The Invitation:
Vocalist Fontaine Tiffany, who works with Bill on many of his projects, poses in front of Bill's step-and-repeat.
The Program:
Intro Theme Song for Radio (which Bill produced) for our host, Nick Taliaferro.
Quick intro to Bill Jolly.
Bill's life as a kid.
Bill returns to Overbrook H.S.
Bill's longtime vocalist, Andre A. Jackson presents: Is Bill always Jolly?
Johnnie Croom, Bill's lifelong drummer, spoke about the band, Bill's crazy, public side, and his diverse perfectionism. Here's the band:
Educator Virginia Lam came to speak about Bill's work with kids.
Lawana Scales, Former Director of Programming for NBC Universal, came to talk about hiring Bill as a TV Entertainment Reporter in the 90's and his evolution into becoming a respected music expert. (See Boyz to Men's 1st interview, done with Bill.)
Bassist, and adopted brother to Bill, Gerald Veasley spoke about how Grover Washington, Jr was banned from the Tonight Show after this performance. (Grover got in "the zone" and played too long, -a long story.) Watch Bill's initial facial expression at the beginning. His monitor wasn't turned on, so he couldn't hear anything he played. His face went from a quick, panicked, look to a forced, fake smile on live TV as he couldn't hear anything he was playing.
Dyana Williams, Media Consultant to the stars, spoke about the many opportunities she recommended Bill for, including the Marian Anderson Awards. Here are Bill's favorite moments from those Awards caught on cell phone video.
Bill's biggest fears. Experience them with him.
Bill conducts the PBS special, "Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia". He only had 3 hours of sleep a night for 2 and-a-half weeks leading up to the show because he found out (last minute) that none of the acts had written charts for the orchestra.
Bill's dear friend and vocalist, Devon Lassiter, came to speak about Bill's "Jolly-est" moments on stage.
CBS3 Anchor Ukee Washington shared his stories about Bill and their "Bridge Over Troubled Water" video.
Bill's international, viral moments. Vocalist E-Liz came from overseas to speak about Bill's reputation in Japan and The Philippines. The young group of students in the video did their version of a rap song that Bill produced for 80+ year old, Grandmomma Ijoy, that went viral in Africa.
Director, Dave Wooley came to speak about Bill's work on the Dionne Warwick film, "Don't Make Me Over", currently on HBO Max.
Bill's daughter Bianca spoke about him. Bill produced this video for her 16th birthday.
Bill's biggest accomplishment in his eyes. Be inspired.
The essence of what Bill will be doing to help others with his new venture, The Jolly Spot.
WARNING: EXPLICIT LYRICS! Hip-Hop Meets The Classics: See Jadakiss and The Atlanta Pops Orchestra's collaboration concert that Bill Jolly arranged. This is one of many segments that Bill will produce for his new channel.
Bill released the PDF version of his book and explained the premise behind his new business, "The Jolly Spot." He gave the PDF version of the book away for free to the attendees who came.
