Joyful Noise

Yesterday my singing group, which by the way is named Joyful Noise, had one of the greatest opportunities it has ever or will ever have. We got to sing for Keith Lancaster. Thats right the man himself. The man who founded the group Acappella. Now, Acappella is the reason I started singing. Back about 15 years ago I saw them sing in concert at a South Texas Youth Conference and said to myself, "Wow! That's what I want to do." Almost immediately after that I met the Huttons and started getting copies of Acappella's music from them. I listened to them intently and strove to learn every part on every song I had of theirs. Before I knew it I was singing and sounding just like them, well I thought so at least, but then I went to a singing camp. Boy did I figure out I wasn't very good, but I did learn how to hear parts better and that Acappella's voice didn't have to be mine. Well anyways, I followed them ever since and just kept dreaming of singing for them, so I kept singing and working to find my own voice. Little did I know that someday I would actually sing for their founder. Though I still would love to be part of this phenomenal group, to sing for Keith was just as rewarding. Surprisingly I wasn't nervous one bit. It probably helped that we had dinner with him 2 nights this passed week and got to know him before we sang for him, so it was like singing to a brother and not a celebrity of the christian world. We sang a couple songs of his and a couple of songs that we, my group, wrote. I think we did pretty good. Cryssy says we sounded great, and if you know Cryssy she would tell us if we just really stunk. The only problem was Keith never said anything after we were done singing. That can't be good. Just kidding. He had just finished doing a Praise and Harmony workshop with our congregation and was resting and saving his voice, so he wasn't speaking at all. We did get 2 thumbs up from him though, so I guess that means he liked or enjoyed it a little bit. Anyways, now that we know we received a 2 thumbs up from Keith, we can have confidence that we are doing something right. I still just pray that it is what God wants us to be doing. But till we figure that out, there was always that time we made a Joyful Noise for Keith Lnacaster.