{"id":19605,"date":"2025-10-10T16:34:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T20:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/?p=19605"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:38:10","slug":"jj-hairston-hosts-reunion-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/jj-hairston-hosts-reunion-in-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ Hairston Hosts Reunion In DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Grammy nominated. Stellar Award, Billboard Music Award, &amp; ASCAP Rhythm &amp; Soul Award\u00a0winner,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">JJ Hairston &amp; Youthful Praise<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> are back with the deluxe edition of\u00a0<span class=\"s3\">The Live Reunion: Washington, DC<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">History is about to repeat itself\u2026but BIGGER! JJHairston &amp; Youthful Praise \u201cThe Live Reunion: Washington, DC\u201d [Deluxe] is here with 4 additional songs that are sure encourage your spirit &amp; increase your faith.\u00a0This isn\u2019t just an album\u2026 it\u2019s a REVIVAL! Worship, energy, nostalgia, and NEW fire all in one!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 25th anniversary reunion live recording of JJ Hairston and Youthful Praise features reimagined versions of their Billboard chart-topping #1 hits,\u00a0iconic and classic songs, along with new music that showcases the choir\u2019s continued relevance and Hairston\u2019s powerful, spirit-filled leadership. Recorded live, November 2024 at <\/span><span class=\"s4\">The Gathering Place\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">(<span class=\"s5\">4703 Marlboro Pike, Capitol Heights, MD<\/span>), the special anniversary album is available now.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy nominated. Stellar Award, Billboard Music Award, &amp; ASCAP Rhythm &amp; Soul Award\u00a0winner,\u00a0JJ Hairston &amp; Youthful Praise are back with the deluxe edition of\u00a0The Live Reunion: Washington, DC. History is about to repeat itself\u2026but BIGGER! JJHairston &amp; Youthful Praise \u201cThe Live Reunion: Washington, DC\u201d [Deluxe] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1022,224,6375,3929,3543],"class_list":["post-19605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-releases","tag-25th-anniversary","tag-dc","tag-gathering-place","tag-jj-hairston-and-youthful-praise","tag-reunion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1066.jpeg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12628,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/jj-hairston-announces-expansion\/","url_meta":{"origin":19605,"position":0},"title":"JJ Hairston Announces Expansion","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"November 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Billboard Music Award and Stellar Award-Winning artist, JJ Hairston has expanded his organization for his next project. 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