Add onto GPG for September!

George read the Gospel Praise Gathering blog and didn't think it completely sounded right...(I knew it didn't...sorry, I did it in a rush :( ). So, I'm adding some stuff onto it (and since I already typed up who all sang before, I'm not going to this time).
Friday night: There was one thing that I wanted to say too, about a certain song that was sung Friday night. It was a song Heather Martin sang, and her mom Cindy Martin wrote, one called, "Heaven's Calling Me"...that had to have been my favorite song that whole night! Was such a beautiful song.
After the singing practically everyone went on over to the Barbara Fairchild Cafe', which by the way has really great food, to eat and fellowship. At the restaurant, Casey Ellison was there! Some of you might know him from the Pierce Arrow show, but if you're like me, then you remember him more from when he sang with Chosen Few! He even sang one of my top 2-3 favorite songs of theirs, "The Little Things"! It was so awesome! There were many of the GPG people that sang as well!
The next day George, my Grandma and I had to go back to Springfield because my Grandma accidentally forgot my Grandpa's medicine. And because of that, we weren't able to make it there for the whole songwriters meeting with Charles Brady and Karen Burka. In between the meeting and the next round of singing for that night, though, we had some really good chili or soup. I personally had the chili! (I believe that's what we had...but maybe that was the month before...feel free to correct if I'm wrong...but nicely) :).
Sunday was beautiful at the Chateau On the Lake. Everybody dressed in their finest, fancy food, really nice setting, awards...you basically get what it was like that night. We (The Bryants) got 1st runner up for trio of the year in the organization (The Best Is Yet To Come). But the award I waited on for most of the night was the Heart of Compassion award...which proves I can keep secrets! :) (I'd known who the award went to since the month prior.) MY GRANDMA & GRANDPA!
Also Sunday night Barney Fife...(sp?) was there! Ha-ha. Terry Sanders plays Barney Fife. He also plays Joan Rivers, which is who he has appeared at the banquet the past few years. He's really good at what he does and stays in character during the whole program! He started talking about my shoes (almost spike heels, about 3-4 inches) and he mentioned that he'd liked them to me, and then said something about them to the audience (since he plays Joan too, those are the kind of shoes he has for "her"). The platform had a few steps on them, and being a "trophy model", I had to go up and down those steps several times in those heels, so after a while I was just tempted to go up the platform barefoot, nobody would be looking at my feet anyway. So I told Sherrie (Brewster) that...(she had already started doing that, she stood behind the podium each time she went up there, so she didn't worry about anyone seeing her like that anyway). She had me go ahead and take my shoes off, and so in between awards she had both us go up there (on the platform) and told everyone that Barney Fife took our shoes! (Sorry that story was so long.)
Ok, so I think I covered a little more about that weekend than in the last blog about it. Hope this one was at least a little bit more interesting! :-D

Hope y'all have a safe and blessed day!


Love y'all!
~Carol Lynn Penick~
The Bryants
www.bryantministries.com