John Foley and the SLU Center for Liturgy have, for 10 years, hosted an annual forum for published liturgical music composers. As Oddwalk now fits that description (Thanks, GIA!), we were invited, and Orin attended today as Oddwalk’s representative. Keeping Shannon in the loop, he got to send him a couple informative text messages, such…
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Catholic Schools Week 2008!
Catholic Schools Light the Way is the theme of Catholic Schools week this year. Oddwalk is pleased to have the chance to visit many area schools in celebration. This morning we got the week started at St. Peter’s in Jefferson City, MO. There will be more reports as we visit several other places Wednesday, Thursday,…
GIA, holiday, oddwalkia, shrine
Here comes MMVIII
Happy New Year! Lots of exciting things await Oddwalk in 2008: Appearances at the LA Congress, the, NCEA conference, putting together another CD with GIA, and the opportunity to present in many different parishes, schools, and dioceses. 2008 also marks the return of Earth Man and the Other Guy! It should be a lot of…
holiday, oddwalkia, random
Shannon’s Top Twelve of 2007
Hey Everyone! Because of the holidays, Oddwalk is not blogging as much as we usually do. Instead of an entirely new blog post, I’ve decided to give you my top 12 blog posts of the year. It isn’t so much a collective top 12 as it is a top post for each month. Feel free…
announcements, GIA, music, oddwalkia
Christmas and CD Release Concert
Mark your calendars for Saturday, January 5th. On that night, Oddwalk will perform a concert at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville to celebrate the holidays and the release of “Walk Away Different” , our new CD with GIA Publications. The show will be held in the Shrine’s Visitors Center…
GIA, merchandise, oddwalkia
Front Page News
Hey! Oddwalk’s New CD “Walk Away Different” has made the front page of the GIA Publications website! (You may have to click the”Sacred Music” to get there, then look under “Featured Products”.) That’s right, we’re now officially awesome. Did you know that “Walk Away Different” is the perfect Christmas present for every single person you…
odd, oddwalkia, travel
Oddwalk and Large Animal Statuary
A week ago, Oddwalk visited the Diocese of Norwich, CT for a couple evenings of Advent fun and prayer. During free time one day, we visited an OMI retreat house in Willimantic and Oddwalk friend Fr. Chava Gonzales. As we were leaving the site, our host, Janet, suggested we should visit the frog bridge while…
catholicism, music, odd, oddwalkia
When Nuns Go Crazy
Or at least do Matilda the Gorilla with Oddwalk on stage in Huron, South Dakota: For the full story (a whole line of which is devoted to Oddwalk!), clicky here. (You have to click on the “continued…” link at the bottom to get to the “Oddwalk was there too” line about us…)