This is the fourth time I’ve been able to attend the annual Southeastern Fire Fighters Burn Foundation fundraising concert near Augusta, GA, and this year’s concert was even better than usual. Blanche Williams has been organizing and promoting this concert for years and stated at the event that she would be stepping down from the position. [...]
Friday was a very good, very long day for me at NQC. I attended two spectacular showcases in addition to the evening concert where several of my favorites sang. Highlights: The Song of a Lifetime showcase is always wonderful and this year was no exception. There was a large combined choir from the Louisville area [...]
Showcase Spectacular was the heading on the NQC website, and that’s what it was when the Gaither Vocal Band combined with Ernie Haase and Signature Sound for their “Together” concert on Thursday at noon. It was a great show. Highlights: I get really tickled at Tim Duncan’s attempts to step to the music and turn the [...]
I’m behind in my posting and I’m doing this out of order, but I’ll eventually get Thursday and Friday up here, too! Regional Artist Showcase: I was very happy to see Guy Penrod at this showcase. I understand that many others besides me chose to miss the Cathedrals Remembered showcase in order to see Guy, and [...]
Wednesday was a great day for me at NQC. Highlights: The Bill Gaither Homecoming Sing-along. Since not too many of the Homecoming regulars were here, Bill featured many other artists including Gene McDonald, Josh Garner, McCray Dove, Devin McGlamery, John Rulapaugh, Jason Crab, Taranda Green, Kim Hopper, Frank Seamans, Mark Trammell, and Logan Smith. Regulars [...]
There was another great lineup on the main stage last night. Several of the trios were on since Monday was all quartets. I’m not finding the time to do as much posting as I wanted to do and I’m not getting great videos, so I’ll go ahead and apologize for those things. I hope many [...]
Whew! What a busy week this is going to be! I didn’t get to any of the showcases today since we were busy with booth business and visiting some friends. The all-quartet evening concert was fabulous although I didn’t stay until the very end. Here’s my quick report: Highlights: I really like the combining of groups [...]
NQC has been properly “kicked-off” with a great “pre-opening” concert by Greater Vision and the Hoppers. Both groups were in great form to the appreciation of a very large turnout. This is the 4th year (I think) that they have had this pre-convention opening concert and the crowd has grown every year. Highlights of the [...]
I will be attempting to prepare daily reviews during NQC week. I’m sure the posts will be short and sweet with fewer videos, since I’ll be spending most of my time actually watching the showcases and concerts and talking to the artists and friends attending the convention. I will be checking for comments and e-mails (dlhbrant@sgconcerts.com) as [...]
On Friday, Sept. 4, I was able to attend a concert in McDonough, GA (south of Atlanta) that benefited the family of a young man, Stephen Garrison, that has been suffering from muscular dystrophy for a long time. Here’s an exerpt from a blog on the Daybreak website about Stephen: “Stephen Garrison is a good friend of the [...]
