July 05, 2019
HughE Dillon/for PhillyVoice
Jennifer Hudson performs with The Philly Pops under the direction of Todd Ellison at the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert & Fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, July 4, 2019.
It was a star-studded evening on the stage at the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert & Fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Performances by Grammy Award-winning Meghan Trainer and two-time Grammy Award-winning artist Jennifer Hudson, who performed with The Philly POPS BIG Band, lit the stage.
The concert was followed by fireworks choreographed to a custom patriotic soundtrack arranged and performed live by the U.S. Army Field Band.
Below are images from the event.
Chill Moody performs at the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert & Fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, July 4, 2019
Louis Scaglione of Philly Pops, Jeff Guaracino, President & CEO Visit Philadelphia, Frank Giordano, President & CEO Philly Pops, Mark Segal, president of the National Gay Newspaper Guild, and Rev. Bonnie Camarda of The Salvation Army at the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert & Fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, July 4, 2019.
GMP Artistic Director Gunnar Montana and Michael DelBene, President & CEO at Welcome America Inc. at the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert & Fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on July 4, 2019.
Sheila Hess, City Representative for the City of Philadelphia, Miguel Martinez-Valle of NBC10 Philadelphia and Alondra Anaya of Telemundo 62 at the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert & Fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, July 4, 2019.
Arveita and Lester Russell at the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert & Fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, July 4, 2019.
Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, Yancy Harrell, Council Woman Helen Gym and Bret Flaherty at the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert & Fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, July 4, 2019.
The McCormick Family - Patty, Jessica, Austin and Jim at the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert & Fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, July 4, 2019.
Meghan Trainor brought out her father Gary Trainor, 70, to dance during “Dance Like Yo Daddy” at the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert & Fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on July 4, 2019.
Marsh Mak, Michael Newmuis of Visit Philly, and Kevin Lessard of the City of Philadelphia at the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert & Fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, July 4, 2019.
Fireworks over the Philadelphia Art Museum at the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert & Fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, July 4, 2019.
