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Early flight

I'm heading out to JFK, then to Minneapolis, then to Portland, OR, then to Redmond, OR, then a drive to Metolius, OR: about 14 hours door to door. Hoping for stamina for tomorrow's performance of Big Fish Little Worm (www.RichDrama.com/BigFishLittleWorm).

11.07.09 09:07 AM - Comment(s)

Soaked

This morning we had breakfast with John Kasica. He and his wife have roomed with us several years at MasterWorks. He was in town to play percussion at Carnegie Hall with the St. Louis Symphony. They were a part of the Asian series on offer at the moment. He played a piece in which he and two o...

11.05.09 08:42 PM - Comment(s)

Looking back @ NYC

11.03.09 12:53 PM - Comment(s)

My Carnegie Hall Debut!

My friend Liz called to see if we could use some complimentary tickets to a concert of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Joyce couldn't make it, but my friend Fritz was in from Portland to shoot a wedding, for which he used me as his "second shooter." That was great fun!

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11.02.09 03:42 PM - Comment(s)

Leaf Peeping on the Hudson

I'm checking out the fall foliage this afternoon with Mac Nelson, who was a master class instructor last year at MasterWorks.

Click here to see the album.

10.30.09 04:20 PM - Comment(s)

Fritz Photo

My friend Fritz Liedtke ( FritzPhoto.com just flew out from Portland to photograph a wedding. He asked me if I knew anyone out here that he could hire as a backup photog. I told him I'd love to do, so away we go!

He just published an article in Rangefinder Magazine/Wedding and Portrait Professionals...

10.29.09 05:44 PM - Comment(s)

Outdoing the leaves

10.25.09 09:46 PM - Comment(s)

Leaf peepers in MD

10.25.09 09:28 PM - Comment(s)

The climbing stump

The youth of the church where I'll be performing Beyond the Chariots (www.RichDrama.com) tonight were dismayed to discover that their climbing tree (and some of their parents' climbing tree) had to be taken down because it was dying of disease. It will live on in woodwork.

Tonight's performance will ...

10.25.09 05:48 PM - Comment(s)

Performing in Maryland this Sunday

I'll be performing Beyond the Chariots this Sunday at Woods Memorial Church in Severna Park, MD.

10.21.09 06:10 PM - Comment(s)

Lots of beauty in New York this time of year

10.21.09 12:49 PM - Comment(s)

Afterschool Alliance, Lights on Afterschool

Tonight the Empire State Building is lit all in yellow to commemorate the Afterschool Alliance, Lights on Afterschool. It's quite cool to have been a part of something celebrated by the ESB!

10.17.09 02:31 AM - Comment(s)

Graceworks with Kids

One of the things I do when I'm not performing or writing is coaching architects on their presentation skills through Graceworks (www.GraceworksInc.com). We're about to share some of our concepts with kids at Abundant Waters (www.AbundantWatersKids.org). It's an after-school program which is hosting...

10.15.09 07:36 PM - Comment(s)

Good Grief!

Friends at our church recently posted the following:

Here is Joshua saying a line from his favorite video--The Beginner's Bible: Creation.

It's fun to note that our good friend, Rich Swingle, did the voice of Adam in this video. And seeing as Adam is the one who delivers the line,...

09.29.09 05:41 PM - Comment(s)

Compassion Australia

Some time back, while a theatre student at MasterWorks, Irene Kao sponsored a child through Compassion. When she returned home to Australia she went online to see if she could correspond electronically to save international postage. While she was there, she discovered that Compassion had an Austral...

09.28.09 07:18 PM - Comment(s)

The Butterfly Circus

I have a friend who performed a minor role in Butterfly Circus, which won $100,000 for first place at The Doorpost Film Project Competition. It was also recently featured the Searching for Sanctuary Film Festival at Biola University. It's a profound look at hope despite unfortunate circumstances.

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09.28.09 03:00 PM - Comment(s)

from Sydney, Australia

Have just arrived home from Rich's performance of Revelation. Please pass on my congratulations, I was much inspired and encouraged. He is an inspiration.

Many Thanks
--Ian Jurd

09.28.09 02:06 PM - Comment(s)

Hungry for a Tiger

Graeme and Neryl, who arranged our trip to Australia, introduced us to an Aussie meal called The Tiger, a meat pie covered with mash (potatoes), mushy peas, and gravy. I was telling friends at church about it, and I got such a hunger for one that I made them for dinner. There was no sign of meat pi...

09.28.09 12:12 AM - Comment(s)

The Beginners Bible Video Series

Rich Swingle has provided several voices for The Beginners Bible video series. This series, produced by Sony Wonder and Jumbo Pictures, is taken from the popular children’s Bible entitled The Beginners Bible.

Rich provided the following voices for this project:

The Story of Creation

• Adam

• The Ser...

09.25.09 02:58 AM - Comment(s)

Overcoming Stage Fright

Here's a poster for a workshop I'll be doing at the University of Memphis next weekend:

09.24.09 06:49 PM - Comment(s)

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