Larry Callahan & SOG TV Special…Word Network 11/27..New Chrysler Commercial

The Word Network to Premiere Video Alongside the 30-Minute ‘You Are the Sunshine’ TV Special with the

Emmy Award-Winning Chrysler Choir

Larry Callahan & Selected of God Featuring

the Deaf Dynamic Praise Choir of San Francisco

on Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday, November 27

 

(Detroit, MI – November 26, 2013) – Best known as the Emmy Award-winning Chrysler

Choir, Larry Callahan & Selected of God and the Deaf Dynamic Praise Choir of San

Francisco will be featured in the American Sign Language ground-breaking world

premiere video of “Sunshine” tomorrow night, Thanksgiving Eve on November 27 at

8:00 p.m. ET on the Word Network. The video will be part of a 30 minute television

special, inspired by the number one international mega hit song “You Brought the

Sunshine” by the GRAMMY^® Award-winning recording group The Clark Sisters.

“Sunshine” marks the first time the gospel music industry and the deaf and the hearing

impaired communities have joined forces on a powerful and inspired music project.

A YouTube sensation, the Deaf Dynamic Praise Choir is founded by Tanisha Cotton, Larry ‘Scooter’ Cotton Jr., Don Espy Jr. and Cherie Espy. They were brought together by their common faith, a love of gospel music and a desire to share their ministry with others within the deaf and hard of hearing community.

Callahan & Selected of God are currently featured in the new Chrysler Big Finish’s

“Giving Back” themed commercial for the holiday season, currently airing thirty second

spots on broadcast networks nationwide. The commercials features the hook of The

Clark Sisters’ “You Brought the Sunshine.”

Chrysler Big Finish—Giving Back Commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JTOGX7HCZQ

Callahan & Selected of God have been featured in six Chrysler commercials including the Super Bowl XLV’s “Born of Fire—Imported from Detroit 200 Chrysler” with Eminem. The three-time Verizon’s How Sweet The Sound Choir competition winners’ current album, The Evolution II, peaked at #4 on Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums chart and has remained in the Top 25 for over a year. This week, the album moves up to #8 and their current single, “Be Still and Know” is #25 on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart. Callahan is the founder of the acclaimed 20-member choir, who’ve been together more than 12 years.

ABOUT THE WORD NETWORK

Today The Word Network is the largest African-American religious network in the world. The Word Network was founded in February of 2000 by Kevin Adell and his father the late Franklin Z Adell. In the past twelve years the network has gained recognition as the network of choice for African American programming by featuring ministries, an informative Christian focused television lineup and gospel music.

Since the network’s launch in 2000, The Word Network based in Southfield, Michigan, is available in over 200 countries reaching millions of viewers in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The Word Network reaches nearly 86 million homes in the U.S. alone through DirecTV, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cox, Cablevision, Charter, and a host of other cable operators and another 9 million homes on Sky TV in the U.K. In addition The Word Network is also provided to one million men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces in over 65 countries. The Word Network has continued to expand its reach and is now also seen in Latin America which has a population of 582,554,334.