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Aug. 31, 2005 - The Bryan Duncan Concert

Was so amazing!

It was such an intimate setting, a perfect date night concert! Bryan was hilarious. The concert was in a small hispanic church (we're talking sqeezing to fit 300 people) in a strip shopping center in Austin. It wasn't even a full house after the concert started! Before the show, Pastor Art got up to give the testimony about how Bryan came to such a small venue. You see, the pastor's wife was listening to Bryan's CD in the car and a thought came to her, "Wouldn't it be great if Bryan could come play at our church?" Her husband said he wanted to reply, "HA! Bryan would never come to our small church AND we could never afford him."

Never say never! The Lord prompted him to agree with his wife, so he did. Three weeks later, Art got a phone call from Bryan Duncan's manager asking him if he wanted to host a concert for Bryan in August. HA! Who's playing this practical joke on me? He wanted to say. But instead, he said, "I'll call you back and let you know." Then he called the California number right back, they answered the phone, "Ray Ware Artist Management" then he hung up. It was real! He told his wife, she was elated. "We have to bring him here!" He agreed. He called back again and asked how much it would cost. Too much! How much for just Bryan and not the band? Okay, now we're talking. If we cram more seats in the sanctuary and sell them at $15 each, we'll break even. They signed a contract and printed up some tickets. 10 days before the concert, he had 150 tickets left. They prayed and prayed they would sell.

Art posted signs all over the place. They advertised on the radio. Then a stranger called and asked how many tickets were left. Art told him 150. He said I'll take them all. The man wrote a check for all of them! Then he said, if people call wanting tickets, tell them it's taken care of! Praise God! Bryan came, Art had lunch with him and loved the guy immediately. So the house wasn't packed, so what? Bryan was brilliant. Afterwards we met him and took pics with him. We talked and he hung around until the last of us were gone. He even came back the next morning and led worship for Sunday church! What a guy. Go see Bryan Duncan in concert if you get a chance, it's the best date night ever!

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Aug. 31, 2005 - Re:Bryan Duncan concert

What a great story! What a great guy!! I just love Bryan Duncan, hopefully he'll go on tour again soon. We just moved to a bigger city and one of the perks is that Christian artists will play the local venues. I shouldn't complain though, in February, the Christian rock bands Skillet, Seventh Day Slumber, and Kids In The Way made an unplanned stop to play a concert in our small-town community center. That was a blessing for the kids. Those guys didn't just play music, they spoke to the kids & gave their testimonies, too. Thanks for sharing this great story!

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Aug. 31, 2005 - re: Bryan Duncan

Thanks for the info posted on my blog!!

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