Monday, February 18, 2013

Greetings. Happy 2013. Yeah it's been since November that we've posted anything. Busy you might ask? As always, an understatement. To recap:

As you may recall, we were asked to perform at the Guadalupana event/Mass on December 9th, 2012 at the E.L.A. College Stadium come rain or shine. For the most part, rain wasn't so much of a factor as much as the program change was. We, along with several other catholic artists were scheduled to perform at the Pre-Liturgy segment. Sound check went well. As far as we could see, all was on schedule time wise, thanks to the stage manager; Irene Benavidez (Cudos to her infact, she had never done anything like that before & to be honest, was quite impressive). She confronted Msgr. Moretta and asked if "we could start", he said, "no, let's wait until the stadium fills up some more". Awhile later, she asked Msgr. again, "could we start the pre-lit?" Again Fr. said "no. not yet. I'd hate for people to miss the beginning". Then, a few minutes later Msgr. comes back to Irene and says "Archbishop Gomez wants to start the Mass in less than 10 minutes". Of course that meant the pre-lit just suddenly changed into a post-lit. We played along with Mariachi Voz de Ameriica for the Mass, plus the 1st communion song & the meditational song as well. Both songs were a hit with the audience. (Communion song: Las Apariciones Guadalupanas & meditational song: Hoy He Vuelto), By the time the "post-lit" came around, not only did it start to rain as people left the stadium, but the 1st act was totally drowned out by the LOUD drumming & instrumentation of all the danza, Azteca & machachines groups that flooded the football field. Thank God caeli was able to put in their 2 cents during the Mass giving the audience a chance to listen to what we presented.

All the other Guadalupana celebrations & events we performed at went very well: A special Mass for Guadalupe Radio, Mananitas, morning & evening Masses at Holy Innocents Church in Long Beach, CA.

January 4th, 2013 the birth of our 5th grandchild (1st girl): Bonnie Marie Georgeanne. She's just darling!

February / March: Lenten season, finding new ways to grow spiritually in this Year of Faith. Not just giving up something, but also adding something like praying more, doing works of mercy, or simply creating a better relationship in our everyday walk with Jesus. Meanwhile, caeli is headed back into the studio to produce a new Spanish CD entitled: Mi Precioso Jesus (My Precious Jesus). Pray that all goes well as we put into this project, the heart & soul along with the special gift from God, with the right messages that bring us all that much closer to our Lord, His Mom & the Good News. Until next time, please keep in your prayers Pope Benedict XVI & specially for our newly chosen Papal leader whomever that might be.

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