One of my happiest memories happened quite recently. Yesterday, as a matter of fact. My church youth group, Confession Student Ministries, went to one of the most amazing Christian concerts ever, or as its known to others, Winterjam. We left at 10:30 in the morning, interrupting our church service, and left from Pea Ridge, AR to Tulsa, OK. We got there at about 2 in the afternoon, and the wait started. The gates opened at five, so we had a bit of time for standing. Just to show you how packed this thing is, when we got there, the area where we waited could fit 30-35 men shoulder to shoulder, and it was completely full from the doors to about a quarter of a mile down. We spent our time talking, anticipating the concert, and trying to keep our youth group’s couples from kissing, because we all know how much trouble that is.
Once the gates opened, we also had the trouble of getting in. This concert is first come, first serve, so you can imagine the pushing, shoving, and all around chaos. There were even groups of people who were pushing everyone back so their own people could get in. Anyway, once we got inside, it was amazing. The place, the BOK Center in Tulsa, had a high ceiling, and the arena was completely three-sixty. Omnidirectional microphones, speakers, screens; you name it, they had an omnidirectional version.
Now you might be thinking, I thought this was a happy memory? All I’m hearing is complaining. This is the part that you were waiting for. Once we got inside, everything was amazing: the lights, the music, and the concessions! Oh the concessions! There were ten artists in total: Derek Minor, Love and the Outcome, Lecrae, Newsboys, Tenth Avenue North, Everfound, Thousand Foot Krutch, Plumb, Newsong, and Colton Dixon. In a colorful mixture of smoke and lights, this was an amazing concert with the Newsboys’ drummer, Duncan Phillips, having an amazing set, pulled off a great trick: he was tilted sideways and spun around until upright again. The only part of the concert that might have been better was during “God’s Not Dead”, when Michael Tait got in a platform and was brought around to the audience. Enough of my rambling, go and buy tickets yourself. The next show is in Fayetteville, North Carolina on March 13, 2014.
Once the gates opened, we also had the trouble of getting in. This concert is first come, first serve, so you can imagine the pushing, shoving, and all around chaos. There were even groups of people who were pushing everyone back so their own people could get in. Anyway, once we got inside, it was amazing. The place, the BOK Center in Tulsa, had a high ceiling, and the arena was completely three-sixty. Omnidirectional microphones, speakers, screens; you name it, they had an omnidirectional version.
Now you might be thinking, I thought this was a happy memory? All I’m hearing is complaining. This is the part that you were waiting for. Once we got inside, everything was amazing: the lights, the music, and the concessions! Oh the concessions! There were ten artists in total: Derek Minor, Love and the Outcome, Lecrae, Newsboys, Tenth Avenue North, Everfound, Thousand Foot Krutch, Plumb, Newsong, and Colton Dixon. In a colorful mixture of smoke and lights, this was an amazing concert with the Newsboys’ drummer, Duncan Phillips, having an amazing set, pulled off a great trick: he was tilted sideways and spun around until upright again. The only part of the concert that might have been better was during “God’s Not Dead”, when Michael Tait got in a platform and was brought around to the audience. Enough of my rambling, go and buy tickets yourself. The next show is in Fayetteville, North Carolina on March 13, 2014.