| Verizon's How Sweet The Sound Back On Tour |
| Music - Gospel |
| Tuesday, 31 March 2009 19:00 |
 Church Choirs! Get your vocals ready for this years How Sweet the Sound™ tour! Church choirs will get a chance to win the title of “The Best Church Choir in America” and up to $50,000 in cash and prizes. Registration is now open. Interested choir representatives can visit www.HowSweetTheSound.com for more information and to register for a chance to compete at concerts that will take place on the following dates
:· Houston, TX - Sept. 19 · St. Louis, MO - Sept. 21 · Washington, D.C. - Sept. 24 · Philadelphia - Sept. 25 · Newark, N.J. - Sept. 26 · Detroit, MI - Sept. 28 · Chicago, IL - Sept. 30 · Atlanta, GA - Oct. 2 · Memphis, TN - Oct. 5 · Los Angeles, CA - Oct. 8 · Oakland, CA - Oct. 10 Entry and Selection Process How Sweet the Sound invites choirs affiliated with a church or other church organizations (as defined by the organization’s tax-exempt ID number) within one of the 11 tour cities to enter (visit www.HowSweetTheSound.com for specific geography). Choirs interested in a chance to perform onstage in their cities must submit an application and audition video no longer than three minutes. All registration forms and audition videos must be received by June 15. To register online, visit www.HowSweetTheSound.com. The audition video may be submitted by mail, uploaded online, or dropped off at participating Verizon Wireless Communications Stores. To enter by mail, send tapes to How Sweet the Sound, 125 E. Broad Street, Greenville, SC 29601. Small and large choirs are eligible to enter the competition. The Few Voices category is for choirs consisting of six to 35 participants, while the Many Voices category is for choirs with 36 to 100 participants. Audition videos will be reviewed by professional music producers or Gospel radio personalities from each city. The judges will select up to 16 choirs – eight from each category – from each stop of the tour. The video submissions of the 16 choirs will be posted on www.HowSweetTheSound.com where members of the community can vote for their favorite choirs. Once the online voting is complete, four choirs from each category will be selected to perform onstage in the regional event where two winners, one from each category, will win $10,000 for their choir. One overall winner will be selected at each regional concert, and each choir member from the overall winning choir will also receive a Verizon Wireless phone and a $50 gift card. The overall winning choir from each city will also advance to the grand finale where they will compete to win more than $25,000 in cash and prizes. In addition, the Verizon Wireless V CAST People’s Choice Award will be given to the choir that captures the heart of the audience at each regional performance and at the grand finale performance. The V CAST People’s Choice Award winners will receive $5,000. |
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