Published: Oct. 25, 2000

The 10th Annual Umoja Gospel Extravaganza will be held Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ at Boulder.

Various choirs throughout the Boulder and Denver metro area are scheduled to participate. It is free and open to the public.

The event is organized by students in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder's Umoja Voices Gospel Choir, with the assistance of DeLaris Carpenter of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥'s Cultural Unity Center.

"Umoja" (pronounced "ooh-MOE-jah") means "unity" in African culture. The gospel extravaganza is intended to bring people of all ethnicities together through songs of praise and worship, according to Tiffanee Lenox, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ junior and Umoja member.

Sponsors include the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Student Union Representatives Council; Office of the Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs; Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs; Black Student Alliance; African American Advocacy and Genesis Christian Collegiate Ministry.

For more information contact Lenox at (720) 220-6281 or email tiffanee.lenox@colorado.edu