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    1 March 2018 | POSTED BY Mallory Leslie Mortensen

    'The Tonga Sisters' Make Debut on Ellen Show

    Latter-day Saint siblings share musical talents and focus on education

    On the 26th of Feburary, "The Tonga Sisters" appeared on the Ellen Show to perform their 90's mashup that had gone viral. Their singing roots stem from performing in the LDS Church starting from a young age.

    Sisters Alexsia, Tiueti, Lela, Elisiva, and Nini Tonga shared their future aspiriations to attend Standord, University of Utah and UCLA to pursue various different career paths. They expressed desires to study dentistry, pediatrics, statistics and foresnics. They credited their mother for inspiring them to recieve an education and have stable careers. 

    Shutterfly awareded each of them 10,000 dollars to go towards their future schooling. Click here for the link to their performance and interview.

            

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