Thursday, December 31, 2009

HappyNewYearAndWhateverElseInTheWorldYouFeelLikeSayingInOneBreath!

Hey, everybody! Just thought I'd wish you all a Happy New Year and ask that one question that everybody has on their mind: what do penguins dream about? Come on, you know you want to know! No? Oh well, Ask a silly question... man, I wish I knew how the rest of that went... Anyway, this afternoon we're headed to Grand Rapids to arrive early at our New Year's Eve concert so we can set up before everybody else gets there. It's us and three other groups tonight, so we want to get our stuff set up before the others get there and we all get in a crowded rush.
Well, the instrumental CD that I and my brother recently finished is being mastered and having the fine-tuning done to it, and we're looking to release it sometime next spring. And if you think that's good news, wait'll you hear this: I have officially lost the last of my baby teeth! Hurray! (Does that mean I have to grow up now?)

Check out our website, http://www.foresterministries.com/ to see our latest whatever!

-Joshua

Monday, December 28, 2009

Apologies......and new CD info

I feel like I aught to apologize (again!) for going over a month with no blog updates and news, but I've run out of lies that I can use as excuses! Josh and I had a terrible time recently finding the moments needed to keep our readers updated while we were in college this last semester. And it seemed that when we did have some free time, we would either forget or would remember something more pressing at that moment that needed doing. The holidays haven't been much better because our mother has been very sick with Shingles and a herniated disk in her back that came about from complications with the disease. Since she was in a lot of pain and had almost no energy, Josh and I had to step up to the plate and clean the house and do all of those homey chores that most of us only do around Thanksgiving and Christmas so she could focus what little strength she had on cooking.
But I'm hoping that I have found a way to fix this problem when we start school again next semester. I will be taking day classes, and also night classes on one night during the week as I have during my previous semesters. During these days with day and night college, I usually have a lot of free space in the afternoon, so I'm going to start doing my updates from the college library computer (which is what I should have been doing all along!). This should hopefully help to keep our news fresh and interesting.

Anyway, we've had a great year. We sang at a few more meetings sing our last update, and they all went very well. We will be singing over near Kalamazoo, Mi. for New Year's Eve this year, and we are anticipating a great night. Check our schedule page at www.foresterministries.com for more info.
Speaking of our schedule, I will be putting up our 2010 schedule in the next day or two so everyone can see where we will be singing in the coming year. We still have quite a few openings right now since I've had a hard time actively pursuing new bookings with our time constraints lately. I will be working to correct this very soon during my time off from college and whenever I can get a free minute, but this also means that the lines are open if anyone wants to give us a call!
Lastly, Josh and I are pleased to announce a new addition to the family.......NO, we are NOT expecting a baby, but our new instrumental CD has just been finished! We just wrapped up recording it in the studio today, and it really sounds AWESOME! It features a collection of great old hymns and gospel songs that are easily recognized to most people done in Forester Bros. styles! Some of the songs are simply piano solos while others are recorded with a full band sound backing them up. It will now be going in for mixing, mastering, artwork, and finally be released sometime in either February or March. We'll keep you updated.

Have a happy New Year!

Stephen Forester