BWC Sing Off 2011
It’s the BWC Sing-Off! Back by popular demand, the BWC Sing-Off is your opportunity to be a star! Grab a group of friends and get your a capella on. The BWC Sing-Off is an a capella competition similar to the hit show on NBC. Like last year, finalists will perform in front of the entire conference on the main stage.
Groups must have 3 or more participants, must compete with one of the judges’ pre-approved songs, and are responsible for their own arrangements and choreography. Auditions will be held Sunday afternoon, January 2. Sign up for an audition time at the BWC Info Booth or email The BWC Creative Team.
Shane & Shane Perform at BWC
The “Shane Everett right-armed Pentecostal fist pump” is the official dance move to the song “Everything is different”, the title track from contemporary Christian artist Shane & Shane’s newest album. Shane Everett, performing alongside Shane Barnard, demonstrated the move Saturday night during their show at the Boston Sheraton Hotel. Campus Crusade for Christ’s fifth annual Boston Winter Conference hosted the concert.
Saturday afternoon, 342 college students checked into the hotel for the five-day conference. To end the first night Shane & Shane took the stage for a public concert.
They have worked with Campus Crusade in the past, and often play shows on the college circuit.
“I guess that’s just who listens to our music,” Barnard said. “We love to play on campus and have the opportunity to be involved with them. That age group is so cool.
Esther Brown, a student at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, won the best seats in the house during the evening’s main conference session, which included the honor of sitting on a couch with friends in front of all the other seats. She was impressed with Shane & Shane’s attitude and approach to worship.
“They were quick to give all praise to God, and that was really neat to see people so committed to God,” Brown said.
This is the type of memory Barnard hopes for when he takes the stage.
“Jesus is what we want people to remember when we leave,” he said. “We hope God shows off.”
In addition to songs from their newest album (released in Nov 2009) they played past songs and even a Christmas song from their recent Christmas tour.
They ended with a song that coincided with the conference theme, Glory. The song titled “Worthy of Affection” was inspired by a verse in Hebrews that says Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God (Hebrews 1:3).
Check out this video from the concert.
What to bring for BWC After Hours
Don’t forget to bring your talent and beach wear!! AfterHours presents an impressive night of “BWC’s Got Talent” on Monday January 4th! Play instruments? Sing? Dance? Are you a magician? Comedian? Have other talents? We’d love to have you perform! Also, after a cold wintry time in Boston what better way to celebrate the last night of BWC than with a BEACH PARTY!! Throw on your flip flops and shorts and get ready for a night of games, dancing, and prizes!
Between You and…God
A lot of times I can get wrapped up in the music during times of worship at church or at my Campus Crusade ministry. I love singing and playing the
piano, and have been teaching myself to harmonize for the last several years. That was an exciting challenge – I love finding the gaps in the harmonies and creating my own melody line that will blend with the leader’s voice. But a lot of times this distracts from the real reason I am there.
Music is one of those things that speaks straight to our hearts. Musicians have created the heart music for every decade, crafting the soundtrack for entire generations. Music can pull us back to a specific moment in our past, or evoke an emotion that has remained hidden for years. It pulls us into a certain frame of mind, outside of ourselves, more powerfully than almost anything else we experience.
One of my favorite quotes is by T.S. Eliot, who talked about
music heard so deeply That it is not heard at all, but you are the music While the music lasts. Music can pull you in until you are unaware of what is going on around you. And that is how God created it to be. He wanted to give us a stage on which we can let everything else go, separate ourselves from the worries or other things in our minds, and just experience Him. We are meant to have the freedom of David, who danced before the Lord with such abandon that the people around him thought he was acting inappropriately. Don't be afraid to offend. Don't think about what you sound like or what you look like. This is your time to meet with God, unobstructed.
