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Show 1 ' 1 ' I YOUTH LEADERS. President J. Phillip Hanks, priesthood advisor of Aaronic Priesthood and Young Women Chorus discusses programs with Mrs. Arlene Stransky, accompanist and Howard Putnam, director. Putnam is director of choral music at Dixie College in St. George. TO PARTICIPATE IN LDS CONFERENC E. Some of the participants in an Aaronic Priesthood and Young Women chorps which will sing in the June Conference of the LDS Church in rehearsal session. Youth chorus to perform at confab A number of youth from this area have been called to participate par-ticipate in an Aaronic Priesthood and Young Women chorus which will sing in the June Conference of the LDS Church on June 27 and 28. The chorus is made up of nearly 400 singers from seven regions and twenty-four stakes throughout the southern Utah area. The seven LDS Church regions represented in the chorus are Manti, Nephi, Richfield, Panguitch, Cedar, St. George, and Kanab. Howard Putnam, director of choral music at Dixie College, St. George, has been appointed director of the chorus. J. Phillip Hanks, president of the Parowan Utah Stake has been called to serve as priesthood advisor of the group. Specialists have also been appointed to prepare approximately ap-proximately sixteen young people in each stake to perform in the group. Regional rehearsals were held during the month of May so that the young men and women could rehearse in larger groups. Stakes in the western regions held a combined rehearsal in Beaver on June 14, and the eastern regions met in Richfield on June 21. A combined rehearsal for all youth from all of the stakes was held in Cedar City on June 24. The youth and chaperones will travel to Salt Lake City for final rehearsals on Thursday. June 26. The chorus will provide music for two sessions of the ' June Conference, held in the historic Tabernacle on Temple Square, and in the Salt Palace. There will also be separate choruses of young men and young women for respective departmental sessions. Leaders from all over the world will hear the chorus. June Conference is held each year for leaders of the Aaronic Priesthood and Young Women and the Melchizedek Priesthood MIA, who represent the youth anbd single adults of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These leaders meet in general and departmental sessions to learn better methods of directing their respective responsibilities throughout the areas of the Church in the world. |