MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. (WNKY) – Under lantern light and echoing stone, more than a thousand people gathered underground Sunday for the 46th annual Cave Sing at Mammoth Cave National Park, a holiday tradition that turned one of Kentucky’s most iconic natural spaces into a soaring concert hall.

Visitors made the chilly walk down the hillside to the Historic Entrance, where the Heart of Kentucky Chorus and the Butler County Middle School auditioned choir performed in the cave’s natural “music hall,” a chamber known for its warm acoustics and cathedral-like sound.

“My students don’t get opportunities like this very often,” said Travis Lowe, music director at Butler County High School and Middle School. “This is everything to them, these are core memories.”

For returning performers like the Heart

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