Nashville,Tennessee,Part 5

By now you all know that I got to visit Nashville,Tennessee a little while ago.

This was a week filled with firsts.
I took my first ever flight,had my first visit to Nashville,or for that matter anywhere in Tennessee.
I got to meet George and Betsy for the first time,and they took us to Cracker Barrel,which was also a first for me. This was a place I had often heard about and now I can say I have eaten there.So Cool!

I initially made the plans to go,because I wanted to attend Legacy Five's New Year's Eve celebration at the Gaylord Opryland hotel. I was very excited about attending this event,but long before I left to go there another event stole the show.

I have posted the next two pictures before,but since it was such a special moment in my life,I have to share them again.

My dear friends George and Betsy Adams made the effort to drive to Nashville to meet with me.Their smiling faces only tell a small part of the story. I was beyond thrilled to finally meet them,after all these years of being blog friendsThey are just the sweetest couple and the hours flew by too quickly.

George was gracious enough to get this picture of Betsy and me.I do hope this was only a first visit and hope that somehow we can meet again.Oh,and Cracker Barrel wasn't bad either,in fact Gwen and I took a taxi back there on New Year's Day.

This is a look at the room where the events took place. Apparently there were 1400 people in attendance. Acoustics were really good and even though I was not in the front row,as I like to be,we had a fairly good view of the stage.
I will be including several videos for your enjoyment.

This is The Jubilee Group.The groups here are Greater Vision,The Booth Brothers and Legacy Five. Each group is good on their own,put the three together and the sound is amazing.The firsts continued during the concerts.Well, lasts and firsts.This was Jim Brady's last time of singing with the Jubilee Group.

During part of that segment,the Booth Brothers sang together for the last with Jim Brady.

This is a different time and place but this short clip will help to explain the hats.

Shortly after that performance the New Booth Brothers stepped on stage with Paul Lancaster joining them. They sounded great.

Jim Brady has not quit singing,but rather formed a new group,The Jim Brady Trio,and they too sounded amazing. On January first they made their stage debut,so you can see this was a time of firsts for me and many others.

The event is hosted yearly by Legacy Five,so I had to add at least one picture of them.

I have many more pictures,but for now these 5 posts will suffice.
I came away from here with a heart full of memories and that is as any good vacation should be.