I'm waiting on line (for West Coast readers that's how they say "in line" out here) to see Two Gentlemen of Verona at Shakespeare in Central Park. Tickets are free but they don't give them out for five more hours. I'm 23rd in line. 
After Joyce's major surgery (RichDrama.com/Joyce) and my very full week at TAM (RichDrama.com/NewsBlog. Scroll down.) we snuck away for a couple of beach days on Long Island.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
..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...
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 ...
(2829)
(81)
(1)
(25)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(16)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(16)
(3)
(1)
