{"id":2034,"date":"2026-07-04T16:08:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T16:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2026-07-04T16:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T16:08:26","slug":"amidst-a-heat-wave-philly-pops-and-idina-menzel-played-music-that-arrived-like-a-balm-on-independence-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2034","title":{"rendered":"Amidst a heat wave, Philly Pops and Idina Menzel played music that arrived like a balm on Independence Mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whatever brutally hot designs the weather gods had in store Friday for Philadelphia\u2019s Independence Day celebrations, by 8 p.m. the temperature fell below 90 degrees, and the music on Independence Mall arrived like a balm.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2032\">Beyonc\u00e9 gave us her first new song in two years with surprise Fourth of July release<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Listeners were stretched across the lawn of the mall fairly solidly from Independence Hall to Arch Street \u2014 an estimated 12,000 attendees, according to a Wawa Welcome America spokesperson. Whether drawn by the Philly Pops with tunes patriotic or stirring, or by popular actress-singer Idina Menzel, the crowd was in a mood at once celebratory and relaxed.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The weather posed no threat, at least for the first hour or so.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>This annual tradition of \u201cPops on Independence,\u201d a free Philly Pops concert on the mall, has become a way of taking the national temperature. Last year, a few months into the new presidential administration, there were subtle references to the political moment, with the acting superintendent of Independence National Historical Park speaking to the audience about equal rights of all kinds, including marriage rights, and referencing a nation \u201cbuilt on the struggle for freedom from tyranny, and the principle of liberty for all under the just rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Friday night, park superintendent Steven Sims struck a more anodyne note, speaking of the historic setting, the city\u2019s events this week commemorating the 250th anniversary of the nation, and of celebrating with \u201cone of our most universal languages \u2014 music.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The audience seemed only too happy to live inside of this bubble for a while, though to the woman holding up a \u201cStriving for Democracy\u201d sign, you were seen.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>No one should take for granted the fact that this concert endures. The group performing Friday under the Philly Pops name is a band of survivors, emerging after the demise of the original Philly Pops and much organizational and legal drama. Had the orchestra not reorganized, a 4 \u00bd-decade tradition of hearing music with no less a backdrop than Independence Hall might be gone.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2030\">Where are tourists traveling to Philadelphia from for the World Cup?<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>How many other cities can boast as powerful and authentic a resonance between art and setting? When the Pops performed its <i>Armed Forces Salute<\/i> \u2014 having audience members stand as the respective song of the military branch in which they served was played \u2014 it made real and human the idea of such service to the nation.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A section has been added to the medley to recognize the U.S. Space Force, established during the first Trump administration; I could be mistaken, but no service member from that branch who might have been in Friday\u2019s audience appears to have stood for this song, called \u201cSemper Supra.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Judging by the number of families with young children in attendance, the main attraction was Menzel, and if they came to hear \u201cLet It Go\u201d from <i>Frozen<\/i>, they were not disappointed. Menzel was a canny choice for this occasion; she is a singer who knows how to send sound and charisma back to the farthest reaches of the audience.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>It was not necessarily the best night to appreciate the talents of the Pops and conductor Chris Dragon. The sound system near me, fairly far back from the stage, cut in and out. No sound check had been possible because of the heat, a Pops spokesperson said. And the concert ended earlier than planned after organizers grew concerned by gathering dark clouds and flashes of lightning. The last few pieces that might have showcased the ensemble weren\u2019t played. A loss, for sure. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But the event succeeded on so many other levels, that it didn\u2019t matter. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As the crowd headed off with the music fresh in their ears, downtown buildings were aglow red, white, and blue; young families lingered and took selfies; and Market Street on a Friday night seemed like the lively urban stretch it once was and could be again.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2028\">Saluting the signers for the Semiquincentennial<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual tradition of &quot;Pops on Independence&quot; has become a way of taking the national temperature. 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