Soweto plays North Toronto Heavy on Revolution – Gospel Takes A Back Seat By Stephen Weir The Soweto Gospel Choir has been around the world more than a few times since their formation back in 2002. The South African singing group is so much in demand that they now have two choirs performing and touring simultaneously this December in the United States and Europe. The city got to see the Soweto Gospel Choir for two nights last Thursday and Friday in North Toronto. They swooped into town, won the hearts and voices of an almost filled George Weston Theatre (North York), sold a whack of autographed CDs then hit the road to perform the next night in Montreal and the night after that in New Jersey. The Choir has dedicated their two exhaustive international tours to the celebration of the late Nelson Mandela in this his 100 th birthday year. The 90-minute songfest, called Songs of the Free included – judging by the raised clench fists of the 20 singers on stage – h...