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Joyful
Noise in
the
City:
How
Sweet
The
Sound!
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
Verizon
Wireless
Experience
brings
Gospel
music to
Detroit
Saturday
night as
some of
the best
church
choirs
in the
mid-west
United
States
came
together
at Joe
Lewis
Arena
for the
"How
Sweet
The
Sound"
singing
competition.
The
national
gospel
choir
competition
gives
church
choirs
across
the
country
a chance
to win
the
title of
“The
Best
Church
Choir in
America”
and up
to
$50,000
in cash
and
prizes. CeCe
Winans,
gospel
industry
legend
and
winner
of
numerous
GRAMMY®
and
Stellar
Awards,
will
join
co-host
and
GRAMMY-winning
songwriter,
producer,
arranger
and
music
director
Donald
Lawrence
as the
tour
emcee at
each of
the 14
regional
competitions
and the
finale.
Marvin
Sapp, Fred
Hammond,
Kurt
Carr and more
will
join the
competition
as
judges.
The Calvary Sanctuary Choir wins Best Large Choir, United
Pentecostal Church International, Cincinnati, OH (Photo by
Karen Fox/Tell Us Detroit)
The
2011
Regional
winners in
Detroit
are as
follows:
•
Verizon
thanks
all the
people
in Metro
Detroit
who have
made How
Sweet
the
Sound
live
event a
community
celebration!
•
The Best
Small
Choir is
The
Anointed
Voices
Of
Higher
Ground
Young
Adult
Choir,
Higher
Ground
Always
Abounding
Assemblies,
Columbus,
OH
•
The
Calvary
Sanctuary
Choir
wins
Best
Large
Choir,
United
Pentecostal
Church
International,
Cincinnati,
OH
•
The Best
Overall
Choir is
The
Anointed
Voices
Of
Higher
Ground
Young
Adult
Choir,
Higher
Ground
Always
Abounding
Assemblies,
Columbus,
OH
•
Verizon
Video
People's
Choice
winner
is The
Apostolic
Church
Sanctuary
Choir,
The
Apostolic
Church,
Auburn
Hills,
MI
The Best
Small
Choir is
The
Anointed
Voices
Of
Higher
Ground
Young
Adult
Choir,
Higher
Ground
Always
Abounding
Assemblies,
Columbus,
OH.
(Photo
by Karen
Fox/Tell
Us
Detroit)
Verizon’s
How
Sweet
the
Sound
gospel
celebration
pays
tribute
to
gospel
music
and
provides
church
choirs a
platform
to
showcase
their
talent
and
community
service
to a
broader
community.
The
program,
which
made its
national
debut in
2008,
has
evolved
into a
year-long
series
of
gospel
experiences
that
unite
communities
and
cities
all
across
America.
Verizon
thanks
all the
people
in metro
Detroit
who have
made How
Sweet
the
Sound
live
event a
community
celebration!
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