I got an art degree from Brigham Young ... it’s when the [LDS] Church decided to demolish the Coalville Tabernacle. I was a student at BYU at the time and the demolition really struck a ...

After being marooned, and suffering some damage in the floods of 1983, it was proposed by leaders with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that the tabernacle should be demolished.

He issued guidelines saying that "Latter-day Saints" was acceptable shorthand. The choir said its new name pays tribute to the Tabernacle, which has been home to the choir since since 1867.

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