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…
Welcome to the 2011 Nation Quartet Convention! The sun was shining bright over the Louisville Expo Center as artists and exhibitors thronged into the Exhibit hall to set up their booths. Among those exhibitors, was our three legged friend, Sheba, a fourteen year old, and a cancer survivor! Chris White, her proud owner, had her…
[flv width=”525″ height=”310″]http://exnihilographics.com/video_blogs/blog_MTQhomecoming_saturday_part2.flv[/flv] “And I want to see this on YouTube!” Michael Booth exclaimed when they finished singing the popular I Want To Know with MTQ. Unfortunately, I didn’t get him saying that on my video, but when you watch the clip…you’ll see what he meant! Be sure to also enjoy Mark’s “strange” request –…
[flv width=”525″ height=”310″]http://exnihilographics.com/video_blogs/blog_MTQhomecoming_saturday_part1.flv[/flv] Here is Part One of the video from Saturday night at the Mark Trammell Quartet Homecoming! The Booth Brothers and MTQ brought the house down with their music, personality and encouragement! Be among the first to see Pat Barker sing I Thirst live, and enjoy more popular quartet music like Boundless Love…
“Our government,” Danny Jones began, “recently commissioned a research, they got the results back from the research this Friday – this is what they found: one out of every three persons is not normal!” While everyone laughed, Michael Booth walked on to the stage with a questioning look on his face. Danny Jones continued, “I…
