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Tabernacle Choir: 'up close and personal'

By Gerry Avant

Church News

Wednesday, Jun. 03, 2009

Hearing the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on a CD or watching a broadcast of one of its Christmas specials is a musical treat, but nothing can match seeing and hearing the choir "up close and personal," and one can't get much more up close and personal than being at a concert on one's home turf.

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So declared Nancy W. Lowman, who looked forward to the choir's concert in Des Moines, Iowa, during its 2009 summer concert tour.

"No electronics yet invented can begin to match the experience of hearing live over 300 magnificent voices and a world-class orchestra," said Lowman, chairman of the media contact committee for the choir's June 22 concert in Des Moines.

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This story is provided by The LDS Church News , an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is produced weekly by The Deseret News.

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