This is the May 23rd, 2005 edition of Glory2Glory Christian Music E-zine!, a contemporary Christian music & modern Worship newsletter distributed to Christian and Worship music enthusiasts via the World Wide Web.  If you would like a FREE subscription with the latest issue sent to your inbox each week, e-mail glory2gloryezine@....

 

In music news this week, AMY GRANT’s new Reality program set for Friday nights this fall on NBC-TV; STARFIELD is Canada’s Artist of the Year once again; GINNY OWENS forms a new humanitarian organization; Why the English language is so hard to learn; artist birthdays; upcoming concerts in the Southwest; new album releases; and much more!

IN THE NEWS:  AMY GRANT’s new TV show, Three Wishes, is on NBC’s fall schedule set to air on Friday nights at 7:00 PM CT.  In each episode Grant will lead a team of experts to different small towns across the country to help make selected residents’ dreams become a reality.  Also the Grammy-winning singer’s latest project Rock of Ages: Hymns of Faith is a wish come true for her, as the album debuted at no. 1 on Billboard's Christian Albums chart and entered Billboard’s mainstream Top 200 at no. 42. <><

STARFIELD has received its third consecutive Artist of the Year award at the 2005 Shai Awards (formerly the Vibe Awards) recently held in Toronto, Canada.  The Shai Award is Canada’s equivalent of the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Award.  Also Starfield will be touring once again with TODD AGNEW this fall (the band teamed up with Agnew, BARLOWGIRL and BUILDING 429 for last fall’s “In the Name of Love” tour. <><

GINNY OWENS has founded a humanitarian organization that will support several charitable events around the country.  Owens’ The Fingerprint Initiative plans to work with Habitat For Humanity, Compassion International and International Justice Mission with most of the funding for the projects coming from online donations and contributions at concerts. <><

PLUMB, who is actually solo artist Tiffany Arbuckle Lee, will soon be releasing her new project Chaotic Resolve, but you can get a free preview right now of her first single "I Can't Do This" (already a favorite with fans during Lee's live shows.)  Just visit Plumbinfo.com. <><

Praise and Worship artist MARTHA MUNIZZI has signed a marketing deal with Integrity Music.  Munizzi's previous independent albums (The Best Is Yet To Come and Say The Name) plus all future projects will be distributed through Provident-Integrity Distribution and on the Epic Records label to general market stores.  The singer made history at the Black gospel music’s Stellar Awards earlier this year, winning New Artist of the Year and becoming the first Caucasian ever to win at the Stellars. <><

ARTIST BIRTHDAYS:

Tues., May 24th - Jeremy Holderfield (SEVENTH DAY SLUMBER)

Wed., May 25th - Steve Wiggins (BIG TENT REVIVAL)

Thurs., May 26th - David Meece

Fri., May 27th - Bruce Cockburn, Pete Stewart (TAIT)

Sun., May 29th - Bebo Norman, Nathan Gaddis (TRUE VIBE, SOJOURN FARE), Dave Tosti (PAX 217)

 

UPCOMING CONCERTS & EVENTS IN THE SOUTHWEST:

June 3rd - Martha Munizzi--Bethany World Prayer Center, Baker, LA

June 4th – Lifehouse--Dixie Landin Theme Park, Baton Rouge, LA  

June 6th - Denver & the Mile High Orchestra--Broadmore Baptist, Shreveport, LA

June 14th – BarlowGirl--First Baptist, McComb, MS

June 17th - Phillips, Craig and Dean--Brookwood Baptist, Shreveport, LA

June 25th - Jump5--Dixie Landin & Blue Bayou Water Park, Baton Rouge, LA

July 2nd – “Celebrate Freedom” w/Avalon & Casting Crowns—Southfork Ranch, Dallas, TX

July 9th – Overflow--Wood Institute, Mathiston, MS

July 14th - tobyMac & Kutless--Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX

July 15th - Third Day & David Crowder Band--Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX

July 15th & 16th - “Savage Fest” w/Bebo Norman, Downhere, Ginny Owens, the Elms, Superchic[k], GRITS, Ten Shekel Shirt--Walking Through the Light, San Angelo, TX

July 16th - Third Day & Thousand Foot Krutch--Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, TX

July 29th – Everlife-- Arkansas Catholic Conference/Clear Channel Metroplex, Little Rock, AR

Aug. 6th – “Joy Fest” with tobyMac & Skillet—Six Flags Over N.O., New Orleans, LA

Aug. 6th – “Christian Youth Day” w/Jars of Clay & Taylor Sorensen--Timberwood Amphitheater/Magic Springs, Hot Springs, AR

Aug. 12th - David Crowder Band--Brookwood Baptist, Shreveport, LA

Aug. 14th - John Tesh--Prestonwood Baptist, Plano, TX

Aug. 20th – Jeff Deyo--Glad Tidings Assembly of God/CenturyTel Center, Shreveport, LA

Aug. 27th – ApologetiX--West Monroe High School, West Monroe, LA

Sept. 3rd – Overflow--Ridge Avenue Baptist, West Monroe, LA

Sept. 29th - Natalie Grant--First Baptist, West Monroe, LA 

Oct. 7th - Randy Travis--Mississippi State Fair, Jackson, MS

(For the latest concert information, visit www.glory2gloryproductions.com)

 

UPCOMING CCM, GOSPEL, & VIDEO RELEASES:

May 24th—

NICHOLE NORDEMAN--Brave (Special Edition) (Sparrow Records)

NEWSONG--Rescue: Live Worship (Integrity Music)

PILLAR--Where Do We Go From Here? [Limited Edition CD+DVD] (Flicker Records)

EAGER SEAS--People Like People (Tooth & Nail Records)

RILEY ARMSTRONG--(untitled) (7 Spin Music)

ANDY HUNTER--Life (Sparrow Records)

OAK RIDGE BOYS--Common Thread (Springhill Music Group)

RICARDO--Unmerited (Waymaker Christian Music)

VARIOUS--Sonic Praise: Here I Am to Worship (Springhill Worship)

VARIOUS--Top 25 Hymns for Today (Maranatha! Music)

 

May 31st—

SUSIE LUCHSINGER--Count It All Joy (New Haven Records)

 

June 7th—

MARK HARRIS-The Line Between The Two (INO Records)

KIMBERLY PERRY--Kimberly Perry (Forefront Records)

KRYSTAL MYERS--Krystal Meyers (Essential Records)

SOULJAHZ--untitled (Warner Bros. Christian)

DISCIPLE--Disciple [Autographed] (SRE Recordings)

VARIOUS--The Road To Jerusalem (Provident Music)

 

CHUCK’S CHUCKLES:

Twenty-five examples why the English language is so hard to learn--

1. The bandage was wound around the wound.

2. The farm was used to produce produce.

3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4. We must polish the Polish furniture.

5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

8. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10. I did not object to the object.

11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

14. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

15. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

16. After a number of injections my jaw got number.

17. Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

18. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

19. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

20. There is no “egg” in eggplant, “ham” in hamburger nor “apple” or “pine” in pineapple.

21. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France; sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat!

22. Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.  And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

23. If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth?  One goose…two geese; so one moose…two meese?  

24. If teachers taught, why don’t preachers praught?  If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?  In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?  Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?  Have noses that run and feet that smell?

25. How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?  You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and where an alarm goes off by going on.

 

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