Sunday, November 20, 2005

Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Just a brief review today of seeing the Mormon Tabernacle Choir last night at the Pepsi Center, neither of which I'd seen before in person. They are indeed remarkable. There are 360 singers, and they serve as volunteers, without pay. They perform so much that this presumably means that they must have independent means because it is unlikely that they would have time to have a job. Their first performance in Denver was in 1893--which was also their first performance outside of Utah--on their way to a performance at the Chicago World's Fair.
I found the Pepsi Center worthy of comment too. If I heard it right, it holds about 30,000 and it was sold out, with proceeds going to the National Sports Center for the Disabled. On the screen we were treated to seeing disabled contestants doing such feats as ice skating on one leg and riding a bicycle, pedaling with one leg.

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