Tell It on the Mountain @ Weber State (Odgen, January 18)

o Tell It on the Mountain
Who: Weber State University
What: 13th Annual Gospel Music Festival: A Soulful Celebration
When: Friday, 18 January 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Austad Auditorium • Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
Weber State University present the 13th annual Gospel Music Festival at 7:30 pm on Friday, January 18, in the Austad Auditorium of the Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. This is a free performance and all ages are welcome.
As part of the educational experience, this year’s theme is “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” name after the African-American spiritual song, compiled by John Wesley Work, Jr., dating back to at least 1865. This song has been sung and recorded by many gospel and secular performers. It is considered a Christmas carol because its original lyric celebrates the Nativity of Jesus. In 1963 was adapted to refer implicitly to the Civil Rights struggle of the early 1960s.
The current line up of performers include the Emcees: Nate Clayton, Stacy Bakker and Aanjel Clayton; the Negro National Anthem performed by the Calvary Baptist Church Young Adult Choir; Kids Are Music; Unity Baptist Church Choir and dancers; Pearls of Praise Youth Dance Group; The Soul Lifters Quartet and Band; soloist Kennedy Phillips. Several other choirs are awaiting confirmation at this