For the past few years I’ve been really interested in being the “guest musician” at a Young Life camp somewhere for a session over the summer. This spring I asked around to some friends of mine that work from Young Life, and through a series of events my friend Jimmy was able to secure me a slot to play at a Young Life camp called Southwind for middle school kids. I was ecstatic about having such an awesome opportunity and an avenue to sell my new CD as well.

I was at the camp Southwind (in Central Florida) for 2 weeks of campers, and it totally surpassed all o my expectations. Every night in Club I would lead regular “fun” songs, and then I’d perform one of the songs I’ve written. These songs were typically related to the speaker’s (Jimmy) talks. I busted out some of my older songs which was cool… the songs I played over the 6 nights were: This Girl, Someone to Save Me, These Thoughts, Were You There?, It’s Never Enough, and Sunset over Southwind. On the 5th night I played a surprise concert for the campers which was a blast. The campers were really responsive and I had so much fun sharing my music with them and hanging out over the two weeks. I also met a ton of great people who were on the assignment that I certainly hope I run into again next summer!

Here’s some photos from the week…
(click on them to enlarge)

This is my stage view of the campers from week 1

Here’s a shot from my week 1 concert

Jimmy & I after the mud pit war

Me and some new friends from the Sand Hills area
in NC. They gave me one of their sweet shirts
in exchange for a private concert.