February 15, 2006
Kirk Talley
Feb 15, 2006
Hello Krew
East Tennessee has survived the snow. We
actually didn't get much snow, maybe an inch. It
left almost as fast as it landed. The roads
remained clear in Knox County. But further west
in Tennessee, they got hit pretty hard. So the
concert this past Saturday night in Doyle
Tennessee was canceled, and has been rescheduled
for April 22, 2006. The info will be on the web
page.
Sunday night I sang at the First Church of the
Nazarene in Knoxville. It was a great night and
lots of people came that I hadn't seen in a
while. I invited the group TWO OR MORE to sing a
few songs and the people really loved their
accapella arrangements! Then Sarah Mentzer and I
sang "Oh Lamb Of Calvary" as a duet. Sarah is an
incredible singer and she never missed a note!
You got to hear it!
This weekend I will be in Arlington VA at the
Assembly of God. Rod Horner has an incredible
weekend of music planned. Kendra Cook Penn will
be there, along with a combined choir and
orchestra. Saturday night will be a great night
of collective music. I will sing again on Sunday
morning in the worship service. I am looking
forward to being there. I hope that a bunch of
Krew members are making plans to come to
Arlington VA to be with us there.
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MARCH WEEKEND
Hope you are planning on joining us for the
weekend in March. March 25th in Maryville
Tennessee at the Maryville College, a night of
Great Gospel Music featuring:
Kirk Talley
Allison Speer
First Love
Phil Cross and Poet Voices
For tickets call Dot at 865 933 2100 or email
her at
dottie820@aol.com
This will be the last concert at Maryville
College. The auditorium will be torn down and
rebuilt so there won't be concerts there for a
long long time after this one. So I hope
everyone that's been at one of the concerts
there will be in attendance.
Sunday morning on the 26th, we will go to church
at my home church, Maranatha Church of the
Harvest in Lenoir City, TN and then we will head
west to the Cumberland County Playhouse to see
the production of STEELE MAGNOLIAS. After the
play, we will go to the Cumberland State Park
for their world famous buffet! The last time we
went to the buffet, we had so much fun, we were
there almost to closing time! It really will be
a great weekend. Dot called the playhouse today
and reserved some more seats as we have been
getting really good response. So if you want to
go with us, call Dot immediately at 865 933 2100
and give her your info so we all can sit
together. The playhouse has us listed as Kirks
Krew so we should be the biggest group there
that day! Hope you all will come to the concert
and then to church and then to the playhouse and
buffet.
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Cruise Update
There are only a few rooms left for the Cruise
to the Bahamas April 24-29th. Call the office if
you are interested in joining me, Anthony Burger
and Shane Dunlap and a host of other singers on
this trip! $649 per person includes all you can
eat, your accommodations, port taxes, and
nightly concerts. The only thing that it doesn't
include is your tips. If you want an inside
cabin, the price is $599 per person. I
personally plan on eating that much in food
alone! Come go with us! Let's make it a KREWse!
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Have you checked out
www.revitalizeyourlife.com?
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For those of you who ordered the book, Southern
Gospel's Favorite 50 Songs, they were
backordered but now we have the books in stock.
So you will be getting yours in a few days. It's
a great book that explains how 50 of your
favorites were written. The writer interviewed
the authors and found out some inside scoop on
how they write and how certain song ideas were
born. I am chapter 28 in the book with Serenaded
By Angels. If you love to read and you love
Gospel Music, you need to get this book. They
are $12.00 each or 2 for $20.00. Call the office
to order more than one. The book is listed in
the store on the website.
In the last newsletter, I included two links
that didn't work. They were links to two
petitions. A man in Texas decided he wanted to
help get me back at Dollywood and back on Solid
Gospel Radio Network, so he created the
petitions and so far there are hundred and
hundreds of people who have responded. I had
nothing to do with the effort but I really
appreciate it. Here are the links again if you
are so interested.
http://www.petitionspot.com/petition/kirktalley/2dollywood
http://www.petitionspot.com/playkirktalley2
Please keep praying for my schedule to fill up.
Also keep praying for my Mom and the sale of the
Auto Lube Business. I appreciate your prayers
more than you know.
I get asked a lot of questions from people who
get the newsletter. Here are a few answers.
1. My mom is doing fairly well. I was up at
their house last week with Pootie Puppy. My mom
laughed and laughed as she played with the pup.
It was great to see her laugh and enjoy herself.
Mom has Alzheimer but she is still keeping house
and still in good frame of mind. Mom has always
been a very "up" person and she continues to be.
She knows she has it but she don't allow it to
"have her" she has it! I am very thankful for
her good attitude.
2. No, Pootie Puppy is not mine, but I keep her
every chance I get. She belongs to Rick and
Buffy Lafollette and their children, Pootie Ann
and Pootie Earl ( Bailey and Max) Actually right
now as I am writing this newsletter she is sound
asleep on my lap. I hope my elbows don't hurt
her as I type!
3. No, Roger and Debra are not my parents. Roger
is my brother so Deb is my sister in law, and
Lauren is my niece
4. No, we are no relation to Joe and Marion
Talley, who traveled years ago in the Midwest
and Northeast.
5. Also, no relation to Ray or Bud Talley who
used to travel with the Kingsmen .
6. My favorites so far on American Idol are
Paris Bennett and the silver headed fellow named
Taylor.
7. Diet Pepsi is still my favorite soft drink.
Please don't forward me that email about them
taking "Under God" out of the Pledge of
Allegiance.
8. I respond to email with brief answers because
I get about 300 a day and between working at the
store and being in the office and having any
other time, I don't have a lot of time to
respond.
9. The dumbest thing I ever did on stage-One
night when I was with the Hoppers, I put my
guitar around my neck and when I did, I ran the
neck of the guitar through a globe type light
fixture in the ceiling and sparks and glass flew
everywhere.
10. No I don't cook.
Make plans for the following dates
Feb 18 & 19 ------Arlington VA
Feb 24 Lakeland FL Feb 25 & 26------Palm City FL
Feb 26 -------------Bradenton FL March
4------------Elizabethtown PA March 5
-----------Knoxville MD March 10----------Dunn
NC March 11 & 12--Archdale NC March
19---------Orlando FL March 25---------Maryville
TN
Hope to see you all soon
Kapt Kirk
