Orlando Magic to host faith and family night
Postgame Concerts by Angela Courte, Trent Monk and Shane & Shane
WHO: Orlando Magic fans; Postgame musical performances by Christian artists Angela Courte, Trent Monk and Shane & Shane
WHAT: The Orlando Magic will host Faith & Family Night following the Orlando Magic’s game vs. the New Jersey Nets on Friday, March 6. Fans are invited to remain in the arena and enjoy postgame concerts featuring Christian artists Angela Courte, Trent Monk and Shane & Shane.
WHEN: Friday, March 6, 2009. Doors Open: 6 p.m.; Tip-off: 7 p.m. (Postgame Concerts: Immediately following game)
WHERE: Amway Arena, 600 W. Amelia St.
Media is invited to attend and take photos and/or film the festivities. Please contact Jason Wallace at (407) 916-2623 if you have any further questions.
For ticket information, which includes the game and postgame concert, call 407-89-MAGIC or log onto www.orlandomagic.com.
Shane & Shane Bio: Texas troubadours Shane Barnard and Shane Everett have their sights set on leading a new generation of college-age adults to an enduring relationship with God. Desiring to know God better themselves while making Him known to the world, the duo is poised to advance its charge with the June 4 release of Psalms (inpop records).
Barnard and Everett are experienced campus ministry leaders entrenched at the grassroots level in today's exciting modern praise and worship movement. With a sound more likely heard in a coffeehouse than a church house, the singer/songwriters are constantly on the road, playing major colleges and universities throughout the West, Midwest, North and South. They also serve as worship leaders for church events such as the Metro Bible Study in Houston, Texas, and work with youth camps like Kanakuk, Mission Discovery, Pine Cove, and are heavily involved with Cross Camp. They are regular worship leaders for Breakaway Ministries, a weekly non-denominational Bible study attended by 3,000-6,000 Texas A & M University students.
It's a heavy workload, but "God is doing something more here than having a couple of guys come together to sing some songs," says Barnard. "God is proving Himself to be better than music. Not only better than, but the giver of music and all good things."
"We are convinced God is real in our lives and would love for that to be contagious," says Everett. "We want people to know Jesus is real, that He hears you when you pray, that He is better than anything or anyone else, and He loves you."
Tracing a course set by other college-circuit favorites like Caedmon's Call and Andrew Peterson, Barnard and Everett were accomplished indie artists before signing with inpop records earlier this year.
Barnard, a native of Texas, emerged onto the music scene during his senior year of college at Texas A & M. He has since recorded three independent projects, each admired for their raw emotion and honest introspection, and was tapped for a track on The Awakening Compilation, Vol. 2, a critically lauded Awakening Records' various artists indie project from 1998. Barnard stood alongside Watermark's Nathan and Christy Nockels, Charlie Hall and others to participate in Passion '98 - a groundbreaking one-day event of prayer and worship attended by thousands of students from all over the world. It amounts to an unforeseen list of accomplishments from what started as a one-off opportunity maturing into a call to ministry.
While Barnard is the dreamer, his colleague Shane Everett is the streetwise musician teasing out the colors of Barnard's poetry. Also hailing from Texas, Everett studied agricultural business at Texas A & M and made music on the side, first in a local pop cover band, then crafting his own Christian music, including three indie records. Discovering each other's music and becoming fast friends, the two decided to join forces and for the last year and a half Barnard and Everett have been performing much of the material recorded on Psalms.
Featuring an ambitious 14 songs, the record includes 10 tracks written by Barnard; seven of them inspired by the Book of Psalms. "People connect best with the living word of God. They feel like they've made a connection, not with us, but with the Lord," says Barnard.
Postgame Concerts by Angela Courte, Trent Monk and Shane & Shane
WHO: Orlando Magic fans; Postgame musical performances by Christian artists Angela Courte, Trent Monk and Shane & Shane
WHAT: The Orlando Magic will host Faith & Family Night following the Orlando Magic’s game vs. the New Jersey Nets on Friday, March 6. Fans are invited to remain in the arena and enjoy postgame concerts featuring Christian artists Angela Courte, Trent Monk and Shane & Shane.
WHEN: Friday, March 6, 2009. Doors Open: 6 p.m.; Tip-off: 7 p.m. (Postgame Concerts: Immediately following game)
WHERE: Amway Arena, 600 W. Amelia St.
Media is invited to attend and take photos and/or film the festivities. Please contact Jason Wallace at (407) 916-2623 if you have any further questions.
For ticket information, which includes the game and postgame concert, call 407-89-MAGIC or log onto www.orlandomagic.com.
Shane & Shane Bio: Texas troubadours Shane Barnard and Shane Everett have their sights set on leading a new generation of college-age adults to an enduring relationship with God. Desiring to know God better themselves while making Him known to the world, the duo is poised to advance its charge with the June 4 release of Psalms (inpop records).
Barnard and Everett are experienced campus ministry leaders entrenched at the grassroots level in today's exciting modern praise and worship movement. With a sound more likely heard in a coffeehouse than a church house, the singer/songwriters are constantly on the road, playing major colleges and universities throughout the West, Midwest, North and South. They also serve as worship leaders for church events such as the Metro Bible Study in Houston, Texas, and work with youth camps like Kanakuk, Mission Discovery, Pine Cove, and are heavily involved with Cross Camp. They are regular worship leaders for Breakaway Ministries, a weekly non-denominational Bible study attended by 3,000-6,000 Texas A & M University students.
It's a heavy workload, but "God is doing something more here than having a couple of guys come together to sing some songs," says Barnard. "God is proving Himself to be better than music. Not only better than, but the giver of music and all good things."
"We are convinced God is real in our lives and would love for that to be contagious," says Everett. "We want people to know Jesus is real, that He hears you when you pray, that He is better than anything or anyone else, and He loves you."
Tracing a course set by other college-circuit favorites like Caedmon's Call and Andrew Peterson, Barnard and Everett were accomplished indie artists before signing with inpop records earlier this year.
Barnard, a native of Texas, emerged onto the music scene during his senior year of college at Texas A & M. He has since recorded three independent projects, each admired for their raw emotion and honest introspection, and was tapped for a track on The Awakening Compilation, Vol. 2, a critically lauded Awakening Records' various artists indie project from 1998. Barnard stood alongside Watermark's Nathan and Christy Nockels, Charlie Hall and others to participate in Passion '98 - a groundbreaking one-day event of prayer and worship attended by thousands of students from all over the world. It amounts to an unforeseen list of accomplishments from what started as a one-off opportunity maturing into a call to ministry.
While Barnard is the dreamer, his colleague Shane Everett is the streetwise musician teasing out the colors of Barnard's poetry. Also hailing from Texas, Everett studied agricultural business at Texas A & M and made music on the side, first in a local pop cover band, then crafting his own Christian music, including three indie records. Discovering each other's music and becoming fast friends, the two decided to join forces and for the last year and a half Barnard and Everett have been performing much of the material recorded on Psalms.
Featuring an ambitious 14 songs, the record includes 10 tracks written by Barnard; seven of them inspired by the Book of Psalms. "People connect best with the living word of God. They feel like they've made a connection, not with us, but with the Lord," says Barnard.
