1999 Miracle Yearbook

I jgrticfigte-ali xdexter taint-el tite- cro-w-d gt New-Sthclext rruleittSkov; Adelitke- ioun{to-w-x, Cc-An/title-. Tale-xi-Skim rig.Mc-N.4,dd wanfirst ?Li:wet/trough,her bmatifutdisp1c9/of choreography. WNW, tite, audience,with/their pank-rodc rendii-ionof "Brown,Eyed girt" All ten acts were musical in nature - no ventriloquists, tightrope walkers or magi- cians this year. Erin McDaniel won the $75 first prize with an original ballet performance, choreographed tothesong"IPromise." Ben DeLongfinished third in the judging,while the Erin Flora and Meredith Gbur duo fin- ished second. AdamHenkerandjourney- man guitarist Phil Sheward got the night off to a good start with their song,"Bur- dens." After Kim Baggett's performance of "Love In Any Language" and Steve Hallgren's original compo- sitions"TakeHisHand"and "Confused," Sheward took to the stage a second time to play and sing,"PartofMe." Willy Shelton, broken arm and all, sang "With Me," followed by the night's only female duo,Flora and Gbur. They sang "Refine Me," a cappella. Trumpeter Ben DeLong, the last act before intermis- sion,amazedthecrowd with a back flip while on stage. Forced to wait due to prob- lems with his back-up mu- sic,DeLong tookthe oppor- tunity to give an unsched- uled display of his talent - one which earned him a re- turn trip to the stage later in the program, by the MC's special invitation. Brian Antes led off the second halfoftheshow with afew MichaelW.Smithcov- ers from the "Trilogy" al- bum.Emily Cook followed with a performance of "In Return", after which Phil Sheward and Brian Antes returned together to sing "When a Love is Right." Erin McDaniel's ballet brought an invitation back onto the stage by MC's Joel Shenkand ScottLehrtoteach Lehr to dance. McDaniel tried...with only moderate success. Lehr's antics led into a set by the most an- ticipated band of the evening - On Going Fight. Members Aaron Kline, John Eck,Steve Hallgren,and Jo- seph O'Neal played two songswhichgotthecrowdon their feet and clapping. j.13. H-etwi HOMECOMING PRAISE/TALENT SHOW 0