African Children's Choir News

The Watoto children's choir from Uganda will give its final Northwest performance Sunday in Central Kitsap.

The current incarnation of the African Children's Choir will give eight performances at seven churches in Central Kentucky through June 28.

Saturday's headlines in The Jackson Sun will include the following stories: CAR CHASE: A Jackson woman was arraigned in court this morning after attempting to run from sheriff's deputies Thursday night, according to a news release from the Madison County Sheriff's Department.

For one night, the stage of one Southern Baptist church hosted a small but energetic group of young African performers.

Get ready for some fun. Check out these local happenings. Bowled over The Smyrna Bowling Center will host a fundraiser for the American Red Cross to help replenish funds for assisting the Rutherford County tornado victims.

One of the girls lit up when she saw the model airplanes in Chuck Bonini's study.

The world renowned African Childrena s Choir is slated to perform a rare Middle Tennessee concert at 6:30 p.m. May 31 in Smyrna.

The African Children's Choir was established in 1984 in the midst of Uganda's bloody civil war by human rights activist Ray Barnett Since that time the Choir has provided hundreds of Africa's neediest and most vulnerable children the opportunity to break away from the cycle of poverty and experience the world through music and dance.

Throw some Toto on the car stereo, bless the rains down in Africa and head to the Schermerhorn for Nashville4Africa, a gala event raising money for two new schools in Uganda and the Sudan.

The 2009-10 season of the Goshen College Performing Arts Series will again bring top name musicians to the college's Sauder Concert Hall stage, with a group of performers who have amassed a total of more than 30 Grammy Awards.

People from every corner of the music industry will come together April 22 for the inaugural Nashville4Africa benefit concert with the critically acclaimed African Children's Choir at 7 p.m. at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

The world-renowned African Children's Choir returns to Jackson and also adds a performance in Vicksburg this weekend.

During the brutal reign of Idi Amin in Uganda, hundreds of thousands of children were orphaned or left starving to death.

Their voices are clear and strong as they perform the songs of their homeland. They often sing a capella, weaving complex harmonies as they dance around the stage.

Last February, as the African Children's Choir performed at the Peace Center during its Journey of Hope tour, Margaret L. Jenkins was thrilled by the entertainment.

Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson came alive with the sounds of the African Children's Choir.

The African Children's Choir is bringing their "Journey of Hope" show to the Dothan Civic Center tonight.

The Wiregrass Foundation and Music South Concert Series will bring to the Dothan Civic Center the African Children's Chior Journey of Hope.

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Ray Barnett, the founder and president of the African Children's Choir, was traveling through the decimated, war-torn country of Uganda in 1984 when he saw a small boy standing on the side of the road.