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Donnie McClurkin

Yolanda Adams

Kirk Franklin

Pictured backstage during The Hopeville Tour in Toronto are Yolanda Adams, actor Louis Gossett and actress Victoria Rowell ("Young & The Restless").

Hopeville Tour Kick-Off In Toronto

Hopeville Tour on the Road

Gospel Music superstars Yolanda Adams, Kirk Franklin and Donnie McClurkin have hit the road with their version of a gospel musical called Hopeville. The Hopeville Tour kicked off to a packed house at Toronto’s Hershey Centre on September 28 and will roll into at least 35 cities through late November 2002. During their time in Toronto, Yolanda, Kirk and Donnie got to meet their fans via an online chat on www.gospelcity.com
They also took part in a press conference with local and American Press.

Celebrity fans such as Louis Gossett Jr. and "Young & The Restless" actress Victoria Rowell also attended Hopeville’s debut show in Toronto.

Explains Franklin, who created and directed the production, "The magic of Hopeville is that it’s a West Side Story type of production. It looks like a Broadway musical, where we are three interacting throughout the whole event. There’s singing and dancing, some theatrical moments, some choreographed moments. It’s really a whole musical experience."

Pictured backstage during The Hopeville Tour in Toronto are (L-R)
Yolanda Adams, actor Louis Gossett and actress Victoria Rowell ("Young & The Restless").

Pictured below (L-R) Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams and Donnie McClurkin
at Hopeville Tour press conference in Toronto.

Pictured below: Hopeville Tour stars (L-R) Yolanda Adams, Donnie McClurkin
and Kirk Franklin kicking off the tour live onstage in Toronto.