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Friday, August 29, 2008
help my niece's softball team
Saturday, August 23, 2008
third day church service
Third Day rocked it tonight on the Music Builds Tour @ Verizon Wireless.
Every 3D concert that I have ever attended has been more like a church service than a concert and tonight was no different. They rocked the house with the emphasis where it should be - pointing straight up to Jesus.
They brought old favorites such as Thief and King of Glory - and new favorites-to-be from their latest release Revelation.
For the encore - first they were joined first by Robert Randolf for a song. Then Jars of Clay joined in and they did my favorite arrangement of I'll Fly Away with Mac taking the lead on a verse. For the final song of the evening Switchfoot came to the stage for a collaborative When Love Comes to Town.
I enjoyed the way they built the encore bringing the others back to the stage one at a time.... hey... the "music builds" tour... although I think that has more to do with the Habitat for Humanity benefit part of the tour. :)
If this tour comes anywhere close to your city.... GO! .... you will not be disappointed. Better yet - when you go - take someone with you who needs to hear about Jesus. Hopefully another will be added to the Kingdom.
I'll do another post with more photos later. It's 3am and I just finished downloading pictures while falling asleep in the recliner. My aunt came to town tonight with her entire family - children and grandchildren. We have a date with a few animals at the Indianapolis Zoo tomorrow most likely joined by my parents and nieces. My "job" is to navigate us there and take pictures. Then turn those pictures into a DVD slideshow to keep the kids entertained later. Easy job for me and I'll get to spend time with family.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Music Builds Tour, Fox 59, and IBJ
This morning I was watching Fox59 morning news and the IBJ upcoming events segment. I was hoping to see the Music Builds tour mentioned, but, alas, it was not.
They mentioned FringeFest and said you might see something good or you might see something bad. They mentioned Bob Dylan being somewhere out of town but apparently close to Indy.
Did they mention what I think will be the best Christian concert of the year? Noooooo.... Did i email them and express my disappointment? Most certainly.... and gave them a few nuggets of info to go along with my thoughts - and links for them to get the full story.
For a good start - the tour benefits Habitat for Humanity.
Third Day - a multi-grammy award winning band that Billboard has called one of the best bands. Period. ...and the fact that they recently graced the cover of Billboard Magazine.
Switchfoot - oh, their music is played on MTV... definintely not thought of as a "Christian" channel.
Jars of Clay - just another grammy award winning band.
Robert Randolf - named one of the Top 100 Guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone... a "secular" publication.
Christian artists with accolades from secular media.... and they don't deserve even a passing mention in an upcoming events segment.
So - if you're in Indiana or nearby... make your way to Verizon Wireless in Noblesville on Friday, August 22 for what will be one rockin' show!
(p.s. I'm giving away my extra copy of Third Day's Revelation in the post two entries below this one.)
(p.p.s. stop by and say hello to me at first stage just inside the gate... my friend and singer/songwriter Luke is playing there... you will know me because I'll have a camera or two hanging around my neck since I'm his concert photographer)
They mentioned FringeFest and said you might see something good or you might see something bad. They mentioned Bob Dylan being somewhere out of town but apparently close to Indy.
Did they mention what I think will be the best Christian concert of the year? Noooooo.... Did i email them and express my disappointment? Most certainly.... and gave them a few nuggets of info to go along with my thoughts - and links for them to get the full story.
For a good start - the tour benefits Habitat for Humanity.
Third Day - a multi-grammy award winning band that Billboard has called one of the best bands. Period. ...and the fact that they recently graced the cover of Billboard Magazine.
Switchfoot - oh, their music is played on MTV... definintely not thought of as a "Christian" channel.
Jars of Clay - just another grammy award winning band.
Robert Randolf - named one of the Top 100 Guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone... a "secular" publication.
Christian artists with accolades from secular media.... and they don't deserve even a passing mention in an upcoming events segment.
So - if you're in Indiana or nearby... make your way to Verizon Wireless in Noblesville on Friday, August 22 for what will be one rockin' show!
(p.s. I'm giving away my extra copy of Third Day's Revelation in the post two entries below this one.)
(p.p.s. stop by and say hello to me at first stage just inside the gate... my friend and singer/songwriter Luke is playing there... you will know me because I'll have a camera or two hanging around my neck since I'm his concert photographer)
Unique's Photo Challenge: Portrait of Two
My entry:
See other pictures from the same day here: http://fotosbycheri.blogspot.com/2008/07/wish-i-had-my-camera-today.html
See other entries at http://www.uniqueexposures.com/challenge/2008/08/16/portrait-of-two/
p.s. I'm giving away 2 CD's .... you will find info on how to enter if you look for the "cd giveaway" post on 8/18/08 in the blog archive in the right column.
Monday, August 18, 2008
cd giveaway
After purchasing Third Day's Revelation CD, I won one. I decided to pay it forward and give it away here. Along with it I'm giving away a copy of Broken Vessels' Unashamed CD.
Here's how to enter:
1. Leave your favorite Third Day song in your comment. If you can't pick just one - you can list 2 or 3. I know I have a hard time narrowing it down to even 3! http://www.thirdday.com/
2. Also in your comment..... Broken Vessels' website is getting a makeover, so in the meantime go to their IndieHeaven site at http://www.indieheaven.com/artists/broken_vessels, listen to the clips and tell me which song you like best. If you like the clips - you will find 4 full-length songs on their myspace page (www.myspace.com/brokenvesselsmusic).
3. One comment per person, please, and this contest is open to U.S. Residents only.
4. Since it's a Third Day giveaway - the contest will end on the 3rd day of September. Please enter by 11:59pm - Hawaii time. (that's 5:59am EST and 2:59am PST ).
Other pertinent information:
I will enter the number of comments/entries in the website http://www.random.org/integers/ which will choose a winner at random.
If you don't have a link to a blog or website to give me a way to contact you, please check back here to see if you're the winner. I will leave the winner info in the comments and in a new post.
Here's how to enter:
1. Leave your favorite Third Day song in your comment. If you can't pick just one - you can list 2 or 3. I know I have a hard time narrowing it down to even 3! http://www.thirdday.com/
2. Also in your comment..... Broken Vessels' website is getting a makeover, so in the meantime go to their IndieHeaven site at http://www.indieheaven.com/artists/broken_vessels, listen to the clips and tell me which song you like best. If you like the clips - you will find 4 full-length songs on their myspace page (www.myspace.com/brokenvesselsmusic).
3. One comment per person, please, and this contest is open to U.S. Residents only.
4. Since it's a Third Day giveaway - the contest will end on the 3rd day of September. Please enter by 11:59pm - Hawaii time. (that's 5:59am EST and 2:59am PST ).
Other pertinent information:
I will enter the number of comments/entries in the website http://www.random.org/integers/ which will choose a winner at random.
If you don't have a link to a blog or website to give me a way to contact you, please check back here to see if you're the winner. I will leave the winner info in the comments and in a new post.
lensday: smoke
My entry for lensday: smoke.This is a bird's eye view of ApologetiX drummer Jimmy "Vegas" Tanner. I did some climbing and leaning to get this one! ....whatever it takes to get the shot.... :)
http://www.lensday.com/
p.s. I'm giving away 2 CD's .... you will find info on how to enter if you look for the "cd giveaway" post in the blog archive in the right column.
photohunt: colorful
This is my entry for photohunt: colorful.This was Jeremy Camp's band on The Restored Tour. That concert had the best lighting I have ever seen at a concert - a photographer's dream. :)
If you want to see other pictures from the evening:
http://www.fotosbycheri.com/restoredtour/jeremy/index.htm - Jeremy Camp
http://www.fotosbycheri.com/restoredtour/afters/index.htm - The Afters
http://www.fotosbycheri.com/restoredtour/beth/index.htm - Bethany Dillon
photohunt link: http://tnchick.com/archives/1133
p.s. I'm giving away 2 CD's .... you will find info on how to enter if you look for the "cd giveaway" post in the blog archive in the right column.
caleb rowden in greenwood
Caleb Rowden rocked Greenwood Saturday night at the Greenwood Christian Church Family Fun Festival. It was a great show with songs from his CD and he rocked up some old hymns. The old hymns are great, but I really enjoy it when an artist breaths new life into them.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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