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Tabernacle choir aglow at yule

Tickets to 4 concerts are snapped up within an hour

Published: Friday, Dec. 16, 2005 2:23 p.m. MST
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"You're standing up there in this huge hall and you can look out and see the faces. And when you see them light up, or see someone wipe a tear away, you know you've given them something special," Gehris said. " . . . That's my way of giving a Christmas gift to all of them."

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir by the numbers

What: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Who: 360 LDS singers, all volunteers.

When: Choir was formed by Brigham Young in 1847 to boost the spirits of the settlers he led to the Great Salt Lake that year.

Where: The Conference Center at Temple Square in Salt Lake City.

What: Each of the choir's Christmas concerts will fill the Conference Center's 21,000 seats. Live and tape-delayed broadcasts will air on more than 2,000 stations in about 2 dozen countries.

11,623: Pipes in the Tabernacle organ.

75: Performances per year.

10: Presidents who have heard the choir in person.

5: Gold records (500,000 in sales).

2: Platinum records (1 million in sales).

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1: Grammy Award, for its 1959 recording of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" with the Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra.

1: Emmy Award, for its 1987 "Christmas Sampler," a special with Shirley Verrett. — Associated Press


On the Net: www.mormontabernaclechoir.org

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The Mormon Tabernacle Choir rehearses the Christmas concert in full regalia before an audience.

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