{"id":1387520,"date":"2019-02-12T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/photo-essay-vocalist-leon-williams-shares-thoughts-with-glenwood-springs-high-school-choir-students\/"},"modified":"2019-02-12T21:32:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T04:32:00","slug":"photo-essay-vocalist-leon-williams-shares-thoughts-with-glenwood-springs-high-school-choir-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/local-news\/photo-essay-vocalist-leon-williams-shares-thoughts-with-glenwood-springs-high-school-choir-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo essay: Vocalist Leon Williams shares thoughts with Glenwood Springs High School choir students"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ChoirOutreach-gpi-021319-1-620x297.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium-large size-medium-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ChoirOutreach-gpi-021319-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ChoirOutreach-gpi-021319-1-150x72.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ChoirOutreach-gpi-021319-1-325x156.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">&#8220;When I see beauty, heart and energy, it inspires me, and I get so excited about it,&#8221; says Leon Williams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been nothing but sheer joy today,&#8221; added Williams, who visited Glenwood Springs High School choir students Tuesday afternoon as part of an outreach program through Glenwood Springs Community Concert Association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With choir director Shanti Gruber leading the choir, students performed several songs for Williams during their class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Gruber said it was wonderful to have Williams visit and that it helps to reinforce things that she is teaching the students. <\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">&#8220;Sometimes, hearing it from someone else they don&#8217;t see every day really helps,&#8221; Gruber added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Williams performed Tuesday night at Mountain View Church in the third concert of the GSCCA 2018-19 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">&#8220;I want to communicate and really inspire,&#8221; Williams added. &#8220;I really hope that I can express something that moves people to some emotion or higher place than when they got there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/photo-essay-vocalist-leon-williams-shares-thoughts-with-glenwood-springs-high-school-choir-students\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When I see beauty, heart and energy, it inspires me, and I get so excited about it,&#8221; says Leon Williams. &#8220;It&#8217;s been nothing but sheer joy today,&#8221; added Williams, who visited Glenwood Springs High School choir students Tuesday afternoon as part of an outreach program through Glenwood Springs Community Concert Association. 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