Fresh news delivered to you every day. Visit our Circulation department for print subscription information. Amarillo Globe-News Amanda Long will sojourn across the West this summer with the Continental Singers. Writer Amanda Long will sojourn across the West this summer with the Continental Singers.
Several groups tour in various regions around the country.
Long is one of 34, the only Panhandle resident, who will sing in concerts and spread the gospel to fellow teen-agers in churches in California, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Oregon. Church families will provide housing, she said. Founded in 1967, the Continental Singers form the foundation of California-based Continental Ministries, which oversees 15,000 people and 1,500 concerts a year. The groups have performed in all 50 states and 76 countries, and international groups have been formed in several countries. I really didn't want to audition at first.