July Concert Series

Our July 2005 "Concerts on the Lawn" series is over. I'm kind of disappointed that it is over. It was a lot of work. It was very frustrating at times. It was almost a disaster at one point. All in all it was a great learning experience and I had a blast. I met some great singers and musicians who above all had a heart for the Lord and a desire to spread the gospel above everything else. That is what it is all about.

The first week we had The Songsters. These gentlemen were in the tradition of southern gospel quartets and were outstanding. Their bass singer had recently passed away so they are for now a trio but sounded awesome. It was a pleasure to help them when they had some audio problems on set up and we were able to have the cure of a couple $3.00 adapters. Those will get you every time. I enjoyed helping them on their outdoor mix as well.

Week 2 was the disaster week. It can be read about at Planning, Preparation, Practice. Enough said. I hope to be able to let people hear how good the praise band from River Hills Community Church really is someday. Also a big thank you to Tim at All Pro Sound. He knew exactly what I needed to remedy my problems plus turned me on to some adapters that I didn't know existed. This saved me some making cables, building connectors, soldering pins time. That I liked. The guys at All Pro Sound are always easy to talk to and know exactly what you are going through because they are not just salesmen. They are out there on the weekends using the stuff just like we are.

Week 3 was moved indoors due to the intense heat we were experiencing. This really cut down on our set up time. No speakers to fly or snake to run and no amplifiers to move or mixer station to roll out. Only mics, stands and associated cables.
The group was our own praise band which is our own singing group Surrender joined with lead and bass guitar, an additional keyboardist and drummer. All the details can be read about at What a Difference a Week Makes.

The last week was also indoors but this time because of storms. The group was His Anointed This is a local family group that is on fire for the Lord. They really had the place jumping. They are also southern gospel but probably most closely resembled The Crabb Family. Not only is the whole family vocally gifted but what really impressed me is how much they love the Lord and how well they work together in everything they did. From their set-up to sound check to concert to tear down was all like a fine tuned machine. Outstanding!

Well, this summer was definitely an experience and one that the Lord refined me in more ways than one. I can't wait to see what He has in store for our media ministry next.