On a recent Saturday during the dog days of summer, while most kids were luxuriating on break, the school-aged members of The Happiness Club — decked out in bright T-shirts and the occasional tutu — were recording a song with hip-hop performer Naledge, of Chicago duo Kidz in the Hall, and dancing in a music video for Applegate Farms' national healthy eating campaign, "Eat to a New Beat."
"I wish every recording artist I worked with were this disciplined," Grammy-nominated producer Tor Hyams, who wrote the song, later said. "Today was an intense day and we had to get a lot done in a short amount of time …. Today, they did what all great musicians do — they delivered."All in a day's work for The Happiness Club, a collection of about 40 young performers, age 6 to 21, whose mission is to promote positive values through original hip-hop and pop music and dance. Representing an array of races and socioeconomic backgrounds, participants from both the suburbs and city come together to write and perform music that encourages others to build self-esteem, focus on education and help the environment, while avoiding drugs and violence...
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Naledge is participating in a program called "Eat To a New Beat" which is a healthier eating initiative in High School Cafeterias.
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