Tennessee State University’s award-winning New Direction Gospel Choir earned top honors in the inaugural Best HBCU Choir category at the How Sweet The Sound national gospel competition in May. Their powerful performance, recorded live at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., aired nationally on Fox Soul and earned the choir $11,000 in prize money, including $1,000 for the winning the People’s Choice Award.
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