Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Oklahoma after 40 years

OKLAHOMA CITY — A member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir visited Oklahoma Wednesday to promote the choir's upcoming performance at Lloyd Noble Center.Alex Boye, a featured soloist in two songs on the most recent MTC album, spoke at a fireside chat Wednesday evening at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 12915 S. Santa Fe Ave. in Oklahoma City.\"We're really excited,\" Boye said. \"I mean, you're talking 11 buses\" coming to Norman, he said.The tour to seven Midwest locations, including Norman, is a massive endeavor. Boye will join the 315 members of the choir traveling to Norman later this month for the 7:30 p.m. June 27 performance. The choir will be accompanied by a 60-piece Orchestra at Temple Square.The performance in Norman is a long time coming; it's the first in Oklahoma since the choir performed in Tulsa in 1967, said Robert Keyes, Norman stake president who was appointed to the job of producer and promoter of the Norman performance.\"Let me tell you, this thing has been in the making for three years,\" he said.