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Tickets are now available for Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound gospel music choir competition. Expanding to include Charlotte, N.C., Jacksonville, Fla., and Cleveland 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 music 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.  Gospel music artists Marvin Sapp, Hezekiah Walker, Byron Cage, James Fortune, Dorinda Clark Cole, Fred Hammond, Kurt Carr, Richard Smallwood and more will join the competition as judges.

“I am thrilled to co-host Verizon’s 2010 How Sweet the Sound competition.  Gospel music is the foundation of American popular music and is a celebration of community.  Gospel is part of my soul, and I look forward to experiencing it with people from across the country,” said CeCe Winans.

Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound will kick off September 9th in Houston and will visit the following cities:

  • Houston (Sept. 9, Toyota Center)
  • Jacksonville, Fla. (Sept. 11, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena)
  • Memphis, Tenn. (Sept. 14, FedEx Forum)
  • Philadelphia (Sept. 17, Wachovia Center)
  • Washington, D.C. (Sept. 18, Verizon Center)
  • Newark, N.J. (Sept. 22, Prudential Center)
  • Cleveland (Sept. 24, Quicken Loans Arena)
  • Detroit (Sept. 25, Joe Louis Arena)
  • Chicago (Sept. 27, United Center)
  • Charlotte, N.C. (Sept. 30, Time Warner Cable Arena)
  • Atlanta (Oct. 2, Philips Arena)
  • St. Louis (Oct. 5, Scottrade Center)
  • Oakland, Calif. (Oct. 9, ORACLE Arena)
  • Los Angeles (Oct. 11, STAPLES Center)

 

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article courtesy of 1800Gospel.com

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