I know, I know, it's late

So...I will now write about the incredible show that took place on March 30, 2008 here at Carlson. The Cross the Line Tour!

Unlike last time when I wrote about Jubilation Jam, I honestly don't think I remember much from the actual day of the concert. Some things I DO remember doing are:

1. Finding Brandon (Superchic[k]) some EIGHT ft. tables for his merch.
2. Helping Brandon/Scott discover that the tour's rider doesn't ask for eight ft. tables, and that may be the reason why no one ever provided eight foot tables.
3. Unloading merchandise with Melissa from Superchic[k], and her reaction to our fancy cart that had four wheels. (Later on, I heard them talking about how they'd 'accidentally' mix ours up with their cart that had a lame wheel)
4. Lunch: sitting down for ten minutes with Matt from Superchic[k] to have lunch (and all the methodist men who thought they were so cool to sit with a member of Superchic[k]...priceless), seeing the drummer from Disciple come out in one of our choir robes and started exclaimly loudly that he loved the quesadillas (they had had deli sandwhiches for the entire week before that...oh and they caught this all on video; I have no idea who's camera it was)
5. Getting really nervous after seeing Lauren, the lovely lighting lady, outside the building crying because five lights were burned out. (Thankfully it wasn't our fault and I think everything was fine once they got it figured out). To add to the nervousness, Scott (the tour manager) was looking for Cody and I.
6. The incredible transformation of our sanctuary. I seriously didn't recognize the place. Backdrops+cool lights=amazing!!

As for the night of the show, we actually got to stand behind a panel seperating the backstage area from the public area to watch most of every show. I unfortunately only got to see about five minutes of Starlit Platoon's show, but for what I did hear, they sounded great. Britt Nicole rocked out, KJ-52 made me laugh..a lot, Disciple rocked our faces off (and maybe Anna's socks too), and *trumpet music*, Superchic[k] was AMAZING! I may be partial since they are one of my favorite bands, but their show absolutely rocked. The message they have to bring to LaBelle fits so incredibly well with exactly what we need to hear. It was also cool to watch their show knowing a little bit about each of their personalities. It made their show even more incredibly amazing. So, here are some of my favorite moments from the actual show (and maybe a few after):
1. Britt Nicole knocking over her water bottle, and then just throwing it out over a sweaty audience.
2. Anna's face when Disciple came on.
3. Being with Superchic[k] right before they went on. It was fun to see how they act before a big performance. (I'll try to steal Emily's video for this one).
4. KJ-52 telling me that he couldn't sign my letter of recommendation because it was a big lie after (come to find out) he lied to the entire audience saying that he graduated from LaBelle! It was pretty hilarious.
5. Britt Nicole and Suzanna. They had a very 'sweet' moment, and that't really all I can say to try and explain it.
6. Superchic[k] playing Hero at the end of the show (when they had not done that on any other show thus far...and that being the theme song for LaBelle)
7. How amazing it was to see over 400 youth from LaBelle join together to celebrate Christ!!

There was probably a lot more that I should have written about, but I'll leave it at this for now. I hope my summary full of rampant parentheses was fun to read, because the day was certainly one I will never forget! Thank you to everyone that helped...you are all amazing. Thank you to God, because none of this would be possible had you not been in it every step of the way.

Brit

I can't think of a title

Dave (Matt is in the one above)

All of us after the show!

Mark

Nathan

All the photos posted here were from Emily Hunter. She did an amazing job!

So. Jubilation Jam is finally over. I thought that I would be happy to finally get some sleep, but I find that I just want more time. I just want it to happen again so that we can have more time getting to know each wonderful person that was there. I don't think there could have been a more wonderful group of people at that event last night. So...here's a run-down of what happened each night.

Wednesday:

Most of the work on the stage was completed on this night. The extension was done by the Methodist Men so that we could get everything else ready on Thursday. It was a good day, but nothing particularly interesting happened.

Thursday:

Emily and I arrived at the church at 3:00 for a lonnnng night. We finished clearing off the stage, and put the black panels up to hide our equipment. Actually, we attempted to do that, but once again, the Methodist Men ended up taking care of that. While they did that, we set up the merchandise tables for the bands. The sound company arrived later on, and they are such amazing guys. I tell you, if you ever need a production company, just call Creative Sound Solution in Cape Coral. They are a very talented, knowledgeable, and fun group of guys that really do a great job. The lighting guys were also there, which was just a blast. They experimented with fog, which caused all of us to sit around and just watch out of amazement at what was actually going on in our church. We never dreamed that it would look like that. Then, we took a break with Frappuccinos and peanut-butter m&ms. Yummy. This is also when some of the work was done on the name-tags. Good times Emily, right? =) As the night went on, the people started to leave. Emily, Anna, and I were sent off on a food run to KenTacoHut. Unfortunately it was closed, so we went to McDonalds. Emily had Cody on the phone and was calling out the orders to me. Let me tell you they were very specific. McDonalds now thinks that we are crazy. Access 218 arrived soon after that, and then we went home. The night did not end there however, as the cops were called on our church at 3:30 AM because they were 'sound-checking'. Haha.



Friday:

We arrived at the church at 9:30 AM for an even longer day. We went around and got raffle prizes (my personal favorite was a 'guitar-star' that was donated from Ace-hardware that we had all the artists sign). Then, we walked around the neighborhood warning the neighbors about the noise level. Actually, I think that only two people answered their doors, but hey, we tried. Article One was running a bit late because of traffic delays, but were there as we arrived in the church. Let me mention again that these were some of the nicest, most fun guys that I have ever had the pleasure of being around. My great aunt passed away on Thursday, so it was great to have a support system of friends that lifted me up and made me laugh. I don't even know how to explain how the rest of the evening went, but I'll copy Emi once again and just give some highlights:

1. Being beaten by Preston 'the fooseball master'
2. Challenging Dave that he couldn't make a paper airplane. Get ready Dave..here it is: SORRY! 3. Having a huge time of prayer with most everyone for the event.
4. Praying with Article One before their show.
5. All the band's shows..they did great!
6. Scripture's guitar player's guitar breaking (I hope it is not an expensive fix, however).
7. Eating.
8. Monkey Face!!!! (probably one of my favorite moments EVER).

9. Emo pictures (ok no, this is my favorite).
10. Phillip's evil story about Wal-Mart
11. Eating
12. Seeing the lovely Shelia again.
13. Throwing grapes at Matt on stage.
14. A certain girl and her introduction to Mark.
15. Mark's hilarious impression of that to Dave (ok this might be my favorite).
16. Talk of the electric wheelchair entrance on stage (I'll have that ready for you guys next time).

There were so many more moments that I could talk about. I'm truly sad that everybody had to go, but it was so fun to make new friends! I just had an incredible time, and thank you to all who helped! Hey Dave, can you say it again please? =)

Britt