'america’s Choir' Celebrates 'unprecedented' Milestone Nearly 100 Years After First Broadcast

The Tabernacle Choir astatine Temple Square performed nan 5,000th section of a long-standing Mormon euphony program connected Sunday, marking a monumental milestone since it began astir 100 years ago.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported successful a connection shared pinch Fox News Digital that nan "Music & nan Spoken Word" broadcast was performed astatine nan Conference Center successful Salt Lake City, Utah. Over 11,500 group attended.

The programme began connected July 15, 1929, conscionable months earlier nan Great Depression began.

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The LDS Church said "Music & nan Spoken Word" is nan longest-running consecutive broadcast of its kind. More than 6 cardinal group perceive to nan broadcast each week.

Choir unpaid Heidi Swinton noted successful a merchandise that nan programme has weathered aggregate calamities complete nan years, including nan Great Depression and nan COVID-19 pandemic.

The Tabernacle Choir astatine Temple Square performed its 5,000th section of "Music & nan Spoken Word" connected Sunday, July 13, astir a period aft nan first broadcast aired successful 1929. (Intellectual Reserve, Inc. / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

"[The Choir] tin beryllium a sound that says, ‘We tin do this. We tin get done this,’" Swinton said. 

She added, "Ronald Reagan called it ‘America’s Choir,' and I deliberation it’s because of its longevity, because since nan opening of radio, nan Choir has been retired location successful beforehand heralding nan bully things that hap and nan difficult things that happened and saying, 'Lock arms and we’ll get done this.'"

In nan LDS Church statement, 101-year-old Warna Huff said she remembered listening to nan first broadcast.

More than 11,500 group gathered to witnesser nan capacity astatine nan Conference Center successful Salt Lake City. (Intellectual Reserve, Inc. / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

"It was thing you don’t forget," she recalled.

"It conscionable makes you consciousness thing that you need. The music’s beautiful."

Huff, who was 5 years aged successful 1929, besides said that she watches nan programme each week.

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"It conscionable makes you consciousness good," nan worshiper observed. 

"It conscionable makes you consciousness thing that you need. The music’s beautiful."

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Russell M. Nelson, president of nan LDS church, besides recalled listening to early broadcasts.

Seen here, Richard. L. Evans during a broadcast. He hosted "Music & nan Spoken Word" from 1930 to 1971. (Intellectual Reserve, Inc. / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

"I cannot retrieve life without ‘Music & nan Spoken Word,’" nan leader recalled. 

"I was calved successful 1924 … I tin remember, arsenic a small boy, listening to Sunday broadcasts."

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In a statement, nan LDS Church called nan capacity an "unprecedented accomplishment [that] underscores nan play program’s enduring bequest and its profound world impact."

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"Music is nan cosmopolitan connection of nan Spirit," Nelson said. "Music communicates to nan heart and soul of individuals successful a measurement that written words cannot duplicate."