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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release Media Contact:
Betsy Arnett, Public Information Officer
barnett@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734
Loudoun Chorale Announces “Lift Every Voice” Choir Festival
to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Leesburg, VA (January 6, 2016) – The Loudoun Chorale is pleased to announce the 2nd annual
“Lift Every Voice” Choir Festival, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to be held on Sunday,
January 17, at 4:00pm at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 605 West Market Street in Leesburg,
Virginia.
The program will feature musical offerings by the Chorus of the Old Dominion, the Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church Chancel Choir and Trinity Men’s Chorus, the Loudoun County High School
Chamber Choir, the Leesburg Presbyterian Church Choir, the Mount Zion United Methodist
Church Combined Choir and the Leesburg United Methodist Church Choir , as well as the
Loudoun Chorale. Each group will present selections and the audience will be invited to
participate in two hymns. The festival will conclude with a combined choir performance with
audience participation.
Guest speakers include Phillip E. Thompson, Esq., President, NAACP Loudoun Branch; Kristen C.
Umstattd, Leesburg District Member, Loudoun County Board of Supervisors; Mollie Christ, Vice
Chair, Leesburg Commission on Public Art; Enrique Gonzalez, Chair, Leesburg Diversity
Commission; and Phyllis J. Randall, Chair at Large, Loudoun County Board of Supervisors.
Admission is free. A free-will offering will be collected to benefit Loudoun Interfaith Relief.
Following the festival, the audience is invited to enjoy light refreshments with the participants.
Any audience members who may be interested in joining the Loudoun Chorale are invited to
stay to observe and participate in their weekly rehearsal at Holy Trinity , beginning at 6:00pm.
The Loudoun Chorale received a grant from the Town of Leesburg, through the Commissi on on
Public Art, in support of the “Lift Every Voice” Choir Festival. The grant was partially funded by
the Town’s Local Challenge Grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts. For more
information about the festival, visit www.loudounchorale.org or call 571-207-5354.
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