So these past two weeks have been jam packed with absolute huge blessings in the Semsen household. First of all, I had the enormous privilege of directing and premiering Celeste Clydesdale's newest Children's Musical for Word Music. For those of you who don't know, every single of the past 11 Kids Musicals that I have directed have been Celeste Clydesdales, so I'm obviously a huge fan. It has always been a dream of mine for her to see our amazing kids- so this opportunity was exciting and stressful all rolled into one. I'm thankful for a great staff and co-director who helped us pull it off just 3 weeks after our Christmas Kids Performance (and two of those weeks were Christmas break.) Here's a few photos- the DVD will probably come out from Word shortly.
2. Daniel and I had the honor of being able to go and sing with our friend Travis Cottrell on his Live DVD recording in Woodstock, GA last weekend. Daniel had done half of the orchestrations, so it was doubly cool for him. It was probably one of, if not the single most powerful musical worship experiences of my life. Such a spirit of worship combined with professional musicians, and a worshipping crowd of 7,500. Words cannot really describe how exciting and thrilling it was to be a part of this- and additionally, although we intended to just be a part of the 300 member voice choir, after the Dress Rehearsal Travis and the team decided to put 10 people on microphones to add to the choir sound, and we got to do that. (Never mind that he asked me to switch to soprano and I freaked out all night memorizing a new part:) So so fun. I wish I had brought a camera. I will try to get a few pictures up.....
one of the rehearsals
Joli and me
Me, Leanne, and Heidi
Travis, Heidi, Jeremy, Travis' wife Angela, Leanne, me and Daniel--very, very tired in the hotel after the concert! I think Travis must have signed a million autographs before that...
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Very cool stuff! It's cool when God gives you extra special blessings that encourage you and encourage others, too!