NQC Highlights 2013: Day 6
Each year at NQC, there are regional artist showcases for groups who are not on the main stage. As these groups sing, they are judged and the winner of each showcase gets to sing one song on the main stage that evening. What I didn’t remember is that, apparently out of those groups, there is another competition where they are judged and the winners get to perform one more time on Saturday evening. This year, those winners were The Wilbanks and The Erwins. I will say the Wilbanks sang a very difficult arrangement to sing and, for that, they deserved to win. If you get some time, look up The Wilbanks singing “Psalm 23” on YouTube. You could also search “The Wilbanks NQC” and it should come up.
I’d not heard the Taylors before but they did an acapella version of “I Can Call Jesus Any Time” and “Operator.” They started out slow on “Oh I Want to See Him” before picking up the tempo on the chorus.
Melissa Brady joined The Whisnants to sing a song she wrote: “All is Well.” They ended with my favorite Whisnants song, “New Day Dawning.” They were joined by Jim & Melissa Brady and Kim Hopper.
I enjoyed seeing The Down East Boys. They are a decent quartet.
The Voices of Lee did a rousing rendition of a medley: Moving Up to Gloryland/Just Over in the Gloryland/Do Lord/Heaven’s Jubilee/When We All Get to Heaven.
Clarke Beasley reminisced about various things that happened on the Louisville stage: The Speer Family’s retirement, Glen Payne’s call-in, Tony Greene proposing to Taranda, 9/11/2001 (Gerald Wolfe singing “Redemption Draweth Nigh” on that night), George Younce’s last performance with Signature Sound, The Florida Boys’ retirement, etc.
A definite highlight was Tracy Stuffle on camera telling everyone he’ll see them next year. It’s been a hard year for Tracy and Libbi but God is once again reminding us that He is God. We may not know why we go through the dark times but He always has a plan. After the Perrys sang, Dean Hopper commented on how thankful he was to Libbi for making the effort to be there. Everyone then stood and applauded as Libbi cried. She called Tracy via Skype on her phone so he could hear and see and feel the love that was there.
The Collingsworth Family did a set of all hymns which I really enjoyed. Kim Collingsworth then played “A Mighty Fortress is Our God” and “The Hallelujah Chorus.”
The evening ended with one song each from The Talleys, The Mark Trammell Quartet, The Perrys, The Kingdom Heirs, and The Collingsworth Family. Then Dean and Kim Hopper, The Booth Brothers, Greater Vision, and Legacy Five took the stage to sing “Statement of Faith.” A great way to end the evening and the week.
Tickets are already on sale for next year when it will be held in Pigeon Forge, TN. If you can’t attend, you may want to consider subscribing to the live video stream.
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