Posts Tagged ‘live’

Guy Trip: Delirious? Farewell Tour

// October 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Family Life, Music

Delirious? — on my top list of fave rock’n'roll bands of all time — announced their farewell tour a couple months ago.  I saw that they were coming to Colorado Springs, so I checked around to see if a couple of guys would be interested in going with me to help defray the costs and do the “bro-trip-experience” with me.

Well, it turns out that Brent, Mike, and Ken were up for it!  We hit the road Wednesday morning and drove the 8-hour drive… it was TOTALLY a blast!  Such a great concert and such an awesome time — including tons of laughs with the guys.  Here’s some highlights from our trip…

Delirious? truly did deliver.  I’ve always said that I wanted to see them live and they were absolutely awe-inspiring.  What an incredible concert AND worship experience!  So sad to see them say “goodbye”.

We had the opportunity to visit with our mutual friend, Lion Mendoza, on Thursday morning — another highlight of the trip.  We all love that guy.

Of course, a stop at the Apple Store and watching Ken get a little loopy after taking some sinus medication was fun, too!

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Hills Alive ’09 in Pics and Video

// July 22nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Current Events, Music

A few cell phone pics and a quick highlights video from my weekend with family and friends at Hills Alive 2009.

I’ve always tried to volunteer and serve in some shape or form at the annual festival – especially since it’s “gone free”.  But, this year I ended up getting to bus around one of my favorite rock bands, Skillet, and their crew.  This, of course, was more of a treat than a task, but hopefully served well.  I don’t want to give away details for the band’s sake, but here’s a pic I snapped of some of the tech guys up at Mount Rushmore.  Fun times! (click pics for full view)…

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Of course, if you know me, I was following all the tweets this weekend through a Tweetdeck stream I had set up to follow the #HillsAlive hashtag and any tweets containing “Hills Alive”.  The stream never stopped moving all weekend long.  Wow!  Here’s what it looked like on my desktop…

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Duckman seen walking the festival grounds on Saturday afternoon…

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This is the view from where our family landed the chairs on Saturday…

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The Afters played a great set — very impressed with their live sound…

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Kutless rocked out, warming up the stage just before Skillet…

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Who is this eating a fudge bar and the remains of a chocolate cream pie at the Shoup after-party back at the house?  Any guesses?

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Sunday early afternoon — after church — was spent out in Summerset with family.  We had hamburgers off the grill — YUM!  We went into town and hit the festival at about 3:30 pm.  I went directly to a special youth workers meet-up / Q&A time with Casting Crowns.  Here’s a pic of the band chatting and taking pics with area leaders…

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Clouds loomed and rain threatened Sunday afternoon crowds, but never really came in full force…

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Sunday evening was more of a family night.  I stayed back in the chairs and watched the girls play…

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Kella attacks with balloon sword in hand…

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Long, but fast-moving lines extended from both sides of the porta-potties…

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And finally, here’s a recap video from the whole weekend…

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Newbies' Night / The Colourful Concert

// June 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Elevate Update

Newbies' Night 2009

Newbies’ Night is a free annual student event where Elevate Student Ministries celebrates the beginning of summer and new students graduating into the youth ministry program.

The event begins at the Black Hill’s Maze (6400 S Highway 16) at 5:00 pm. We’ll provide rides back to Destiny and dinner for the students.

The Colourful concert will start @ 7:00 pm at Destiny and is open to the public. There will be a free-will donation taken.  Listen to mp3 samples at The Colourful’s official MySpace.

NOTE: The Maze and dinner is for Elevate students and guests only.  The concert is open to all.

All students attending the event will need current Medical / Liability Release Forms on file, including guests.

WEATHER UPDATE: If you are wondering about the weather, there is currently a predicted 40 percent chance of rain and an estimated temperature of around 52 degrees.  We still plan on going ahead with The Maze challenge so please dress appropriately.  Wear warm and waterproof / repellent clothing!

Above All Else

// March 22nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Music, Spiritual

Probably my favorite worship song of all time… “Above All Else” by Vicky Beeching…

Visit Vicky at vickybeeching.com.

Lincoln Brewster: Live in Spearfish

// March 17th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Music

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Black Hills Christian Academy presents singer/songwriter, Lincoln Brewster, on Sunday, March 29th, at Countryside Community Church, located at 625 Woodland Drive in Spearfish. The doors will open at 6 p.m. for the 7 p.m. concert.

Only 900 tickets will be sold. Advance tickets are just $15 and are on sale at these Rapid City sites: The Body Builder Christian Book Store and Alternative Fuel Coffee House. The day of the concert, tickets will be available at the door for $20.

I’m a big fan of Lincoln’s music and highly recommend anyone that loves praise and worship and guitar solos to go get tickets now…

Deanna and I saw Lincoln in person last year at the NYWC in Nashville. Here’s our footage…

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