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MoTab, Stokes, and Linda Eder

Last evening, Mac's Angels (the groupie name Steph and I have given ourselves) were there again to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in concert.   As you know, we love all things MoTab, and this was going to be there Pioneer Day Commemoration concert.  So, we registered for tickets.  It's what MoTab loving Utah girls do. 

A couple of weeks ago, the Choir announced that there would be two Special Guest Artists, and that they would be none other than Brian Stokes Mitchell and Linda Eder, and that it would be a patriotic concert honoring American servicemen.  Now, being one of Mac's Angels, I would have been "in" at the mention of the Choir.  But Brian Stokes Mitchell?  Having seen him a couple of times before, well, I'm double "in".  And then to throw in Linda Eder, too, who I've wanted to see for years now?  Quadruple "in"!

All tickets for Choir concerts are distributed in a lottery format.  We figured that we hadn't been selected, so we started working our contact lists to see if any were still available.  But then surprise, surprise, my tickets arrived in the mail.  And they were killer seats - Plaza 13, looking straight on.  

So there we were last night, in our seats in the Conference Center, Steph's friend Becky along with us.  And it was one of the pleasantest, awsomest (is that a word?) evenings I've had.  The Choir and Orchestra were in top form, there were video tributes to Servicemen who had some connection to the Choir, and Stokes and Linda Eder were both divine.  Stokes did a killer version of "What a Wonderful World" (even providing an instrumental bit), as well as "Wheels of a Dream".  And Linda Eder had everyone in tears with "I'll Be Seeing You".  And her voice!  She's like the Pat Benatar of Broadway.  There were many ovations throughout the evening.

It's amazing all the Guest Artists who are willing to show up because it's the Choir.  They're always an additional treat.  I try to never take for granted all the times I'm able to see the Choir.  It's such a blessing to live here and to be able to be inspired by them.  They may be America's Choir, but I like to think of them as My Choir.

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