God and Country-Pretty Miss Norma Jean-2/24/08

We stayed an extra night in Branson this past weekend, Saturday night. And you know what that means don't you, the day after Saturday is...Sunday-Church day. Since we didn't want to leave EXTRA early in the morning to get to Sunday School by 9:30 or to Church by 10:30, (it's about an hour's drive), we decided to stay there for Church, and guess what? That found us at The Cowboy's Church in Branson. Pretty Miss Norma Jean (PMNJ) (from the Porter Wagner show) and her husband Al Martin are the one's who have the Church. They're really nice folk's, you know? PMNJ does the music with some guys help on back-up instruments, while Brother Al does the Preaching. They have their services at the God and Country theatre in Branson and it starts at 10:30 (I believe).
You should, next time you're down that way for some reason, go and try out the service. I'm sure you'll enjoy it!


Carol Lynn Penick

Gospel Praise Gathering February 22-23, 2008

This past weekend we had a great time in Branson starting on Friday and ending on Sunday. First of all, Friday was our monthly deal with the Brewsters, the one's who have The Best Is Yet To Come Ministries. At this particular event, we have a Gaither style gathering, with the artists' up in the choir and the soloists/groups up in front of them. It's always fun to go see our friends and get to sing with them, and all. The next day, although we started a little late because of some unneccessary misunderstandings with the restaraunt, we still had a couple of great meetings with the Songwriter's Showcase and The Variety's night type thing, (used to be called Groups night, but they changed it, not quite sure what it's called anymore.) We have they songwriter's showcase their songs (hints they name of the event) and then we have groups/soloists sing 2-3 songs. Both of these night are always some of the highlights for The Bryants' month, (also our Carthage and Crane gatherings.)
Hope you can come next month, I'll try to put some info on before it's too late.



Love ya'll,
Carol Penick

Saddling Up the Family! 2/24/08

WOW!!!! That word doesn't even cut it about the concert last night, but oh well. WE GOT TO SEE THE REGGIE SADDLER FAMILY last night! OK, so maybe I'm just a little excited about that, but too bad, you can't take my joy away! You had to be there, it was amazing! You know what, Reggie is hilarious! He even got the youngens (about 9-14 years old's or so) to go up on stage and do a few things to get involved with the program! You wouldn't believe that even most of the teenagers were actually enjoying the concert! Teenagers!-enjoying a Southern Gospel concert! That's awesome! (I know I'm a teenager, but I'm not normal, I don't normally listen to what most teens listen to these days.) And Reggie had the one's up on stage-if they were bold enough, he didn't pressure them or anything like that (he's not a jerk), to step out in front of everybody and take the mic and say what they were truly feeling about their parents'. It was pretty emotional, especially for a couple of the girls. They were telling them that they were sorry for how they'd been acting and they are going to try to do better and not be so rude, or whatever. It was really good.
Just wanted to let you know about the concert last night, had a great time with some great people/singers/songwriters (Mark Mathes was there, he's the music director at the Church Broadway Baptist here in Springfield, Missouri, he wrote a few Gold City songs, Reggie Saddler Family songs, Lesters, etc.)



Carol L. P.

Crane Singing 4 2/15/08

Hello everybody! We had a wonderful this past night with some wonderful, Godly people, at our monthly Crane Singing. I'm sorry, but if you missed it, wow, just wish you could've been there! Even the weather didn't ruin the attendance as bad as we thought it would. It did a little, but too much.
The lineup-we "kicked it off" with 5 songs. Then Sharron Bennett sang a couple, then right after her was a couple I just met last night, the Masons (wonder if they're related to Duke Mason?) They did a fantastic job!
And then our friends from Hurley Missouri, Southern Raised, sang! They just keep on getting better and better! Now, I have their names'. They are: the youngest is the brother who plays the guitar, and his name is Matthew. I believe he is 10, or something like that (sorry). The next youngest is the youngest of the girls, who plays the mandolin, fiddle/violin, and the guitar. Her name is Emma Grace and she is 13 I believe. The 2nd to oldest plays the banjo and the guitar and her name is Sarah. She is 19 years old. And last, but not least, the oldest. She plays the Upright bass and she is 21 years old. Her name is Lindsey.
And the other group was The Terrell Brothers, who also did fantastic job! They were awesome! The oldest of the brothers name is George and he's one of the singers. The lead singer who played guitar last night, but usually plays the drums, (and also did the sound for us), is Mike (he also writes most of their songs, amazing songs!) The middle brother who was extraordinary (sp ?) on the guitar's name is Dennis. You should've heard him play that guitar! George's son's name is Patrick, and he was also really amazing on his guitar! The bassist's (brother in Christ) name is Matthew. These guys have some powerful testimonies, but you got to go see them yourself and hear their testimonies yourself if you are really interested in hearing their testimonies! I hope you have all had a wonderful day/week/month/year so far, (can you believe it's already February of 2008?) Talk to ya'll later!



Love ya'll,
Carol L. P.

Weekend with Jacqueline (sp?)/Thanks to readers

(Sorry if I spelled your name wrong!) Friday, Saturday and Sunday the Bryants had a fun weekend with one of my friends, Jacqueline! You may know her as Peggy VanDuren's daughter, though. We did all sorts of crazy things, and if I can get them from her, I'll try to upload on YouTube some of the (VERY CRAZY) videos we made. Not on our account "thebryants3", but on one of my own (that you can find on our account though). It was really fun, although sometimes we acted like little kids. It's good to sometimes just let yourself have a little fun, you know?! But we had a blast and I can't wait for us to be able to do that again! (How about you Mom and George?) :0)
Anyway, want to thank everyone who reads these blogs for reading them, even if I am kind of strange! You know, we'd like to have some of your input on these blogs (as long as their not like extremely harsh or rude or nasty please)! Thanks once again for you all!



Love ya'll,
Carol L. P.

A Night With the Bolins and the Studio

This past Thursday night we, the Bryants, had the amazing privilegde to go eat at some friends' of ours house, the Bolins (they also sing, very well, might I add)! They made some fantastic Mexican food like I've never had before! They could start a Mexican restaurant, (of course Mexican is one of my favorite kinds of foods too)! Anyway, we had agreat time of fellowship and food! And then after that we went into their nice little home studio, which by the way is a really professional studio, and sang and RECORDED a couple of songs! It was really fun. To be "Perfectly Honest," I was kind of nervous because I'm not used to being in the studio, but I got through it ok, I guess. Tana is sweet (and of course Brad is too)! She just kept on telling me how much my voice is getting better and that I'm a "natural" and a "one time" person (it only took one time in the studio to get a good sound and on key and say all my ending vowels correctly and everything)! It felt pretty good to hear somebody say that, especially since I'm not too crazy about my singing! If you are looking for some help in recording, then I suggest going to their studio! The name of their studio is Celestial Sound Studios. If you want to get in contact with them their phone number is (417)-880-4293 or (417)-294-4595. (And you can tell them that you heard about them from the Bryants!)



Love ya'll,
Caro Lynn Penick

Saturday, February the 2nd of 2008! (CGMA and Marionville)

Can you believe it's already Feb. of 2008?! Well, it is, believe it or not! We had a great time at the CGMA (Country Gospel Music Association) meeting in Branson with lots of our friends, and it was really good to you all who was there!
Saturday night we went on over to Marionville to the Marionville Church of the Nazarene and had a good meeting there as well. Thank you all who were able to come out to that one too! There were 3 different groups there other than us. The Pastor and his wife (Brother and Mrs. John Conn), the Pattersons (Terry and Joyce), and some newer friends of ours the very talented bluegrass group: Southern Raised. They are really getting so much better! I remember the first I heard them, I was really impressed with their sound, harmony and instrumentals, and now, they are still getting so much better! We haven't known all too long, but we've sung with them quite a few times.



Love ya'll,
Carol Lynn Penick

Carthage Missouri 2

Hey everybody! This past weekend we had a fantastic time in Carthage and in Branson and in Marionville (but you can read about the one Marionville in the next blog)! In Carthage, at the Fairview Christian Church with our friends Canaan Bound was also Paula Beth Anderson (aka Willa Mae) there. She has got to be one of the funniest people EVER! She came up with wisecracks like nobody I'd ever seen before. She was also really good with the impromptu stuff, even. Duke Mason was finally able to make it again, and it's always good to see him and his wife Stephanie. He did a great job as well, as usual. And we sang and of course Canaan Bound sang. Remember, it's always the first Friday of every month at the Fairview Christian Church in Carthage, MO. And it starts at 6 PM. It's in the old Wal-Mart building, (but you can't really tell that it is; it's so pretty).



Love ya'll,
Carol Lynn Penick