Chorus News

I was visiting my mother the other day, and she was watching a TV show that had the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing, "This Land is Your Land."It first reminded me of our local Kiwanis Club, where they sing that song every now and then.

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The Mormon Tabernacle Choir wrapped up its seven-city, 13-day tour with a performance Monday evening at the Red Rocks Amphitheater.

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THE Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Dr Rowan Williams, declared the Christian faith "alive and well" in the Westcountry, after an open air service attracted thousands of worshipers.

The rain started to pour at the "Meet our Heroes" event at The Orchards at Foxcrest Saturday morning, but as the reverend began the invocation, the rain had stopped, the sun began shining and the only thing left pouring was the emotions towards the 19 veterans that were honored in Chester.

Mr. and Mrs. John Nordstrom of Murphysboro will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary today with a dinner in Murphysboro, hosted by the Christ Community Church.

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra opened its concert Thursday with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir by playing "Celebration Fanfare." There was plenty to celebrate on the first stop of the choir's 12-day tour.

Scholarships have been awarded by the Woman's Club of St. Augustine. Three awards were presented at the group's recent meeting.

Senior citizens were dancing, clapping and slapping their hands against tables to the tunes of their day - all the while soaking up sunshine and free ice cream at Thursday's Heritage Festival Senior Day activities at the Little Red House adult day care center.

The 24-year-old college student was on her way home from Tennessee and died upon impact, while her mother Rebecca was taken to a nearby hospital .

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Preparations are under way for Arizona's centennial celebration. The state Centennial Commission on Tuesday unveiled its logo and Web site and also announced that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will perform centennial tribute concerts at US Airways Center in Phoenix on two days in February 2012.

More than 300 members of Christ Community Church will be in downtown Greeley today to clean and spruce up about 15 locations.

Mourners gathered Saturday for the funeral of a 5-year-old girl found buried along a river after a disappearance that brought out hundreds of searchers.

Bill Stine experienced a moment of deja vu last May when he heard the voices of the Monticello Men's Chorus - he's one of the singers - echo inside the cavernous Missouri Capitol.

Vocalist George Miller is coming to the Chapel of the Cross at Pioneer Town in Cedaredge for a concert Sunday, June 14, at 2 p.m. Miller, a retired Presbyterian minister, lives in Montrose.

The Boston Gay Men's Chorus has sung everything from classical masterpieces to Christmas carols, along with plenty of the great American songbook.

A member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir visited Oklahoma Wednesday to promote the choir's upcoming performance at Lloyd Noble Center.

The National Sports Center for the Disabled , Winter Park, Colo, which serves 23,000-plus athletes annually, plans to host a benefit concert by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on June 29.