Category: Music

Footloose

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date July 6, 2023

Welcome back to #TravelThursday. Last Saturday I went on my first day-trip with some of my friends at the Sebring Historical Society. We gathered on our chartered bus at around 9 AM, and 30 minutes later we left the parking lot of our downtown Sebring museum for Fort Myers – 2 hours away.

We arrived at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre just in time for the all-you-can-eat lunch buffet – or – as I like to pronounce it – boo/FAY. The salad bar, the main course bar, and the dessert bar – it was all wonderful. Lots of choices, and everything tasted great. Service was pretty good too. You get your own food, and the wait staff brings you your unlimited drinks (water, iced tea, soda, coffee, etc.).

As a large group of over 20 we had 4 tables assigned to us up near the front of the 400-seat dinner theatre. We all had an excellent view of the stage for the after-lunch show.

And that show was #Footloose. I saw the original movie with my family as a 16-year-old in Fairfax County Virginia. I also saw the late-2011 remake. Good story. Good music. The Broadway-style show held true to its origins. I forgot about the whole minister / church part of the plot. It was interesting watching that this past Saturday afternoon as a minister.

I actually want to see the original 1984 movie again. Next time I see it on my TV listings I’ll have to DVR it. (Oh wait a minute – I forgot – it’s 2023, and I mostly stream. I have MAX, and I can watch it anytime on there.)

Well our next trip with the Sebring Historical Society is next month to a Tampa Bay Rays / New York Yankees Major League Baseball game in St. Petersburg Florida. I won’t be blogging about that, as I won’t be going on that trip. I just don’t like baseball. But I’m sure that the trip will be popular with a lot of the guys in our organization.

I hear that our next trip after that is in December to a Christmas show at a theatre in Winter Haven – or is it Winter Garden ? I get those two cities mixed-up. (And then there’s nearby Winter Park and Winter Springs.)

Next #TravelThursday – ALL ABOARD ! Let’s keep traveling together.

Tags Broadway, Florida, Footloose, Fort Myers, Sebring, Theatre

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Happy 247TH Birthday U.S.A. !

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date July 4, 2023

On this 4TH Of July holiday we celebrate this great nation of ours – this free nation that we call The United States Of America. We are free today because of our Founding Fathers – great Americans like John Hancock, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Let us never forget all of those great Americans who fought – and who continue to fight to this day – for the independence and the freedom that we continue to enjoy today.

For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is – there is freedom.
(2 Corinthians 3:17)

Tags America, Declaration Of Independence, Independence day

Blogging Christian God Ministry Music Radio

My Top 10 Hits – Week 333

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date July 3, 2023

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back nearly 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday July 02ND 2023 – the 333RD week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	4	2	Holy Forever [1ST week @ # 1]	Chris Tomlin
2	1	14	Cornerstone	TobyMac Ft. Zach Williams
3	2	18	This Is Our God	Phil Wickham
4	8	5	Yes I Am	Christian Paul
5	9	6	Big God	Terrian
6	3	14	Fingerprints	Dan Bremnes
7	7	3	Every Hour	David Leonard Ft. Josh Baldwin
8	6	3	Wholehearted	We Are Messengers
9	5	9	You Will Be Found	Natalie Grant Ft. Cory Asbury
10	10	2	Hold On	Katy Nichole

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “Me On Your Mind” – Matthew West
2021 – “Yes He Can” – Cain
2020 – “Keep Me In The Moment” – Jeremy Camp
2019 – “Church (Take Me Back)” – Cochren & Co.
2018 – “Do It Again” – Elevation Worship
2017 – “The Comeback” – Danny Gokey

CHRIS TOMLIN – He captures my 512TH # 1 smash since 1985, 88TH # 1 smash over the past 333 weeks, and 6TH # 1 smash of 2023. His “Holy Forever” ascends to the pinnacle in just its 2ND week on my chart. That’s the fastest climb to # 1 since Cade Thompson did so in December 2020 with “Every Step Of The Way”. It’s Chris Tomlin’s 3RD # 1 smash after “Home” (2017) and “Nobody Loves Me Like You” (2019).

CHARTBUSTING – Sitting just outside of my Top 10 this week is the new song from MercyMe. They are my # 2 artist over the past 333 weeks – with 116 weeks on my chart – 27 of them at # 1. “To Not Worship You” should enter my chart next weekend.

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 3 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #SundayScripture, and #MusicMonday.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. I’m also on Twitter and Flickr.

Be blessed my friends ! May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Tags Blog, Chart, Christian, God, Jesus, KLOVE, Music, Radio, TheJoyFM, WayFM, WGTS, Z883

Blogging Christian God Ministry Music Radio

My Top 10 Hits – Week 332

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date June 26, 2023

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back nearly 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday June 25TH 2023 – the 332ND week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	13	Cornerstone [3RD week @ # 1]	TobyMac Ft. Zach Williams
2	2	17	This Is Our God	Phil Wickham
3	3	13	Fingerprints	Dan Bremnes
4	–	1	Holy Forever	Chris Tomlin
5	6	8	You Will Be Found	Natalie Grant Ft. Cory Asbury
6	10	2	Wholehearted	We Are Messengers
7	9	2	Every Hour	David Leonard Ft. Josh Baldwin
8	7	4	Yes I Am	Christian Paul
9	8	5	Big God	Terrian
10	–	1	Hold On	Katy Nichole

SUMMER OF 2023 – It’s Week 5 of 15 of the Summer of ’23. As is tradition I’m tracking the biggest songs of the summer on my chart from U.S. Memorial Day Weekend (last Sunday of May) to U.S. Labor Day Weekend (first Sunday of September). I’ll present a special Top 10 chart on Wednesday September 06TH 2023 of those big summer hits that we’re singing along to for our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ !

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 4 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #SundayScripture, and #MusicMonday – with a special #4THOfJuly post to end the weekend on Tuesday.

Be blessed my friends ! May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.