This year’s McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour will feature Fred Hammond as its headlining artist! Tickets are ABSOLUTELY FREE. Check out the cities and dates:
JUNE 14 | BIRMINGHAM, AL | Birmingham-Jefferson Conv. Center
JUNE 15 | JACKSON, MS | Jackson Convention Complex
JUNE 16 | DALLAS, TX | Friendship West Baptist Church
JUNE 21 | PHILADELPHIA, PA | Deliverance Evangelistic Church
JUNE 22 | DETROIT, MI | Greater Grace Temple
JUNE 23 | CHICAGO, IL | Chicago Gospel Music Festival
JUNE 29 | ATLANTA, GA | Full Gospel Baptist Conference (note: requires paid conference registration)
JUNE 30 | FT. WASHINGTON, MD | Ebenezer AME Church
Byron Cage will join Hammond on the tour and, depending on the market, you might spot VaShawn Mitchell, J Moss, Myron Butler and more.
Check out this video of Fred Hammond talking about his participation in this year’s tour:
For more info about the tour, visit http://McDonaldsGospelTour.com.
1. Gratitude
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I’d like to dedicate a new word – choir-ography – to this year’s finalists because I don’t know if I’ve seen that much “organized” movement by a choir on stage before. But lest we forget, regardless of how much jumping and swaying is going on, the vocals still have to be tight.
Showing impressive musical acumen, the choir led us through a series of movements that included major, minor and diminished inversions under the guidance of their director – who also happens to be the pastor! Their set wrapped with a breakout file-and-shuffle dance number (think season 5 opening of the Cosby Show). They even synchronized a dramatic “fall”. Yes, they laid out on the stage. It was very West Side Story and “grand,” as one might say. Nice job Compton. I’m sure they made the choir director Ricky Dillard, who was in the audience that night, more than proud.
It was truly an evening of great music. And for me, it was also full of great conversation. I was fortunate enough to be seated next to Brandon Frazier, the hilarious director of West Atlanta Pentecostal Choir, last year’s winner of How Sweet the Sound. From what he told me, in between making me laugh unstoppably, ensures that Voices of Destiny is in for the ride of their lives.
