" Oklahoma, where the winds go sweeping down the plains." Who ever wrote those words told no lies, thats all I have to say about that. You probably figured by now we went to Oklahoma. Joyful Noise + 2 took a trip to Tulsa for a Keith Lancaster's "Praise & Harmony" recording. Half of us drove and the other half flew and for those of us that drove, well I think it worked out for the best. Although it was an extremely long trip filled with freezing wind and some snow, we had a blast. You have not experienced Mad Libs until you have played with a bunch of extremely tired people, especially Mary, for those of you who know Mary can only imagine. Well Tulsa was filled with praise that is very hard to describe. Several times the recording had to stop because of all the emotions people were feeling because of the true sense of worship. 400+ voices praising God, just imagine. i had to stop myself just so I could listen. it was just awesome. Not to mention Keith Lancaster directing us. by the end of the recording we just had to keep singing so Keith led us in a few very powerful worship songs. and of course we took a few pictures with him, he called us his South Carolina posse. We've never been called a posse, usually that is bad, but in this case it couldn't be more cool to be called a posse, especially Keith's posse. I also got my picture taken with Rodney Britt. For those of you true Acappella fans, you know who he is. In the picture I mostly look like I am shocked, like I couldn't believe I was standing next to the first bass of Acappella. Yeah I'm a dork. Only I would think it was the coolest thing in the world. See what I mean.
Well we had a blast, and I felt like a kid who got to see a celebrity. But the coolest thing about the whole trip was the worship. I wish I could experience that everyday. Now we are back home and I had to shave, I go back to work next week so I figured I'd get used to it. Aside from that I am in the mood to write songs again, well, at least work on some I already have in the works. Well you readers probably won't get much out of this, but it was a cool fun filled worshipful experience for me and I just wanted to share.
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It WAS awesome, Tony. As one of the "plus two," I felt extrememly blessed to be a part of this already great thing you guys have going on. There is already a lot of love in your little group, and y'all just sucked me right into that. That was one of the best trips of my entire life, and I'm not just talking about the actual thing in Tulsa (which, of course, was amazing too), but mostly riding in the van with you guys. From the minute Mary broke the window it was circus on wheels. :) Thanks for all the fun. I hope I can come sing with y'all again sometime.
Now, on the count of 92... :)
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