story for me, because it was more training ground, to learn dependency
on the Lord. In a nutshell, here’s what happened. Of the seven members
in our band, who I assumed would be interested, only one of the performers committed to join Wendy and me in Granbury; our keyboard player
Cass Moore (who is still with us today). I had spent thirteen years with my
band, developing show material that I planned to put on stage.
at each other, as I showed them the theater sketch. Is that God’s timing,
or what? The Lord provided, and between August – December 1999, we
finished construction, and were lucky enough to rehearse several minutes
before the grand opening at Christmas!
In January 2000, The Lord blessed us with the birth of our son, Marty.
Then in June 2001, Linda Morgan joined the cast in Granbury. Linda had
performed with us in our first show band in 1986, and is also still with us
today! Then in August 2003, we hired Danice Weaver to work in the box
office. If you’ve purchased a ticket to one of our shows in the last five
years, you’ve probably talked with this wonderful lady. Danice’s contribution has been invaluable. She completely supported our transition to
Fredericksburg, and was a key figure in the eventual opening of “The
Rockbox Theater.”
But, The Lord had other plans: Carey and Dena Dyer. With a pencil sketch
of our new theater in hand, now called Granbury Live, Wendy and I met
Carey and Dena for lunch. I didn’t really know them, but had heard them
sing in church...that was all I knew about them! Over lunch we now
learned, Carey was also a seminary graduate, and on staff as the youth
minister at Lakeside Baptist, in Granbury. Two weeks earlier, he had decided to step down from his job, so that he and Dena could pursue their
dream of performing together, in some kind of music ministry. I remember
sitting with them in the restaurant booth that day, and seeing them smile “But the story doesn’t end there. Back in May 2004, Mike Kinchen, a
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