This past Saturday, seventy (or so) high school students took the stage at the Shrine Ampitheatre for the Youth Sing Praise performance of Lost and Found. They did not disappoint. It was evident that the long week of auditions, rehearsals, and prayer paid off. Congratulations to all involved. Here are a few pictures from the…
Month: June 2008
friends, GIA, music
Paul Melley On The News!
Oddwalk friend, and fellow GIA composer Paul Melley, was recently featured in a news story on New England Cable News (NECN). The story highlights Paul’s ministry, specifically the opportunity he has to share his music at the International World Youth Day event in Sydney, Australia next month. Here’s the report: Paul is a tremendously talented…
YSP
YSP in the BND
The Belleville News-Democrat had a great article and video posted on it’s website today about this year’s production of Lost and Found at Youth Sing Praise. The video gives a glimpse into the rehearsals for the show and the great work being done by Theatrical Director, John Vallo. It’s worth a look. Here’s the link:…
friends, shrine, YSP
’08 YSP Update…sort of
Here are a few pictures taken from the first couple of days at Youth Sing Praise. Since I (Shannon) am not actually at YSP this year, I have no frame of reference for these pictures, so I’ll just take a guess as to what’s happening in them: This one’s pretty obvious, although it wouldn’t be…
family, friends
"Daddy…Will You Be At My Wedding?"
This past Saturday, the Cerneka family attended the wedding of friends, Kim Gross and Josh Pierce. Since Erin and Shannon were singing, they were invited to the rehearsal on Friday night. At some point in the rehearsal, the bride-to-be was nice enough to give the increasingly-restless Madeleine a small veil and bouquet of flowers to…
announcements, music, shrine, YSP
Lost and Found
Sorry for the lack of blog posts lately. A combination of a lull in the Oddwalk schedule, and usual summer craziness for each of us individually, has contributed to the slowdown. This week, Orin (and wife, Erin) will be helping with another Youth Sing Praise music camp at the Shrine of Our Lady of the…
music, NCYC
Orin’s "Christ Reigns" – Score Available
Here’s a pdf of the lead-sheet score to Orin’s “Christ Reigns” submission to the NCYC 2009 Theme Song Contest. That’s all, please carry on.
odd, website
The "Orin Johnson Maneuver"?
Doing a little ego surfing over lunch, I (Orin) was a bit surprised that google turned up something called the “Orin Johnson Maneuver” in its list of hits. So, I call on our readers, before visiting the particular page, to take some guesses as to what the “Orin Johnson Maneuver” is exactly. Here are your only hints:…