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    2 December 2019 - Belmopan
    News Release

    Christmas devotional as part of Light the World

    Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from various congregations of El Salvador formed a choir and orchestra to delight neighbors, friends, and Church members with their talents.

    Last Sunday on the block of the temple of San Salvador, El Salvador, they made their presentation to which invited guests of other religions attended. The total number of attendees was 900.

       
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      The choir had an inspiring program through words and brief outlines of the life and example of Jesus Christ between each musical theme:

      Part1

      Rejoice

      Wedding ring carol.

      The first Christmas

      Sing holy angels

      Burrito sabanero

      Part2

      What a child this is

      Night of peace

      Christmas song

      Hallelujah

      To conclude, the choir and congregation sung together: Merry Christmas.

      In addition, a brief meeting was held with the guests where they were presented with the global initiative of  https://www.comeuntochrist.org/light-the-world and that together many things can be done for the benefit of the Salvadoran population.

      Members of the choir and orchestra began their preparation since September of this year, and it was composed of:

      12 basses and 12 tenors

      20 sopranos and 25 contraltos

      2 soloists

      10 guests from the group

      Musicians

      1 CEO

      4 auxiliary directors (one for each voice)

      1 conductor

      1 artistic director

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