and the child falling from his bike.
Bettison says the child is expected to be OK.
Bettison says the person appears to have been firing shots randomly, which he calls “problematic.” He says a person of interest is described as possibly between 15 and 16 years old and wearing a mask. He says the person is known to frequent the area.
“When you fire a weapon, what goes up must go down,” Bettison said. “To parents and everyone, know where your kids are. Juveniles should not have guns, and whether you’re an adult or a child, you should not be firing a weapon inside of the city limits.”
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield released a statement, saying in part, “By the grace of God, this young boy will recover from his injury and is on his way home from the hospital. With that said, this incident was senseless and could have had a much more tragic ending.
“Every child in Detroit deserves to feel safe riding their bike, playing outside, and simply being a child in their own neighborhood. We cannot accept a reality where our children are placed in harm’s way because someone chose to recklessly fire a gun.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-Speak Up.
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