The streets of Gatlinburg were abuzz with life…heavy traffic, crowded streets, yep, it was a holiday weekend. On the other hand, just inside the convention center fans were eagerly awaiting the afternoon matinee at the Gatlinburg Gathering. Starting at one o’clock, artists such as Soul’d Out Quartet, the Browns, the Bowlings, Karen Peck and…
Rays of dawn peeked through the cracks of the curtain in our fourth floor hotel room at the Park Vista on the morning of July fourth. I had thought waking up in the Great Smokey Mountains was going to be a treat…but the added blessing of drawing back the curtains and taking in a view…
Triumphant Quartet had just finished sound check as I slipped into the Ladies Room before the doors opened for the evening concert. With a cart of cleaning supplies sitting outside the door, I expected to find a staff member inside making sure the place was clean and fresh…what I didn’t expect was a slightly off…
At 4:30 PM each day, the doors opened for the Memphis Quartet Show. On Thursday night, I stood behind the product table of Brian Free and Assurance as fans began to trickle in and browse around the vendor’s booths. How much time had passed, I couldn’t be sure, but soon a lady wearing one of…
“Excuse me, sir, are these seats taken?” I asked a gentlemen sitting on the front row Thursday afternoon at the Memphis Quartet Show. After shaking his head no, I turned to Melissa (my dear friend who drove up from Mississippi) having a pretty good idea of what her answer would be when I asked…
While riding up the escalator that took us to the walkway level, I pulled out the tickets from my purse for the Memphis Quartet Show. Just around the corner was the entrance to the room that would fill with music, Gospel quartets, fans and vendors for the following three days. A blue banner with…
On the last night of Singing in the Sun, I walked in the auditorium while the Allen Family began singing Turn Your Radio On as a male quartet. “How many remember that song?” asked their father, Todd Allen. He went on to explain the absence of their oldest son and then introduced There’s Life in…
On Friday night, we had a great line up at Singing in the Sun; the Mark Trammell Quartet, Ivan Parker, the Talley’s, the Pfeifers and the Booth Brothers – it was awesome! After some congregational singing, Ray Flynn opened the night in prayer and then shared how 73 people came to know the Lord that…
I think it’s pretty safe to say that not every Gospel Sing you attend has a whale painted on the side of the building…but the Myrtle Beach Convention Center does! If you’re in Myrtle Beach, SC in mid-April, you can walk right in that convention center and enjoy Singing in the Sun. This five day…
The clock struck six. Emerging from backstage, I was happy to see a small group huddling over the Singing News table that I had been manning during the week. It was the last night of the Great Lake of the Ozarks Gospel Sing and closing the weekend were the Lesters and The Mark Trammell Quartet! …
