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A female singer from the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir has resigned from the group to avoid performing at Donald Trump's inauguration, saying she "could never look myself in the mirror again with self-respect." "It is with a sad and heavy heart that I submit my resignation to you and to Choir. I'm am praying that Jesus will help me get through this email before I totally break down," singer Jan Chamberlin wrote in a resignation letter that was obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune and eventually posted on Facebook. ... She continued: "Looking from the outside in, it will appear...

Any one remember this way back in 1981? The Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing Battle Hymn of the Republic to Ronald Reagan at the Inaugural Parade. Possibly the best or second best patriotic song to ever be written.... Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored. He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on! [chorus] Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watch-fires...

SALT LAKE CITY - When music director Craig Jessop raises his baton Sunday morning to direct the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, it won't be just another broadcast of the weekly program "Music and the Spoken Word." It will be the 4,000th broadcast — a milestone in radio broadcasting history. The Emmy-winning choir may be the best-known facet of the Salt Lake City-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First formed in 1847 during the Mormon's trek across the plains to settle Salt Lake City, the 360-member choir has since performed around the world and earned a reputation as one of...