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Daran Robertson making his last "official" appearance as our
baritone singer

Presenting Daran with the first Apostles Artist Emeritus Award

Rick, Daran and Garry with Daran's Artist Emeritus Award

New Apostles member Anthony Minor joins the group to form a
"scrap iron quartet"

The Apostles making their first appearance with new member
Anthony Minor
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Mid-Ark Regional Quartet Convention
Heavens Echoes and the church family at Mount Pleasant
Missionary Baptist Church just north of Plummerville, Arkansas,
provided a monumental event with this first annual convention.
Their new church facilities offered the perfect setting for a
regional quartet convention. With a focus on God &
Country, the decor included our nation's colors and each service
began with a posting of the colors, the National Anthem, and a
patriotic reading and prayer for our military personnel &
veterans. It was a joy to share the program with other
Arkansas regional groups including: Cross Point, the
Hawkins Family, the Wooten Brothers, the New Liberty Quartet,
the Crusaders and Heavens Echoes. Steve Williams new
group, the Voyagers also shared a few songs both nights.
All the groups were outstanding, the food and fellowship was
superb, and the spirit of revival was overflowing.
The event marked the last "official" appearance of long-standing
Apostles baritone, Daran Robertson. Because of an
increased work schedule with his code enforcement and Air Force
reserve demands, Daran has had to resign from a regular singing
role. The group did not want to accept Daran's
resignation, but knew he needed to make the change. So, we
did the next best thing. We created the first ever
Apostles Artist Emeritus Award (likely the first of its kind in
all of Gospel music). The award recognizes Daran's long
tenure with the group, his dedicated and faithful talent &
ministry, and the deep appreciation each Apostle member shares
for his friendship and servanthood. Accordingly, it makes
Daran a "Lifetime Member" of the group. Anytime he wants
to come along and sing, we'll accommodate it!
The event also marked the first "official" appearance of newest
Apostle member Anthony Minor. We are excited to have
Anthony a part of our group. His vocal talent gives us the
opportunity to build a new repertoire of songs featuring
favorites of the Gaither Vocal Band arrangements, as well as
those of Greater Vision and others, as well as keeping standard
favorites of the Apostles. Anthony's voice has been
compared to a cross between Guy Penrod and David Phelps.
Judging by the reaction of the Mid-Ark convention gatherers, he
was greatly loved!
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