Belated Thanks for Pillar Concert

Hey, eveyone. It’s been a long time. I’ve been meaning to play catch up for a while now. My family and I have been very busy preparing for a vacation which starts this coming Thursday. Well, I’m going to do my best to get a few things up here that should have been up long ago. The first is a list of people that need to be thanked for all of their hard work on the extraordinary concert we hosted with Pillar, Building 429, Wavorly, and Brooke Barrettsmith this past February.

Here is our list of people that many of us involved felt should be recognized for their efforts and contributions.

• Connie Maxwell for preparing meals for the bands, crew, and all-day volunteers.
• Everyone who donated food and drinks to the event.
• Paul Schultz for providing towels for the bands and crew.
• Steve Eggebraaten and Saturn of Sioux Falls for allowing us to use two 2008 Saturn Outlooks to transport the bands and crew around town.
• Midcontinent Communication for providing television advertising for the event.
• Crossroads Book and Music for selling tickets.
• Last Stop CD Shop for selling tickets.
• KNWC: Life 96.5 for spreading news of the concert to their listeners.
• Everyone who helped distribute posters and sell tickets.
• All of the area churches that promoted this event to their congregation and friends.
• Ross Stromseth for the construction of the stage ramp, and for being present for most of the preparation of our Multi-Purpose Room for the stage and concert set up. Ross also helped throughout the day of the concert and was around to insure the Multi-Purpose Room was returned to normal after the concert.
• All of the volunteers before, during, and after the event. All of you were crucial to the success of this concert.
• Trevor and Laurie Jackson for presenting this opportunity, helping to coordinate the preparation for and execution of this event, and for communicating with the Tour Manager and other concert personnel to insure everything was getting done properly.
• A huge thank you goes out to the congregation of Southern Hills and to our Leadership Team for being willing to take the risk to host this event. Not many congregations would be willing to do what you’ve done.
• Our neighbors and the community for being tolerant of all the additional traffic and high volume.
• Heather, the staff, and the kids of the Southern Hills After-School and Preschool Programs for their willingness to adjust to our need to use their space.

For any that we may have missed, I am truly sorry. To make an event like this concert successful the time and energy does not come from one person, or one group of people. It comes from everyone. Thank you all.

Please stay tuned to upcoming posts for information on the next great concert, coming May 21, hosted by Southern Hills.