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VIA: RocspaceNews.com

How Sweet the Sound, the national gospel choir competition that gives church choirs across the country a chance to win the title of “The Best Church Choir in America” and up to $50,000 in cash and prizes, will land at Charlotte’s Time Warner Cable Arena on September 30.

CeCe Winans, gospel industry legend and winner of numerous GRAMMY® and Stellar Awards, will join co-host and GRAMMY-winning songwriter, producer, arranger and music director Donald Lawrence as the tour emcee at each of the 14 regional competitions and the finale.  Marvin Sapp, Hezekiah Walker, Byron Cage, James Fortune, Dorinda Clark Cole, Fred Hammond, Kurt Carr, Richard Small wood and more will join the competition as judges.

“I am thrilled to co-host Verizon’s 2010 How Sweet the Sound competition,” said CeCe Winans.  “Gospel music is the foundation of American popular music and is a celebration of community. Gospel is part of my soul, and I look forward to experiencing it with people from across the country.

“We are so proud that this event has become a marquee event in the gospel community, and we are eager to bring it to more of our customers and their communities,” said Marquett Smith, vice president, corporate communications, Verizon Wireless.  “Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound is just one program of a much larger commitment to communities for Verizon.”

Here’s a full list of the tour cities with dates:

  • Houston (Sept. 9, Toyota Center)
  • Jacksonville, Fla. (Sept. 11, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena)
  • Memphis, Tenn. (Sept. 14, FedEx Forum)
  • Philadelphia (Sept. 17, Wachovia Center)
  • Washington, D.C. (Sept. 18, Verizon Center)
  • Newark, N.J. (Sept. 22, Prudential Center)
  • Cleveland (Sept. 24, Quicken Loans Arena)
  • Detroit (Sept. 25, Joe Louis Arena)
  • Chicago (Sept. 27, United Center)
  • Charlotte, N.C. (Sept. 30, Time Warner Cable Arena)
  • Atlanta (Oct. 2, Philips Arena)
  • St. Louis (Oct. 5, Scottrade Center)
  • Oakland, Calif. (Oct. 9, ORACLE Arena)
  • Los Angeles (Oct. 11, STAPLES Center)

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