‘I get to sit right next to the choir’: Former Bush Cabinet secretary exults in his LDS Church job

It takes two jetliners and 18 big rigs to transport the faith’s Tabernacle Choir when it tours — and ex-Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt is right there for every mile, every melody and every memory.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lloyd Newell, left, and choir President Mike Leavitt during a news conference at the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City in June 2024. Newell retired as presenter of "Music and the Spoken Word" after 34 years.