By Ruth SOWBY

Two benefit concerts at the Hollywood Bowl by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square on June 24 and 25 featured several musical artists including Donny Osmond, David Foster Katherine McPhee and the Bonner family. Osmond, who sang “I Am a Child of God” while surrounded by children, was especially well-received.    

Marking 100 years since the Choir’s first performance in 1926 at the Hollywood Bowl, the historic return united music and charities benefitting women and children around the world.     

One hundred percent of ticket sale revenues from the concerts will be donated to charity. These include CARE, Helen Keller Intl. and The Hunger Project. These charities work to improve maternal and child health, expand access to nutrition and education and provide safe environments for women and children.   

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will match the revenue from concert ticket sales, thereby doubling the charitable contributions associated with the event.

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square is a world-renown, 360-member, all-volunteer choir known for its weekly broadcast of Music & the Spoken Word, which has aired more than 5,000 episodes. Now in its 97^th year, the program is the longest-running continuous network broadcast in history.