The Echoes started 2009 as the featured guests at the Saline County Singing Convention. This is the third year in a row that the Echoes were selected by the Convention President, Harold Hicks, to kick of the Convention year. The Echoes are humbled to have this special honor.
Held at Rudement Social Brethren Church, in the settlement of Rudement, Illinois, the convention was well attended with just about a house full of people. Numerous people participated with songs, piano solo's or instrumental offerings.
The County Singing Conventions have in large part ceased to exist in many areas, but the Saline County Singing Convention is going strong, thanks to the dedication of people like Harold Hicks, who is carrying on the tradition of his father, Earl Hicks, who was the president of the Convention for many years.
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