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The McDonald's Gospelfest is an annual gospel music festival, talent competition, and fundraiser in Newark, New Jersey. The event, inaugurated in 1983, and sponsored by McDonald's, takes place in spring and has been held the Prudential Center since 2008. The closing night contest and ceremony is produced, directed, and hosted by A. Curtis Farrow. The event, which can take several hours, has been recorded and broadcast variously on WABC-TV and WWOR-TV. Involving more a thousand performers it has been described as the "largest collection of gospel talent ever assembled" and the "most spectacular gospel celebration in the nation". The event is followed up by McDonald's Inspiration Celebration which makes a national tour. ==History== McDonald's Gospelfest originated in 1983 under the auspices of the McDonald's Corporation and the McDonald's Tri-State Owners' Association. The event has been an important fundraising event which supports education opportunities within local communities. and has awarded millions of dollars in scholarship money. Over the years the competition performances have taken place at Palace Theater, the Hammerstein Ballroom, Westbury Music Fair, Newark Symphony Hall, Madison Square Garden, and New York City Center. Since 2008, the 25th incarnation of the event, it has been held at Prudential Center. Parts of the show have been broadcast by WABC, which in 2000 and 2001 garnered New York Emmy Awards for WABC in the "Religious Programming" category.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=The 44th Annual New York Emmys - Winners )〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=The 45th Annual New York Emmys - Winners )〕 The show is since 2008 televised on WWOR-TV. The Gospelfest is produced by Newark-based Irving Street Rep and is directed and hosted by its founder, A. Curtis Farrow. Greater Newark has long tradition of gospel and jazz, having begun in the 1910s with the Coleman Brothers.〔 〕 Savoy Records gave many early artists opportunities to record. Alex Bradford was musical director of the Abyssinian Baptist Church Cissy Houston, a member of The Drinkard Singers and The Sweet Inspirations and mentor to numerous singers, has long been a driving force behind the New Hope Baptist Church and the Gospelfest.〔 Newark Symphony Hall is home to the NSH Special Ensemble,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = NSH Special ensemble )〕 which was selected as the Gospelfest Youth Choir Winner in 2011,〔Omogbai, Emike ("Newark Symphony Hall Special Ensemble Youth Choir & G-Fy-G Win at McDonald’s GospelFest 2011" ), ''The Star-Ledger'', July 5, 2011. Web. October 5, 2014〕 and hosts the "When Praise Goes Up!" annual gospel showcase. The affiliated Newark Boys Chorus also includes spirals in its repertory. In 1980, the former movie palace Stanley Theater became the Newark Gospel Tabernacle.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.newarktab.org )〕 Newark is one of seven cities nationwide to host the touring gospel music competition "How Sweet the Sound".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = How Sweet the Sound )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「McDonald's Gospelfest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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