NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION SINGING

JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS

DECEMBER 31, 2007

 

The Apostles were delighted to have promoter and fellow artist, Mike Franklin, to invite us to appear with him and his 2007 New Year's Eve line-up of artists that included The Melody Boys and the Hallelujah Harmony Quartet.  WOW!  Did we ever have a great evening, singing out the old year and singing in the new!  We were also blessed to have Ellen Kennedy Marsh in attendance and to do a few songs with "mama."  With such a close connection of our group with the Melody Boys, it is always a joy to sing with these talented and faithful men.

 

In the photos are left, the guys are seen on stage performing some of our favorite songs as well as a few new songs we pulled out to try on the crowd.  Gerald Williams, owner and manager of the Melody Boys Quartet of Little Rock, and Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame Inductee, sings a bass feature verse of "On the Battlefield" with Apostles bass singer, and his son, Steve Williams.

 

The other close link is that Melody Boys lead singer, Terry Robertson, and Apostles baritone singer, Daran Robertson, are brothers.  They both have been singing Gospel music their entire lives, sometimes together, and often in other groups.  Sharing a feature together in the closing moments of 2007, Terry (left) and Daran (right) take the microphones.

 

New Year's Eve wasn't just an end to 2007 and the start of 2008, it was also the end of Daran's 39th year of life and the beginning of his 40th year!  Wife, Laura, brought a birthday cake onto the stage for Daran to make his wish and blow out all the candles.  Perhaps his wish was to somehow consume that delicious cake without wearing all the calories.  Many of the participating artists helped him clean up the crumbs!