{"id":488,"date":"2015-02-26T12:01:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T12:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/?p=488"},"modified":"2015-02-27T10:54:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T10:54:05","slug":"blog-february-26th-2015-risen-the-musical-things-are-hotting-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=488","title":{"rendered":"Blog February 26th 2015 &#8211; Risen! &#8211; The Musical &#8211; Things are \u201chotting up\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-489\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/churchview-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"churchview\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/churchview-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/churchview-624x478.jpg 624w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/churchview.jpg 878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-488-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/07-A-Worship-Song1.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/07-A-Worship-Song1.m4a\">http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/07-A-Worship-Song1.m4a<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n&#8221; A Worship Song&#8221; featuring Lucy Stimpson- Maynard from CD &#8220;Where Would I Be Without You? produced by Ross Gill<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoyed half term (if you had one!)<\/p>\n<p>Yes things are hotting up for Risen!- The Musical!\u00a0 Last week there was an article in \u201cThe News\u201d written by Rev. Stephen Girling, Vicar of Holy Rood Church.\u00a0 Dr Graham Giles, who distributed promo Risen! CDs at the 63<sup>rd<\/sup> President\u2019s Prayer Breakfast in Washington, USA (see blog February 12<sup>th<\/sup>) has had a reply from someone who received a copy &#8211; Bill Hightower, the Alabama State \u00a0Senator. The Senator said \u201cthe songs and lyrics are wonderful\u201d and even better \u201cHow is it that I may help you with your project?\u201d\u00a0 Wow!!<\/p>\n<p>I have been contacting churches to see if they can help with the Palm Sunday, March 29<sup>th<\/sup> launch of the double CD.\u00a0 Joffy has been \u201cburning the midnight oil\u201d ensuring that all the editing and mixing will be ready in time for Andrew Bourbon of The London College of Music to master the 100 minute Musical\u00a0 &#8211; again ready for Tim Courtnell of Sound Performance Ltd to ensure\u00a0 1000 copies will be replicated in time\u00a0 for the CD\u2019s launch on Palm Sunday, March 29<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>I also had a meeting with my old friend Mick Mellows, who is Director of the Portsmouth based charity Faith and Football. Mick confirmed that he is extremely enthusiastic about Faith and Football collaborating with Mustard Seed Songs to produce a stage production of \u201cRisen! &#8211; The Musical in the New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth as soon as its \u00a39m refurbishment is completed.<\/p>\n<p>The featured song for this week is \u201cA Worship Song\u201d which, believe it or not, does not feature in Risen!- The Musical. Originally the song was called \u201cFrom Distant Shores\u201d and I wrote it ages ago when visiting friends in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. \u00a0It was when I was in Haslar Hospital, Gosport \u00a0(what a great hospital that was !) having a minor operation that \u00a0I changed the words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221; A Worship Song&#8221; featuring Lucy Stimpson- Maynard from CD &#8220;Where Would I Be Without You? produced by Ross Gill Hope you enjoyed half term (if you had one!) 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