The Echoes had another great time at the 42nd Annual Illinois State Quartet Convention, held at the beautiful Marion Civic Center. Hosted by the Glorylanders Quartet, this year's convention continued the tradition of top-notch Southern Illinois Southern Gospel singing, along with entertaining emcee Ralph Brandon to tie it all together. The spirit of God was in the house as each group presented an uplifting message of Jesus Christ. If variety is the spice of life, then the evening was very spicy.
In the last few years, a full-time "professional" group is also included on the program. For the Friday night concert in which we participated, that group was a relatively new trio, Freedom. This group will be going places.
Attendance at this year's convention was very good, and the crowd enthusiastically received each singing group. As always, the Echoes selected songs designed to encourage, to comfort, and to lift the spirits of the congregation. It must have worked; after singing, each of the Echoes felt encouraged, comforted and uplifted!
You can watch the Echoes as we sang "Jesus Made A Believer Out of Me" at the convention by going to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOwzccMpoR8
