Show mormon tabernacle choir to sing at chicago exposition exposi tion chicago illinois august 26 special according to arrangements completed yesterday and announced today the mormon tabernacle choir of salt lake city lias has been en engaged aged by the company to succeed the detroit symphony orchestra for one week september 10 and 16 inclusive as the principal musical attraction att ration of ford symphony gardens one of the features of the ford exposition at A century of progress in chicago the announcement comes as the result ot of negotiations begun several weeks ago between officials of the ford exposition in chicago and bishop david A smith president of the salt lake tabernacle choir terms of the agreement were not announced but it is understood that the th figures reached in the negotiations guarantees expenses of the 1500 mile journey for the group of singers and makes possible the first appearance appe alanze of the choir in and the middle west in forty one years in en engaging aging such an outstanding musical organization even at the expense of transporting it half way across the continent the ford motor company continues a policy begun last june of making its it world fair exposition a great cultural as well as industrial and historical display the selection of the tabernacle chair by the ford exposition management as first successor to the detroit symphony may be interpreted as a high compliment to the musical and cultural life of utah and the far west despite the fact that many other similar organizations could have been found much nearer chicago and therefore could have been engaged at much lower expense ford officials decided that only a truly outstanding choir could be presented without loss of the prestige built bu up by the brilliant symphony series in their opinion I 1 the atea choir met this requirement more anore satisfactorily than any ally other available organization during the wee week k ot of its stay in chicago C the choir under the direction dic of its veteran conductor anthony C lund will present fourteen one hour concerts from to 3 30 chicago ch daylight saving time in the afternoon and I 1 from to in the evenings in s 1230 to and to rocky mountain standard time at least several of the prod pro grams grama will be broadcast over a full network 0 of tho columbia broadcasting system with the probable salt lake city outlet |