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Article: Faith in the music; The Minneapolis Community College Gospel Choir is not your typical gospel chorus. The volunteer singers don't have to audition. They're not all African-Americans. They have learned how to feel what they sing, and it has changed their lives.(VARIETY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- June 20, 1996
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Gospel music, whether it's sung by a choir or a quartet, ought to rattle the roof and produce some sweat. So the city's biggest roof - at the Metrodome - may be in need of repair after Friday night. One of the featured choral groups at the Billy Graham Crusade will be the 100-voice Minneapolis Community College Gospel Choir, led by its founder, Robert (Eddie) Robinson, a rotund, sweet-voiced gospel singer who has been known to feel the spirit on occasion and to rattle walls as well as roofs.
Gospel choirs are not unknown in the Twin Cities, but this one is unusual:
The MCC Gospel Choir has released three CDs since it was formed in 1990.
Among ...