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Well, the four-day break was nice…but I don’t want any of you not-so-casual browsers to think that I’ve forgotten this little corner of mine(and yes, I know who you are and when you come and go), so I thought I’d remind you all that I’m still alive and well!

Thank you, Chris Becker, for your recent comment..and yes, people DO care what we think…or at least they like to satisfy their curiosity, anyway! It’s amazing where people go on the web when they’re bored(which explains why I turn up still in some forsaken corners of cyberspace)!:-)

Anyway, looks like business is picking up here…and howdies go out to Shari and Laura for discovering this little part of the web…glad to know you stop by once in a while!

So what’s been happening in gospel music? Well, another FanFair has come and gone…and like last year’s inaugural event, I neither came nor went to this one, either. My loss? I’m not sure…I haven’t heard what all my friends who went had to say about it…so I’m withholding my verdict until I get at least a reasonable idea on what happened there.

I’m not much for mega-events anyway…sure, you get to fraternize with the artists…but in gospel music, you generally do in most concerts anyway. Sometimes the buzz of being part of an “event” takes precedence over what is actually sung or done…in those cases, it kind of loses something as far as I’m concerned, anyway.

When I go to watch people sing, that is the focus of my attendance…not just to “be” somewhere. I’ve never been caught up in the “status” stuff(which is just as much a part of gospel music as it is anything else in this world)…when I go to concerts, it’s no more simple than because I want to see the people featured do what they do best…in this case, sing!

I go every year to the Great Western Southern Gospel Fan Festival here in Fresno(I do have a bit of a vested interest in THAT event), but it’s not because I HAVE to or I OUGHT to, but because I WANT to…I want to see the artists there sing, period.(and I DO like to meet the people who are in attendance as well, no question)…but it’s still primarily a music event that I come to see.

I’ve never been to the NQC, but I would go for the very same reasons, and have the very same concerns about it.

So what has that to do with FanFair? I’m not sure, but I felt led to share that much, anyway!

I’ll share more detailed observations concerning FanFair in future installments…I think I’ve written enough for tonight, and glancing around my desk, I see more pressing concerns that I need to tend to for now.

Thanks to all of you for stopping by, and may you all be blessed in various and sundry ways.

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