Holiness to the Lord!
34th Year SOPRANO I Adeana Alvarez Nicole Edwards LaVonne Fowler Lynne Johnston Ginny Jones Erin V. Mecham TaraLee Mecham Natalie Mortensen Darcy Reese Seiko Shimada Julie Smith Summer Kay Stanton Kate Stevenson Thurgood Breanne White SOPRANO II Jamie Bohn Laura Campbell Tess Carter Elizabeth Coltrin Candice Cook Emily Dixon Meredith Fredline Kimberly Godard Keeta Hammond Kelli Hosier Lynne Johnston Sylvia Lankford Bobbie Lattin Alisa K. Mills Rachel Mower Johnna Nelson Amanda P. Roberts Katie Rowles ALTO I Tina Clark-Armstrong Carma Bean Lisa Beefelt Nina Erickson Torrey Camille Fronk Jennie Gould Michelle Hutchings Pamela H. Knudson Kathy Shurtleff Lori B Smith Fran Stewart Rochelle Thornock Karen Venzor ALTO II Roberta Childs Brenda Jones Cathy Patten Julie M. Shannon Emily Van Camp Karen Venzor Melanie Wall Judy WilsonDawes Kirk Nielsen Ed Sapp Will Taylor Mike Watson Don Weber BASS I Robert Burton Norman K. Coleman Garrison Fredline Ben Jones TENOR I Ray S. McAllister Matthew J. Adams Walter B. Morrow Jr. Russell Armstrong Mike Stoddard Angelo Coaquira Bryan Stout David J. Hardin Michael Whalan Brett Hardy Kevin Riehle BASS II Craig Salt Bruce Bean Jim Taylor Gregory L. Goehring Rick Whittenberger Ted Kirby G. Robert Smith TENOR II Len Watson Garrison Fredline Jerry Hancock David Neville Founded in 1980, THE MORMON CHOIR OF WASHINGTON DC is composed of over 80 singers selected by audition from congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The choir’s mission is to worship God through music, testify of Him and His work, and support the Christian outreach efforts of the Church. The choir’s repertoire includes a wide variety of secular and sacred music. The Mormon Choir has performed at the White House, Strathmore Music Center, Fort McHenry, Constitution Hall, Washington Monument, Kennedy Center, Washington National Cathedral, Navy Memorial, Andrews AFB, and many other venues. The group helps inaugurate the annual Christmas Festival of Lights at the Washington DC Temple Visitors’ Center. Recently the choir joined with the Alfred Street Baptist Church Senior Choir to commemorate Black History Month. It also participates in the annual music festival sponsored by the Interfaith Council of Washington DC. The choir is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. For a complete concert listing, visit www.mormonchoir.org on the web, Holiness to the Lord! A Celebration of the Washington D. C. Temple An Evening with Temple President Kent Colton and Matron Kathryn Colton with the Mormon Choir of Washington D.C. A Celebration with Music and Inspiring Words at the Washington DC Temple Visitors’ Center 9900 Stoneybrook Drive Kensington, Maryland click on “Schedule.” To learn more about the LDS (“Mormon”) Church, visit www.lds.org 7 PM, Saturday, 8 November 2014 Program Sine Nomine (Ralph Vaughan Williams, William How) INVOCATION Thou, Whose Unmeasured Temple Stands (William Cullen Bryant, Robert Cundick) I Love to See the Temple (Janice Kapp Perry) SOLO: Nicolas Lewin Paz Our Birth Is But a Sleep and a Forgetting (William Wordsworth, Russell Wilson) Ye Simple Souls Who Stray (Charles Wesley, Evan Stephens) I Am a Child of God (Mildred Tanner Pettit, Naomi Randall) SOLO: Sabrina Allen and Bella Thurgood REMARKS BY MATRON KATHRYN COLTON Families Can Be Together Forever (Vanja Watkins, Ruth Gardner) SOLO: Emma Probst Where Can I Search for Peace? (Joleen Meredith) LOIANNE EYRING (VIOLIN), ANN MOYLE (PIANO) REMARKS BY PRESIDENT KENT COLTON The Spirit of God (William W. Phelps, Mack Wilberg) Redeemer of Israel (Freeman Lewis, Joseph Swain, William W. Phelps) BENEDICTION Gary B. Clawson, Musical Director & Conductor David J. Hardin, Associate Director Cori Ann Adams, Narrator Jim Taylor, President Linda Pain, Principal Accompanist and Vocal Coach Ted Kirby, Stage Manager Ed Sapp, Printed Program Design President Kent Winterton Colton of the McLean 2nd Ward, McLean Virginia Stake, the new president of the Washington D.C. Temple, succeeded President Brian C. Swinton. President Colton’s wife, Kathryn Patrice Petersen Colton, serves as temple matron, succeeding Sister Sue S. Swinton. President Colton was serving as a high priests group leader and as a sealer in the Washington D.C. Temple when called as a temple president. He has served as president of the Florida Tampa Mission, stake president, bishop, branch president, Scoutmaster, high councilor, missionary in the Australian Mission, and temple ordinance worker. Rered president of the Colton Housing Group LLC and past Chief Execuve Officer of the Na onal Associa on of Homebuilders, he was born in Salt Lake City to Ray Charles and Zelma Elizabeth Winterton Colton. Matron Kathryn Patrice Petersen Colton, a recent Relief Society teacher in the McLean 2nd Ward, served with her husband as he presided over the Florida Tampa Mission. She has served as ward Relief Society president, ward Young Women president’s counselor, ward Primary president, temple ordinance worker, and member of the Washington D.C. Temple Visitors’ Center Cultural Arts Commi ee. Sister Colton was born in Hyrum, Utah, to Leland Wallace and Thelma Liljenquist Petersen. Sister LoiAnne Bailey Eyring is serving with her husband Harden Eyring as directors of the Washington DC Temple Visitors' Center. She joined the Utah Symphony at age 16 and recently par cipated in her 51st season. She grew up in Salt Lake City, graduated from the University of Utah, and was a scholarship student at the Manha an School of Music in NYC. She is the winner of numerous prizes and compe ons, including the Na onal Congress of Strings Compe on, the Pia gorsky Chamber Music Compe on, and the tle of Miss Utah and the Most Talented Musician at the Miss America Pageant. One memorably fun performance was playing the Bach Concerto for Two Violins with the comedian Jack Benny. She and Harden have been married for 47 years and are the parents of five children, 12 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
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