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My friend David Wallace, who teaches viola at Julliard among a number of other things, just had his album Nahum / What a Friend debut as CD Baby's #1 selling instrumental metal CD.
08.15.05 03:59 PM - Comment(s)

Our final service culminated in multisensory worship, complete with a chocolate fountain. It looks solid even from a foot away, but the chocolate is flowing. Our chaplain, Janet Munn, said that honey was the sweetest substance when the Psalms were being written, but today, chocolate is at the top of...
08.14.05 04:53 PM - Comment(s)

These are the guys in my small group. Back: Kelly, Tony, Daniel, Elisha. Front: Terrylee, and Evan. We closed our session with the footwashing from my short piece, Journey to the Garden.

Pray for our whole conservatory as we perform our final piece tonight at 7:30 EST.

08.13.05 11:31 AM - Comment(s)
Most mornings I've been dragging myself out of bed, since our schedule for TAM is jam packed, but this morning I all but sprang from the springs after what happened last night.

Carol Jaudes (CATS) performed with her troupe: Ian Evans, Chris Stoker, and Amber Peacock (my assistant here), with Kare...
08.12.05 11:05 AM - Comment(s)

If you're online pray for us!

08.12.05 12:37 AM - Comment(s)
This is the cast I'm working with this week: Amber (my assistant), Christine, Liz, Steven, Daniel (kneeling), David, and Tyler. What a great bunch! Pray for us as we bring the story of David and Bathsheba to life.
08.11.05 08:31 PM - Comment(s)

We had intended to take an after shot when we were all wiped out, pulling into the parking lot after midnight, but our conversations about the show kept popping! Our group got seats on the front row, so the only way to have been closer to the action would have been to be on stage ourselves.

Before h...
08.10.05 05:57 PM - Comment(s)

Our theme at TAM this year is Be a Hero, based on the book by the same title by Wesley Campell and Stephen Court (who was one of the leaders of the Territorial School of Music and Gospel Arts near Toronto last year. Stephen and his wife, Danielle Strickland led us into revival).

We're listening to a...

08.10.05 05:49 PM - Comment(s)
We experienced PUSH Theatre Co. last night, who brought a double standing ovation with their work that was part mime, part dance, part strength/balance a la Cirque du Soleil. It was absolutely amazing, and this morning they worked with us, teaching us some of their technique. Tre cool.
08.10.05 01:58 AM - Comment(s)

We're hearing Ann Van Cleave sing "The Broadway Boogiewoogie" before seeing her on Broadway tomorrow night playing Miralla in Fiddler on the Roof.

She said the choreographer told them the reason he has their hands in the air so much is because he wants them drinking God through the palms of...

08.09.05 05:58 PM - Comment(s)

This is the 5th year of the Salvation Army's Territorial Arts Ministries' Conservatory.

Right now Carol Jaudes, former CAT and director of the conservatory, is asking students how they've incorporated things they've leaned during previous years in their lives. We're hearing about people starting dan...

08.08.05 04:58 AM - Comment(s)

This is our debut of Songs of Revival: Hungry After God Himself at Trevecca Nazarene University as a part of a three-day class for undergraduate and graduate students called How the Jesus Movement Changed the Way We Worship. 


We were scheduled to perform the "singing play" at...

08.07.05 04:18 PM - Comment(s)
That will stay with me for the rest of my life.
--Lydia Bayne
LaGrangeville, NY

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08.07.05 02:59 PM - Comment(s)

..staying with people who have The Creature from the Black Lagoon as their guard dog.

Actually the Saloomey family has 5 guard dogs (but only 19 legs between them). They get host of the year award for providing corn on the cob picked that morning, eggs laid the day before, and 1st c. accoutrements f...

08.07.05 02:29 AM - Comment(s)

I'm cruising up the Hudson en route to Poughkeepsie, where I'll perform Journey to the Garden tomorrow morning.

In my rehearsal this morning I connected in a very deep way Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane with his final words on the cross: "Take this cup/Your will be done" and ...

08.06.05 08:43 PM - Comment(s)
On Sundays my wife, Joyce, and I commute out of NYC to attend a small church in White Plains, NY, ( WestchesterChapel.org). The pastor, Jim Warren, produced ads for Broadway and was the Creative Director at MTV before he was saved, and he loves to use all the arts in worship and evangelism. We've n...
08.05.05 08:21 PM - Comment(s)
We just had a fabulous time at the MasterWorks Festival, and you can follow our exploits in my June and July archives to my blog.

The artistic and spiritual seeds that were planted continue to grow as we've stayed in community through the internet: lifting each other up in prayer and encourage...
08.05.05 08:05 PM - Comment(s)

Please pray for Joyce as she recovers from surgery.

Pray for strength to return and for her to stay positive.

If you're not signed up for updates on her health you can do so and/or find out more at RichDrama.com/Joyce.
08.01.05 07:56 PM - Comment(s)

"I really enjoyed your presentation.  I have been a huge Eric Liddell fan for years.  I must admit I was a little skeptical about coming to see your (play).  But I was deeply moved by the message of your piece and also by the professionalism of your presentation.  Thank you....

07.31.05 05:58 PM - Comment(s)
I am still reeling from it as it was so profound.
--Dave Layne
Scarsdale, NY
07.25.05 07:04 PM - Comment(s)

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