RESCUE's First Concert With Steve

RESCUE sings at Monmouth Christian Church

Last Friday afternoon we piled in our cars and headed for Monmouth. I had Dustin Will and Tim Lewis in my rig while Steve and Over rode together with all of the equipment. Over remembered something he needed to pick up and had to go back to the office, but after they fought through traffic we finally met up in Salem and headed for Monmouth Christian Church.

We got there a little late and had to rush to get things set up and sound checked, but we made it. We were having some sound issues that bothered all of us but REALLY effected the bass' ability to hear himself, but these were pretty much ironed out at the last minute. This was not an ideal way for Steve to start his first concert experience with RESCUE but he handled himself very well. Once our part of the program came and we got up on stage we all just focused on our objective: "Lifting His Name in Harmony."

We sent our lyrics and some of our other more scripted stuff to the church during the week before the rehearsal so that the people who were signing from a step by the stage for the hearing impaired could have some chance to prepare. That was pretty neat to see!


RESCUE sings So Excited as woman signs for the hearing impaired

I am glad to say that although Steve has only been with us a couple of weeks he had very few problems during the concert and he even had enough presence of mind to ham it up on the comedy stuff!


Steve's big finish!

After the concert we stood and chatted with the folks who came by the table. Afterwards Steve said, "Brian, you know? It's almost more fun talking to people after the concert than the actual concert!"

I think Steve is going to do JUST fine! :-)