Concert pictures!

Hey, y'all! :D Mom sent me the pictures today, so here they are! Thanks so much, Momma--you're the best! :D First, some of the pictures from during the concert:

This picture on the left is David Phelps singing "End of the Beginning"

and here is the Gaither Vocal Band singing

Gaither Vocal Band and Ernie Haase & Signature Sound sing "Give It Away"

After the concert, I met Marsh and Wes from the Gaither Vocal Band (for the first time!) and got my picture taken with them; they had a crowd around them, so I didn't get to say anymore than "hi, y'all were good, it was so good to see you" (or something lame like that)...I always blank out when I meet "famous" people, I can't think of anything to say. :P Oh, and Marsh asked what my name was, so I also said, "I'm Haley." :D
Later I came back to them to get them to sign the picture I bought of the GVB reunion taping, and as Wes signed it he said, "Man, I have on the same clothes tonight as in this picture! That's embarrassing!" LOL! I hadn't even noticed, and I thought it funny that he would say something like that; I thought it was just girls that worried about things like that, but apparently not! Somebody else standing there who heard him said, "Yeah, don't you have any other clothes?!" and Wes said, "Well, I haven't worn this suit in a while, it just happens to be the same one!" :D

L-R: Marshall Hall (baritone), me, Wes Hampton (tenor)

When we got to the Signature Sound table, Ernie was at one end and the other three guys were all together at the other end. So, I went down to get my picture taken with the three first. I told them I was on the Signature Sound message board and they seemed excited, and Doug asked me what my name was as we were getting "posed" for a picture. Here's my picture with the three of them:

L-R: me, Doug Anderson (baritone), Tim Duncan (bass), Ryan Seaton (lead)

I asked Ryan if there was a story behind that bright green squiggle on his suit jacket, and he turned so we could see the whole thing. I didn't get a picture of it, sorry! There's like a picture of a city on it, so we decided the "squiggle" is the "bright green road" (instead of the "yellow brick road") leading to the Celestial City (mixing up our stories a bit, I know!). :D He's the only one I really got to talk to, though...and I didn't get to meet David (Signature Sound's soundman, who everyone says is so much fun and a great guy to meet). *sniff* Oh, well, one of these days!


After I got my picture with the three of them, we headed down to the other end of the table to catch Ernie, but by the time we got over there, he'd moved and was standing with the other three! He was really busy that night; Doug or one of the other guys would get his attention, he would step in for a picture of all four of them with somebody, then go back to whatever he was doing until they called his name again. *craziness* So, I got over there to get a picture with all four of them, and Doug saw me and said, "Get on in here, Haley!" Wow, that made my night! :D Everybody on the EHSS message board talks about Doug's great memory and how he remembers names and faces (even from concert to concert), but it was my first personal encounter with it. Anyway...here's the picture of me with all four of "the guys" from Signature Sound:

L-R: Tim, me, Ernie Haase (tenor), Doug, Ryan

By the way, notice how the guys' hair is "normal" (not really spiked) and their ties are a "normal" length (instead of short)?! We didn't realize that until afterward, so we couldn't ask them what was up with the "normal" look... :D *shrug*

I also got to meet Kevin and Rory--they are so much fun! And very personable and easy to talk to, and that is really saying something coming from shy little ol' me. Mom has a big, nice camera with a great zoom, but Rory told her she would need a bigger camera to take a picture of him and Kev--she needed to zoom in real close, close enough to see his pores. :P I said that I didn't want to be able to see my pores, though, and Kevin agreed! :D We took one picture with both of them just smiling:

L-R: Kevin Williams (guitarist), me, Rory Rigdon (GVB soundman)--The Dynamic Duo! :D

Then my mom said we had to get one with "the Rory face"--that cracked Kevin up! Throughout the concert, everytime the big screens showed Rory he was doing this great deadpan; that's what Mom was calling "the Rory face". So, Rory did his hilarious serious face--after he got himself "mentally prepared". :D You can tell that Kevin and I are laughing...

You already know these guys! :D

The last person I got to meet and get a picture with was David Phelps; he's so great! I'm glad I got to meet him, even though it was at the price of not meeting Guy. :D

L-R: David Phelps, me
(see, Hannah, he is tall! :D Almost as tall as Ryan and Guy...)

Well, that's all I've got for tonight! :D Y'all have a blessed weekend!