Grammy winning gospel musician performs today

Groton - The Rev. Milton Biggham, a Grammy award-winning artist with the Georgia Mass Choir, headlines the third annual Black History Month Gospel Choir Concert Saturday at the Seaport Community Church.

The public is invited to attend this free concert, which begins at 4 p.m. at the church, 28 Great Brook Road.

Seven gospel choirs will perform. They represent the following churches: Emanuel Church of God in Christ, of Norwich; Fountain Baptist Church (Silvertones), of Summit, N.J.; Integrity (Gospel Group), of New London, and Vicinity People's Baptist Church, of Newark, N.J.; Miracle Temple Church (Youth Choir), of New London; Mount Olive Church Ministries (Voices of the Mount), of Hartford; and Walls Temple AME Zion Church, of New London.

"I'm just excited about coming and looking very much forward to it," Biggham said Thursday.

- Jennifer McDermott