Thursday evening we caught up with the person who is bringing back the double-breasted suit, Pat Barker, bass singer for the Mark Trammell Quartet. I noticed right away that it was “group suit night” – which makes me wonder, how does Pat always manage to look so dapper? In this clip, Pat shares how he…
If you are a Singing News subscriber, you have certainly noticed the full page ads featuring the Red Roots. I was curious about this new trio, so I tracked them down to hear their performance in the Featured Artists Showcase. I was not disappointed! After the showcase, I went back into the Convention Hall and…
While at Convention, I found several artists who were kind enough to take the time to chat with me and answer a few questions. In this clip, we are talking with Brian Free. As you can imagine, crowds were heavy in the Convention Hall, so the background noise can be a distraction at times. Thank…
Once again we capture another priceless expression from our beloved Michael Booth – aka Tenor of the Year! What is Michael doing??? Post your answer in the comment’s section!
I walked into Freedom Hall just as our host, Michael Booth, was instructing the crowd in four different types of applause that our NQC stage staff wanted to record for the NQC video. First up, we were asked to do a “light applause,” and to demonstrate the lightness of the matter, Michael “floated” around the…
The Friday night Main Stage event at NQC was one memorable night for me, even though I was only able to be in Freedom Hall for the last half of the evening. Our hosts for the night were Dennis Swanberg and Debra Talley. I walked in when Gerald Wolfe was on stage leading the audience…
Our host for the Wednesday night Main Stage event at NQC was none other than the Grammy Award winning Jason Crabb, and his co-hosts were the Sisters! I found myself scrambling into Freedom Hall when the Browns were on stage performing a violin instrumental …which was very powerful from what I heard walking down the…
For me, Tuesday evening’s Main Stage started with Channing Eleton playing his blazing piano solo, Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee. Dean and Kim Hopper were our hosts for Tuesday evening, and boy did we hear some good singin’! What I love about NQC is that I get the opportunity to see artists that never come…
“Christmas … the only time you can get the whole world to focus, for a brief moment, on the fact that Jesus came to earth.” – Gerald Wolfe Gerald Wolfe was our host for the morning showcase, Christmas at NQC, and he wanted to start this off with the world’s greatest musician, Stan Whitmire, who…
Monday, the first official day of the National Quartet Convention! To say that there was excitement in the air would be an understatement! I was so excited I spent almost the entire night in Main Stage and didn’t even realize it. LOL. Gerald Wolfe and Karen Peck were our hosts for the evening, and they…
