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Article: THIS ISN'T YOUR FATHER'S SALT LAKE CITY OLYMPICS HAVE A MORMON ENGINE AND THE HEARTBEAT OF OTHER CULTURES.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- January 12, 2002
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Byline: Joe Garner News Staff Writer
SALT LAKE CITY -- The combined choirs of Holy Trinity and Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox churches have been practicing Greece's national anthem for months. In Greek.
Their goal is to sing the anthem during the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics on Feb. 8 in their hometown, reflecting the city's long-prominent Greek community.
But they've never heard back from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. And they're convinced another choir - the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to be exact - will sing Greece's song.
Andy Katsanevas views it as the latest slight in a lifetime of slights suffered at the hands ...