04/26/10 - Well I don't know where to begin. We have been gone for a long time for us. We left on the 17th and got home on the 23rd only to go out again on the 24th. We sang at Mayberry Baptist Church, yes I said Mayberry, in Mount Airy, NC on Sunday morning the 18th and had a wonderful time with many folks coming to the altar. Brother Craig Edwards and his church family made so welcome. From there we traveled to Gastonia, NC and the Zion Baptist Church. Brother Leo Kuykendal and the church made us so welcome. We always do Labor Day Jubilee with these folks and that date is September 5th. We left Gastonia and traveled on to Myrtle Beach for the Singing In The Sun. The folks at Abraham Productions made us so welcome and we sang on Wednesday evening at 04:00 PM. I think the whole week was sold out, is that not exciting! Mike Huckabee spoke on Wednesday night and told us to quit looking at the "doom and gloom" our God is still in control.
The ocean and beach were perfect, the water was a little cold but it was absolutely beautiful!
We came home on Friday and then sang at the Holley-Gamble Funeral Home Anniversary Sing in Lake City, TN. This was their 13th year in Lake City, great crowd, good singing, and good food. We sang at our home church, Batley Baptist Church on Sunday morning and our Pastor, Brother Luke Kidwell did a super job as always!
03/08/10 - It has been a little while since I have updated the news so I will do that. We have a long, cold, snowy winter and we are ready for spring. Our Easter flowers are coming up in abundance and that is a good sign winter is about over. Easter, what a blessed event for the Christian!
Anna now officialy has an empty nest. Her oldest daughter Magen got married this past Saturday. She married a young preacher Josh Crozier. They will be moving to Homerville, GA where he will start his first pastorate. Congratulatoins Megan and Josh.
Anna's younger daughter Macy and her husband Josh (both Anna's son-in -laws are Josh) are expecting their first child July 13th on Debbie's birthday.
The Joyaires will be at the Singing In The Sun at Myrtle Beach SC the week of April 20th. We will be singing in a showcase on Wednesday at 04:00 PM. There will be many groups and speakers there for the week. We would love to see you there. Here is a link for the sing: http://www.abrahamproductions.net/SIS.htm
Our home church, Batley Baptist Church, Clinton, TN will be hosting The Perrys on Sunday night March 21 06:00 PM. If you are in the area we would love to have you. There is no admission charge but a love offering will be taken.
Until next time please keep the Joyaires in your prayers as we enter into this years schedule.
12/22/09 - Well Christmas is just around the corner. The Joyaires will be going in a bunch of different directions.
Deb and I along with Ruben and Peg Bean just returned from three night in New York City. Wow, what a place! We got to see all the normal places that most folks go to that have never been there, Statue of Liberty, Stanten Island Ferry, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Ground Zero, and Central Park. There was wall to wall people and was it ever cold. We had a wonderful time and not one rude person or one bad cup of coffee.
Anna wil be spending Christmas with her family. I think Christmas dinner is with her Mom and Dad, her Mom is a great cook also. Did I mention that Anna is going to be a MiMi, haha? Macy and Josh are doing fine and are happy parents to be. Anna's other daughter Megan is home for Christmas from school in Nashville, I am sure she has made Mama's Christmas. Megan is getting married March 6th 2010 and her fiance is named Josh also, congratulations!
Deb and I will celebrate our 40th Wedding Anniversary on Christmas day! It has been a blessed 40 years. We will travel to my Mom's over in Allardt, TN (close to Jamestown) on Christmas Eve for lunch with the family. Then it's a mad rush back to our home church, Batley Baptist Church, for Christmas Eve candlelight communion. Christmas Day we go to Deb's sisters in Marion, NC for lunch with her family and then she and I will come back to Gatlinburg, TN for a couple of days.
Let's all keep our wonderful Savior in mind this Christmas and continue to remember what the season really is. Merry Christmas!
12/10/09 - Just wanted to update you on the progress our new project. We should have a few pieces of product just any day now. Hopefully for you folks who live close by we will have some for Christmas. We certainly look forward to singing it for you.
Anna has great news she is going to be a MiMi. Her daughter Macy and her husband Josh are expecting a little bundle of joy next July 13th. Congratulations to all. Actually July 13th is Debbies birtday also. Anna gives Deb and I a hard time about being young enough to be our daughter so I guess we will have to be "great grandparents" wow!
Hope everyone has a blessed and Merry Christmas!
11/19/09 - Well we have been in the studio for the last two days working on our latest project named, "The Empty Chair". We are very pleased with the outcome and can't wait to began sharing our new music with you. Roger Talley, producer, and Greg Shockley, engineer, are a pleasure to work with and always do a super job. We hope to have product in the very near future. We will let you know when it will be available.
We have some exciting things coming up this next year and look forward to them. We will be doing evening showcases at both the Singing In The Sun and The Gatlinburg Gathering. The Singing in the Sun Showcase will be Wednesday April 21, 2010 at 04:00 PM, and the Gatlinburg Gathering Showcase will be Friday September 03, 2010 at 04:00 PM. The Honorable Mike Huckabee, former Governor and presidential candidate will be speaking at the Singing In The Sun on our performance day. We will also be back at the Blue Gate Theater in Shipshewana, IN October 7th through the 9th 2010. We would love to see you at any and all these events.
Until next time, God bless you all!
10/30/09 - Just wanted to give you a little news. Our church is doing an alternative to Halloween walk through drama called: "I Still Have Time". We started last night and will go through tomorrwo night. The times are 6PM to 11PM each evening. All the Joyaires have a part, Anna has helped the decorating and a tour guide, Debbie is a mourner, and Ernie is portraying God. I have added a few pictures and will have some more.
Best news of all one young man was saved on his way home from the drama! If you can come by it is a short walk through and worth your time. Our Church is Batley Baptist Church, 670 Batley Road, Clinton, TN 865-435-2400.
