Tomorrow morning, Bronx Hall of Famer and singing legend Melissa Manchester will be performing at Grand Central Terminal for the 100-year birthday party for the iconic New York City train station. Singing the back-up chorus for Manchester will be the Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music Show Choir. Today, the collaborators got together at Lehman College to rehearse. Above is a video of the song they will be performing together, “Traveling Far,” from the musical “Orphan Train.” Lisa Gwasda, the choir director, called Manchester “a brilliant teacher” who worked extremely well with her talented group of teenagers.
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I happen to think that Melissa Manchester is one of the best superstars of the 20th
century! Forget about the Justin Beibers, or Lady Gagas of the world…we should bring back the real singers such as her! She is ,amd always,was,quite a talent!