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Mormon Tabernacle Choir

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir made their public debut on August 22, 1847, simply 29 times after Brigham Young and his 147 followers first settled in the Sodium Lake Valley. John Parry was called the choir’s 1st standard conductor in 1849, and 2 yrs later, building was completed around the 1st …

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