11. A lively African American gospel choir on stage followed a live remote feed of a black preacher at a gospel church in South Philadelphia. 12. A gospel choir was on hand, and the service opened with African rituals that included chants and drums. 13. But a black gospel choir, exultant in the throes of religious ecstasy, strikes the liberal ear as a safe form of devotion. 14. Can a Jewish girl sing in a gospel choir? 15. Carolyn Barry, a friend who directed the Los Angeles and New York runs, suggested adding a gospel choir. 16. Every sure-fire device, from clowning with band members to the gospel choir arriving for an encore, was precisely in place. 17. For two and a half hours, the churchgoers danced and clapped to music from three separate gospel choirs. 18. Free jazz on Saturday nights, a gospel choir on Sunday nights. 19. Give her a mike and a gospel choir and you can see her visibly relax. 20. Happy day would be if members of gospel choir put religion aside for a moment and beat man senseless. |