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Thanksgiving Praise Celebration at Metro Tab

BET’s 2010 “Sunday Best” winner, Leandria Johnson, will be featured in a Thanksgiving Praise Celebration tonight at Metropolitan Tabernacle, 2101 W. Shepherd Road.

Presented by Sounds of Unity, the celebration also features Ternae “TJ” Jordan as well as Craig Wiggins from Hezekiah Walker’s Love Fellowship Choir.

Tickets are $15 general admission, $25 for VIP seats, plus convenience fees.

Purchase by phone at 642-TIXS or at the Memorial Auditorium box office, 399 McCallie Ave.

The 27-year-old single mother of three from Orlando, Fla., won BET’s 2010 gospel singing contest, “Sunday Best,” earning a recording contract. In an interview with The Orlando Sentinel after the finals aired in June, she credited her positive attitude for the win. “Always be positive,” she said. “Don’t focus on the negative things in life.” Johnson is praise and worship leader at HQ Ministries in Altamonte Springs, Fla., where she sings every Monday and Wednesday.


Leandria Johnson

The 27-year-old single mother of three from Orlando, Fla., won BET’s 2010 gospel singing contest, “Sunday Best,” earning a recording contract. In an interview with The Orlando Sentinel after the finals aired in June, she credited her positive attitude for the win. “Always be positive,” she said. “Don’t focus on the negative things in life.” Johnson is praise and worship leader at HQ Ministries in Altamonte Springs, Fla., where she sings every Monday and Wednesday.