Music Boat 2008..."the final frontier" (Britt Nicole, Matthew West, Nate Sallie)

The final night of the Music Boat...

Everybody gathered in one accord...

Britt Nicole just radiating Christ!

Intense!

After Britt Nicole really set the spirit and mood for the evening...

Matthew West showed up center stage...

(now from this point on I beg your... uh..indulgence a little, OK?)

But while Matthew was getting warmed up...

"Matthew"..."pssst"..."hey Matthew"

There was one little distraction...

a tall, older gentleman with a good-looking wife beside him kept trying to

get an autograph...

Matthew, realizing this gentleman won't give up...

finally stopped singing and gave in!

Apparently got the attention of Nate Sallie from NEWSONG ...

Nate takes the mic...Hey, Let's get down to business!

But then there's that little voice again...

"Pssssst...." "Nate"...."Hey Nate....it's me!"

Now folks this is getting a little out of hand! (LOL)

But hey...wait a minute...I think I know this guy...

"Aren't you the BFJ 'Superglue-on-the-lip-guy'?"

(Yeah, Nate, you got a great memory...

I was kinda hoping you'd forget about that trip to BFJ!)

F_L_A_S_H_B_A_C_K a few months...

(Here's the picture... but wait!

For the complete story...check the blog link below... it's not quite what you think!)

http://john893.blogspot.com/2007/06/blog-post.html

But since we are on the subject of "not quite what you think"...

"Judy seems to think I have stretched the truth here in this blog a little.."

W-E-L-L... would you believe... a whole lot!

But one thing that we're both a 100% on...

We love this guy...

We'll always remember his warm smile and kind spirit!

And we'll always remember the Custom Officer

almost confiscating my camera for taking this picture in a "NO PHOTO" area...

And who could forget that exciting flight home

after all these days of non-stop food and INTENSE excitement!

Hey, now that we've rested up a little...

we're ready for Music Boat 2009... Have you signed up yet?

Notes: Thanks to WBFJ and Premier Cruises for letting Judy and I be a part of this great outreach and ministry...it really was the cruise of a lifetime. We really had a great but we weren't acting goofy all the time...(LOL). Next time I'll take a better camera and get you more pictures and better close-ups... just to keep the record straight I had to borrow the first two pictures from the 2007 Music Boat Slide Show...it was the same worship experience this year but I didn't get the good shots. The Music Boat is everything you heard and more...I hope you can go next time!

Breaker, Breaker 1-9...Building 429 is 10-23 Good Buddy..

OK...

So I was supposed to finish my Music Boat 2008 Blogs

before going on to another idea... but "Hey Good Buddy"

Building 429 popped in to WBFJ this afternoon so...

Breaker...Breaker 1-9...the other blog goes on hold...

Building 4-2-9 is in the house!

Singing a cut from their new album

coming soon!

Hear it now... www.building429.com!

Thanks guys for stopping by!

Pardon my "Breaker...Breaker" and

Stay tuned for my final "Music Boat 2008" wrap that got interrupted...

coming soon (er or later)

Toby Mac... "SMOKES" the Music Boat 2008

Actually... it was Ayiesha Woods that definitely warmed things up...

if there is anyone who can almost "Out -Tobb" the Mac it is definitely Ayiesha!

This lady was something else!

But when Toby hit the stage...

the Music Boat went from "warm" to outright hands up "Smokin'"

With every song... the temperature was a rising!

Meanwhile...Bob and Larry were backstage in a panic...

"Lar...we're next...and we're going to be stir fry...

Toby has got this place cookin!

What are we going to do?"

I know what you mean guys... we're feelin' it too!

Papa needs some fresh air...

OK... pure oxygen will work!

O-O-O the Spa... that would be great too!

Ok... we finally cooled off...

Down the Music Boat "roller coaster?"

and it's off to bed for our departure tomorrow...

(but the Music Boat didn't have a roller coaster...

must have dreamed that! LOL)

Hey..but it's not over yet...

stay tuned for the finale concert with Britt Nicole, Matthew West, New Song

and more!

(I will finish this blog before The Music Boat 2009 sets sail!)

Music Boat 2008... This Ain't yo Daddy's Taco Bell!

Ok...the Music Boat arrives in Mexico... but is it going to be the Ruins...Jungle...Shopping....Beach?

Normally shopping would have won out but that picture of the beachside barbecue won out!

Plus I saw that Mark Harris and a lot of other people were opting for the beach

so we decide to go for it!

OK..I admit, for a cruise we spent a lot of time on buses

but it was always cool and always with a lot of Music Boat artists around...

Being a secure male and accompanied by a real honey I was able to wear my pink WBFJ tee-shirt with no intimidation!

I just can't tell you how nice this place was but maybe the pictures will

give you a little feel for the place... NICE!

I felt like a real "Gringo"...

the sign was in english and I still couldn't read it!

But the Hammock gave me time to gather my thoughts...ha ha!

(as good as a la-z-boy!)

I actually took off my pink shirt and went in the water for awhile...

I'm thankful there are no known pictures of that event!

True story: There was a wedding setting up

for later in the day... nice place to say "I Do"!

Really the place looked like a postcard...

the water really was that "blue"...

When it came time to meet the bus to go back to the ship

my ego was really boosted when I heard someone whistle

at me Turned out to be a false alarm!

OK...bird, which way to the bus?

OOOH...got to get back in time for dinner...

and a full night of concerts and then the midnight Mexican Buffet!

One of the non-artists on the boat was Mike Williams...funny...

real FUNNY GUY!

Mike is best know for his Commercial Jingles like...

Mazda's "Zoom...Zoom...Zoom" and

Oscar Myer's "My Balogne has a first name..." jingle

Hey, it's already after 10 O'clockbut the night has just begun...

Judy and I were eating pizza at 1:30 in the morning and other fun stuff.

Sorry, I would show you the rest of the evening....but my camera just ran out of film...

Right, Judy?!!

(Guess who takes the stage tomorrow night)