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Latest from the road
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Schermerhorn! |
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19 December 2011
A fantastic evening in the Schermerhorn Symphony Center to close off our 'Joy, An Irish Christmas' tour
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Bellevue Baptist |
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18 December 2011
It was great to be back with our friends in Cordova, TN
 
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Ipading! |
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15 December 2011
An important feature of bus life is 'ipading' - Garth Justice (drummer)and Patrick Darcy (piper) catch up on life. Of course all the band are living in baby land at the same time - thank you guys!!
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Bus Breakdown! |
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14 December 2011
We had a first yesterday - a broken down tour bus!! We were in South
Carolina at Old Fort Baptist Church unsure of how our travel plans
would pan out! By the time the concert finished it was clear we would
not be leaving SC just yet:) Not only did the church look after us all
day and join us for a very fun and energetic concert (singing with the
children's choir was particularly fantastic) but they put a bunch of
us up for the night...in the church! Thanks everyone!!!! The babies
were fast asleep and we didn't want to more them for just a few hours
in a hotel so the airbeds came out and to cut a long story short I
found myself cuddling Eliza at 3:00 in the morning on an airbed close
to the green room of the church while Keith, leaving to give us some
space, moved to a pew in the church hall! It was a big push today to
get to Virginia but we made it and had a great night with Immanuel
Baptist in Richmond. Right now though I'm sinking into bed so thankful
for the opportunity to rest and Eliza is fast asleep...for now!
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Gramps and the kids |
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13 December 2011
I thought it would be good to give you a little 'behind the scenes' with the
band. They are such a wonderful bunch of people and over the next few days
I'd love you to meet them. Jeff Taylor, (also known as 'Gramps' on the
bus!), is our world-class accordion, mandolin, concertina, keyboard player
for this tour. He plays with artists such as Elvis Costello, Vince Gill and
Ricky Skaggs so we are thrilled to have him for this Christmas tour!
Here's a quick video...
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Say Hello to Deborah! |
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12 December 2011
Just for fun - a quick hello to Deb!
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Bowling! |
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11 December 2011
While Deborah and I looked after the babies the rest of the band headed to the local bowling alley after our concert at Providence Baptist in Raleigh, NC! The photos speak for themselves...don’t you wish you were there!!!! Yes, that is Jeff Taylor in the red glasses worn as he hit a strike. Peter Wahlers, our bass guitarists, calculates exactly his plan of attack! Apparently there was a pretty fun soundtrack to the whole evening that became a bit of an impromptu karaoke - it has been spoken around today that Garth Justice (drummer) does a mean ‘Dancing Queen’!!
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Hello from the road! |
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09 December 2011
Hello everyone! I had planned to start up our 'postcards on the road' again but here we are in the middle of the Christmas tour and I'm only getting round to it tonight as we leave Dallas and head to Oklahoma City for concerts there tomorrow - all very typical of my life right now, being about 2 weeks behind on most things!!. Today we were at Highland Presbyterian Church and partnering with Redeemer Seminary for an Irish Christmas Concert. It was a great and very full day, but I have to tell you that we couldn't be without our wonderful tour nanny Kendra who not only keeps the tour babies safe and happy but also captured the day on photographs. We could show photos from the concert, and I will put in one of the tasty bbq we had for lunch, but my favourite shots of the day were of the fun afternoon Simon and Eliza spent together out in the winter sunshine while we rehearsed and sound-checked- hope you enjoy them too!! love Kristyn
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Goodbye for now from the band! |
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31 March 2010
We hope to see you on the road really soon!
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The Concert |
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30 March 2010
The last concert of the Awaken the dawn tour was Sunday past at
Parkside Church, our home church here in Ohio. The whole band were
there and many wives and kids as well. Deborah, who is six months
pregnant, 'pushed through' splendidly to a standing ovation! It was
great to be able to sing several of the songs that we first tried out
with the Parkside congregation and to have an opportunity to thank
the many here who pray for us and very kindly welcome us in when we
come off the road. And now? Home to Ireland for Easter and then
beginning a new season of writing.
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The After Party |
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30 March 2010
We had a big end of tour party with the band, family members and
friends. Our good friend Emily Snyder put together quite a party, we
played fun songs together and remembered many funny stories from the
road. However, little 6 week old Francesca (daughter of our sound
engineer Chris) slept through the whole thing, even when the pipes
started! Now that the music has stopped for a while I'd like to join
her in that for a few days!!!! It was bitter sweet as we had to say
goodbye to dear friends we won't see for a few months - but what a
fantastic year we've had together. We look forward to getting some
new songs together to get back on the road later in the year!
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Baby Shower! |
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18 March 2010
 The band threw a baby shower for deborah while on the road - we had
fruit punch and cup cakes, she opened some baby gifts and each of us
wrote a limerick on a diaper (or nappy in the UK) about a Deborah
memory! You'll have to ask her how good or how accurate the poetry
was! It was a first for the band and a lot of fun!
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Joni and friends |
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17 March 2010
Joni Eareckson Tada is one of the most joyful inspirational ladies we
have ever met. She welcomed us in to the Joni and Friends
headquarters for lunch and a mini concert on St Patrick's Day. At
the end of our time we had a little hymn sing in the chapel. I have
never met Joni without her beginning to sing - a few minutes with her
is oxygen to the soul and a wakening to the hope in Christ she never
lets you forget! Go to www.joniandfriends.org to find out all about
her story and her work. It was such a privilege for us all to spend
a little more time with her and her husband Ken and one of her
assistants Judy (pictured beside Deborah).
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San Diego Zoo |
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15 March 2010
We visited the world famous San Diego Zoo this week on our day off.
The highlight was seeing the 10 month old baby panda. It was a
beautiful warm day as we visited with a sleeping lion, a prowling
tiger and a very cute little bear that apparently though small could
do a lot of damage with those claws! The vastness of shape and color
and behavior and detail was truly amazing.
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Shadow Mountain Concert |
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14 March 2010
 Last year we did a concert at Shadow Mountain Church, San Diego, and
used little pieces of it for the DVD part of the Awaken the Dawn
album. We were thrilled to return this year again and their
wonderful team recorded the concert. We hope to add some of the
footage to our you tube collection in the next few weeks!
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A real Lemon Tree |
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05 March 2010
Coming from Northern Ireland this is a remarkable sight- a real blooming lemon tree just sitting right by the parking lot of Grace Community church, Sun Valley, CA!!
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Shepherd's Conference, Sun Valley |
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05 March 2010
We took part in one of the sessions of this year's Shepherd's
Pastor's conference. It was quite an experience singing along with a
couple thousand men!
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NRB in Nashville |
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15 March 2010
We returned to NRB in Nashville this year to lead the singing at the Sunday morning service. Pictured: us with Dr. Al Mohler.
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Skip's Birthday |
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14 March 2010
He never let on but Deborah found out and so we had a birthday party
for Skip, our wonderful piper! We now know the date but none of us
could find out how many candles were needed!
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Compassion Headquarters |
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04 March 2010
Keith and I finally got to the compassion headquarters in colorado
springs. We were asked to lead the music at their weekly chapel where
we met with several staffers personally grieving the many losses
caused by the Haiti earthquake and tried where we could to bring
comfort with the music and message of the hymns.
We then took the guided tour through the life and times of Compassion.
We love their work. One of my favorite moments was seeing the mailing
area where all the letters from sponsors and children meet up, get
sorted and then shipped out over all the world. It reminded me of the
home we visited in Ecuador last year where a little boy proudly showed
us the bundle of letters he had received from his sponsor. These
letters are little lifelines of encouragement and opportunities to
tangibly share the love of Christ. I really need to get writing...
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Interview with Lisa Anderson |
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11 March 2010
We made a new friend at Focus on the Family - Lisa Anderson - she has a radio blog and we had a fun interview together for that ('The Boundless Show' on the Focus website). She is a flute player and mentioned that she would be willing to sacrifice time at home to come on the road with us!!! Lisa get those irish dancing shoes on...!
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Kristyn at Whit's End with Keith |
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02 March 2010
I grew up listening to Adventures in Odyssey so it's always fun to visit Odyssey at focus on the family!
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Mommy-to-be Deborah! |
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01 March 2010
Mommy-to-be Deborah Klemme chilling out at a rehearsal in Destin
Florida! For all who don't yet know Deborah is due in June - congrats
to her and hubbie Ben!!!
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Leading worship at the Navigators President Conference |
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22 February 2010
 In Glen Eyrie, Colorado Springs
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Welcome to Narnia! |
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21 February 2010
Colorado Springs - for the past two days it has been snowing here at
Glen Eyrie Castle (where we have been leading worship at the
Navigators President's Conference) and living in Cleveland I thought
I could handle a car in any weather. Wrong! Don't tell my parents
but last night I could not get up what was a very slight slope and
rolled back (at a very slow pace mind!!) and tried to break but spun
the car and stopped just short of a tree! Eventually we parked it to
the side and just walked back to the room...I think I'll stick to
walking to the main sessions for the next 24 hours :)
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Wheaton College! |
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18 February 2010
After leading some singing at the Wheaton students special celebration evening for the 150th anniversary of the college we had some photos taken with the college President, Dr Litfin, as we chatted about the new hymn we are beginning to write in honor of Wheaton's landmark birthday! Read about this here
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Valentines day! |
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14 February 2010
Happy Valentine's Day! Keith and I got to be together but the whole
band very graciously came out on the road leaving wives and husbands
at home who very graciously let them come as we (or rather Russel and
Truman) drove the 15 hour drive to Chicago from Columbia. We had a
little celebration with an enormous chocolate chip cookie bearing a
special message as sickly sweet as we felt after eating it!
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Seeking 7 Conference |
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14 January 2010
We attended the Seeking 7 conference this weekend in Birmingham AL. The conference was inspiring - and it was great to catch up with my uncle John Lennox (right). Here are two useful web sites for Christian apologetics - www.johnlennox.org and www.fixed-point.org (the foundation behind the seeking seven conference)
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2010 Tour Commences! |
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03 January 2010
We kick started the year with a week in California. We flew straight from the UK to LA and went pretty much straight to work with an 8 hr jetlag - not the easiest but our families didn't really feel sorry for us because hey, we were in sunny California! We made new friends within the Calvary Chapel family in participating in the church services in Calvary Chapel, Costa Mesa, their missions conference in Murietta and then the midweek service in CC Montebello, East LA. We also were excited to be back in Grace Community Church on the Sunday night this time with the band. It was such a varied week and the inspiration of the mission focus, the stories of real life change through the gospel in the challenging neighborhood of Montebello and the building of lasting friendships gave us all a kingdom focused launch into the new year! There is so much work to be done and so much encouragement to be gleaned from one another as we share the work and all the joys and pains together.
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Dinner withthe Galways |
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30 December 2009
We had the privilege of having dinner in Belfast with Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway over the Christmas holidays
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Last 2009 concert! |
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14 December 2009
We did two Irish Christmas Concerts in Judson Baptist and were joined by their wonderful choir and orchestra for these last special performances of the year. It was memorable to hear Keith giving the crowd Northern Ireland accent lessons!
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Magnificat Studio Session |
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10 December 2009
This week we headed back into the studio to record a new song 'Magnificat' with our 'Awaken the Dawn' producer Phil Naish.
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Chip Stam |
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07 December 2009
When in Kentucky this past weekend we had the wonderful opportunity
of going to see our dear friends Chip and Doris Stam. For years they
have really championed the hymns and encouraged us way back at the
beginning of our time in America and have done so ever since. Chip
has been and still is fighting a long battle with cancer and has
fought with all the passion and positivity he has in everything he
faces as he continues even now to live the words of faith he has
always loved to sing. We are so grateful for his enthusiasm and
advice to us. One of the things we laugh about is his meticulous
attention to the punctuation of lyrics so we brought a copy of the
lyric of the hymn we had just finished, 'The Magnificat', to get his
master help on the punctuation! We sang it all together in his
hospital room as Keith played the guitar - we sang about and to the
One who joins us together in 'the wonder of His favour' through
Christ. Please remember Chip and Doris in your prayers.
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Introducing our bass player - Peter Wahlers |
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03 December 2009
Another one of our fun band introductions!
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Relaxing with some Wii! |
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27 November 2009
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Dave Cleveland |
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25 November 2009
Dave Cleveland, guitarist extraordinaire, has joined us on the road
for a few weeks. He has collected over the years a crazy amount of
guitars but we hope this gift from the band might become his favourite!!
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Amy Grant |
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16 November 2009
Last night Keith and I went to an Amy Grant Symphony concert in
Birmingham Alabama - it was such a treat to hear her live and to meet
her for the first time!
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Oklahoma Memorial |
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05 August 2009
A moving visit to the Oklahoma memorial in Oklahoma City.
Each chair
represents a life lost in the 1995 bombing
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Office on the Road! |
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20 August 2009
Our office on the road- Bret
and Joni would be lost without their phones!
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Journal from Ecuador |
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19 September 2009
We traveled to Ecuador to see firsthand the work of Compassion in this part of the world. Quito is surrounded by the Andes Mountains and our visit was in this capital city and the Otavalo region in the highlands. The mountains became almost like a canvas on which we painted our thoughts. Isaiah 50 says 'How beautiful on the mountain tops are the feet of Him who brings good news'.  Christ who gave salvation to us also gives us the privilege of being a people of beautiful feet as we bring the good news to others. Compassion has carved an effective path for people to be involved in meeting the physical needs of the world that is not just Christ honoring but at its heart helps brings people to Christ.
This is a 4 day journal of Kristyn's Ecuadorian experience. We hope that it might encourage you to join us as we join thousands around the world in the lasting joy and far reaching work of child sponsorship through Compassion.
Click here for Day 1
Click here for Day 2
Click here for Day 3
Click here for Day 4
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A few pictures from Longview Texas |
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01 October 2009
Skip sound checking the Uilleann Pipes at Longview, TX. Also meet our drummer, Dustin Rohrer!
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The band in Le Sea's studio |
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06 October 2009
From left: Joni McCabe, Bobby McKee, Deborah Klemme, Kristyn Getty, Keith Getty, Dustin Rohrer, Skip Cleavinger, Bret Farmer, Peter Wahlers.
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Getting ready for Le Sea broadcast |
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06 October 2009
A few pictures of us preparing for the Le Sea broadcast. Live from Studio B will be aired on October 15th on Le Sea. See www.livefromstudiob.com for more info!
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Deborah & I getting madeup for the 100 Huntley Street TV Show |
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13 October 2009
You can also watch some of the footage here
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The band at 100 Huntley Street |
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14 October 2009
From left: Bret Farmer, Deborah Klemme, Bobby McKee, Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Dustin Rohrer, Joni McCabe, Peter Wahlers.
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Regent College |
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19 October 2009
Keith and I had the great privilege of having a coffee break with Dr
James Packer at Regent College, Vancouver. We along with thousands
of others have greatly benefited from his writing (particularly
'Knowing God') and his life. Out of the many challenging things he
spoke to us about - here is one! He said: 'Every worship song without
exception should leave people with the sense that God is wonderful'.
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Postcards from Seattle |
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20 October 2009
Here are some pictures from Seattle. Just to explain the first one: we visited the wonderful world famous Pike Place Market in Seattle -
I saw many tasty things but I have to say this Octopus was not one of them even if it was fresh!
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On the Bus! |
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25 October 2009
Here are a few fun pics from our tour bus!
On the left, I'm not sure what's going on here but it's Bobby, the guitarist we
call 'Bubba' and so it's just really funny! Perhaps you had to be
there!
Peter really wanted us to invest in a Getty Music football - for us
this is more a rugby ball than a football but whatever... 'when in
Rome'!!
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Tim Hortons! |
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31 October 2009
...an absolute must when you go to Canada!
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Memorial Week in Washington DC |
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07 November 2009
The newer World War Two Memorial was particularly
moving and we got to see it in the night lights - our history tells a
tale of sacrifice not to be forgotten as this memorial week reminds us.
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Washington DC |
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10 November 2009
We had both a free Sunday afternoon and beautiful weather so we
headed downtown Washington DC - it is a fantastic city, full of
history and full of 'stones of remembrance' that stir the heart and
mind. 
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Introducing the band: Dustin |
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14 November 2009
In the first of a series of short videos - we introduce our drummer Dustin Rohrer
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