Thursday
Thursday, July 27, 2006
We had worship, tracks, Bible study, lunch and rehearsals all afternoon. At 4:30, the Vocal, instrumental and praise band tracks performed. We dismissed for dinner and gathered again at 6:30 to see the dance, mime and theatre tracks perform.
Today the schedule changed to prepare for the evening program. The Gift Giver Showcase tonight included a presentation from each of the tracks.
Rehearsals began at 1:00 today with a Technical rehearsal for the dance, mime and theatre tracks. At 3:00, the tech track set up for the vocal, instrumental and praise band. The technical track was on the job everyday behind the scenes and sometimes on the stage.
The Gift Giver Showcase began at 4:30 today with the Vocal, Instrumental and Praise Band Tracks performing (see lineup below). Videos from the Video Track were interspersed between the performances.
Orchestra/Instrumental
“I sing the Mighty Power of God”
“Fairest Lord Jesus”
“Holy, Holy, Holy”
“God of Wonders”
(String Quartet) “Minuet from Quartet In e-flat Major” By Mozart
(String Quartet) "As the Deer"
Choir and Praise Team Ensemble
"He Reigns"
Choir and Orchestra Ensemble
"Still"
"How Great Is Our God"
Praise Band
“Come Thou Fount, Come Thou King”
"Living For You"
At 5:30 PM we took a break and had dinner and returned at 6:30 PM for the Dance, Mime and Theatre Tracks with videos interspersed among them (see lineup below).
Theatre
"Forgiven....Sort Of"
"Wizard of Odd"
Mime
"Let Your Light Shine"
"My Life, My Love, My All"
Dance
“Live Aqua”
At 8:00 PM, Joel Goddard began leading in worship and Trent Kirkland spoke briefly because it had been a long day for everyone.
At 10:30 PM, the dorm staff surprised the campers with pizza and later in the evening, Janice Norris distributed t-shirts to be autographed on Friday morning.
FEATURED TRACKS
Tech Track
Tech Track
As with every day, we prayed and devoted our work to our Heavenly Father. Then, we reviewed some basic audio concepts: microphones, cabling and the basics of the sound board. Finally, we introduced the Industry Standard audio recording application, Digidesign Pro Tools 7. Every student was able to mix a 24-track song, in the same way as most professional studios. Each of these activities equip students to easily plug in to their church’s ministry.
Mime Track
Mime began with a devotional on Jesus being the light. We then rehearsed our sketch “Shine Your Light.” After lunch, we worked on that sketch and rehearsed a mime interpretation to the worship song, “My Life, My Love, My All.” We all felt it was a sacred moment. We ended with watching videos of last year’s mime sketches. The group has developed into a team that sees expressing God’s message clearly as their goal. The second piece the group is presenting includes the adults, too.
