94.9 KLTY's ``Celebrate Freedom'' To Have First Ever Public Viewing of Dead Sea Scrolls Outside of a Museum.Entertainment, Feature Editors & Religion Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2003 94.9 KLTY-FM, the leading contemporary Christian music Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM; also by its religious neutral term Inspirational music) is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. station, announced a special display of an authentic fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient leather and papyrus scrolls first discovered in 1947 in caves on the NW shore of the Dead Sea. Most of the documents were written or copied between the 1st cent. B.C. and the first half of the 1st cent. A.D. dated to 200 B.C. to be held at "Celebrate Freedom" this Saturday, June 28. This will be the first ever U.S. public display outside of a museum. "Celebrate Freedom" is the largest Christian music Christian music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding the Christian life, as well as (in terms of contemporary music) to give a Christian alternative to main stream secular music. concert in the U.S., with over 200,000 people expected to attend. The fragment will be displayed to promote the upcoming "Dead Sea Scrolls to the Forbidden Book" museum exhibit coming to the Biblical Arts Center in Dallas, Texas, beginning September 5, 2003. This once-in-a-lifetime collection of artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. , manuscripts, and Bibles from around the world will come together to complete the history of the Bible. The fragment to be displayed at "Celebrate Freedom" is a piece of the Old Testament book of Isaiah Noun 1. Book of Isaiah - an Old Testament book consisting of Isaiah's prophecies Isaiah Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian , chapters 26 and 27, regarding the resurrection, "your dead shall live again and their bodies shall rise." Dr. William Noah, Exhibit Curator, and Lee Biondi, Exhibit Coordinator, with host a booth at "Celebrate Freedom" to answer questions about the scroll fragment and upcoming exhibit. Tickets will be raffled off throughout the day to concert goers who register at the booth. Free pictures with the scroll fragment will be taken for those who purchase exhibit tickets at "Celebrate Freedom." Adult tickets for the "Dead Sea Scrolls to the Forbidden Book" museum exhibit are $19.00. Hosted by Salem's 94.9 KLTY and Interstate Batteries, "Celebrate Freedom 2003" will open its gates at 7:00 a.m., with the concert beginning at 8:15 a.m. and concluding at 11:00 p.m. This all-day free event will feature performances by Third Day, Avalon, Jaci Velasquez, Jars of Clay Jars of Clay is a rock band from Franklin, Tennessee. They met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois. Jars of Clay is Dan Haseltine on vocals, Charlie Lowell on piano and keyboards, Stephen Mason on lead guitars and Matthew Odmark on rhythm guitars. , Phillips, Craig and Dean, Mark Scultz, Rebecca St. James, ZOEgirl, 4Him, Newsong, Chris Rice, Anointed "Anointed" redirects here. For the process of anointing, see Anointing. Anointed is a Contemporary Christian music duo consisting of siblings Steve and Da'dra Crawford. Their musical style includes elements of R&B, funk, and piano ballads. , Kristy Starling, Derek Webb (formerly of Caedmon's Call), Nate Sallie, and Sandi Patty. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For information on where to get free admission tickets go to www.KLTY.com. KLTY-FM 94.9 is a station of Salem Communications (Nasdaq:SALM), the leading radio broadcaster focused on religious- and family-themed radio programming. Upon the close of all announced transactions, the company will own and operate 92 radio stations, in 36 radio markets, including 58 stations in the top 25 markets. In addition to its radio properties, Salem owns the Salem Radio Network, Salem Radio Representatives, Salem Web Network Salem Web Network represents the largest faith-based audiences on the Internet and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia with offices in Dallas and Nashville. Salem Web Network is owned and operated by Salem Communications Salem Corp. , and Salem Publishing. |
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