Applause broke out as Legacy Five walked on stage at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee on New Year’s Eve. “Y’all know these guys?” Scott Fowler asked with a smile and outstretched arms. “Why don’t we start the evening with prayer,” bowing his head, Scott went on to acknowledge that many will be glad…
When I think of going to Paris; images of the Eiffel Tower, beautiful gardens and the Seine River flash through my mind. The City of Lights. Instead, the Tennessee hills rolled by my window as we drove into a small town all decorated for Christmas. I smiled as we passed a mini Eiffel Tower made…
“At six fifteen we need to run on our feet, hurry, hurry, hurry to get the frozen salad on the tables before people arrive, so we can get the meals on the tables by six thirty,” Debbie Bennett explained to an incomplete group of servers in the basement of College Heights Baptist Church in Nashville,…
Tuesday morning dawned in Louisville and as the sun rose, so did I, ready to meet the day. Paging through the program book to the schedule page, I checked the time again on the showcase. 10:30-11:30 AM. Chapel – Mark Trammell Qt. East Hall A-B. It was going to be a good morning… With a…
The click of my high heels echoed in the hall quickly becoming lost in the countless sounds of other footsteps, voices and the occasional cell phone ring. I had just come from the Exhibit Hall and was anxious to weave through the crowd and find a seat in the arena. The buzz urged me to…
A mixture of yellow, red and orange whizzed by as I drove down highway 60 towards Mountain Grove. It was a beautiful fall day. When you plan on attending a Gospel concert, you should always allow extra time for road construction…as I should have done last Saturday. Suddenly, I had plenty of time to…
September first dawned on a Sunday morning and though fans of SGM hated to admit it, the Southern Gospel Picnic was drawing to a close. Sunday was the second to last day of the festival. Who would have thought you could have so much fun in the heat? LOL Ah, but you can! I tried…
The lights dimmed low as a power point screen descended in front of the stage in the Red Gold Heritage Hall. Seconds later a promo video from Humana began to play. I would be lying if I didn’t admit that the location of the screen held my curiosity more than what was running on it. …
“Just think of the blog,” said Pat Barker with a mischievous grin on his face. At that moment, the only thing I could think of, or maybe, trying to think of, was why a perfectly sane girl from Missouri was going on a ride that was sure to make her sick. It was a…
“Would you remain standing and welcome our host group from just up the road in Gadsden, Alabama, the Mark Trammell Quartet!” exclaimed the emcee, Jay Parrack. It was Saturday night at the Mark Trammell Quartet Homecoming and MTQ had just stepped on stage to kick off the night with Echoes From the Burning Bush. …
