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Tramaine Hawkins returns to Detroit
January 23, 2017·By BLAC Editorial
The legendary gospel singer performs at Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church this weekend.
January 23, 2017
Who knew it had been so long?
Legendary gospel singer Tramaine Hawkins has a January concert booked at an eastside Detroit church, billed by promoters as a “return to Detroit after a decades-long absence.”
The “Goin’ Up Yonder” singer helps kick off a new concert series at Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday, Jan. 18, titled “Saturday Night Live…A Salute to Sunday Morning Church.”
Hawkins is joined by fellow performers Bill Moss, Jr., The Michael Fletcher Chorale and Gerard Brooks.
The church’s “Live” concert series celebrates “the spirit and sounds of the Sunday morning church experience, all the artists and music represent singers and songs you would hear on a Sunday morning in your local church.”
Admission is free. The concert is at 7 p.m. Saturday. Mount Pleasant MBC is located at 21150 Moross Road in Detroit. For more information, click here.
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