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In Proverbs 22:6, the Bible reads, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” A wise pastor once said, “Train up a child in the way he should go, follow it yourself, and he will follow you.” How very true!

In the upcoming television show, “Annie Moses Band: Faith, Family and Music”, we feature an extraordinary family that exemplifies how living for God is not only right but truly living.

The story starts with, Annie Moses, who is the band’s namesake. Annie worked in Texas as a hired field hand in the cotton field. She did her best to nurture the musical gifts in her daughter, Jane and by doing so, those seeds of faithfulness and loving sacrifice blossomed through the generations.

The Lord gave Annie’s granddaughter Robin a divine idea in college. Robin Wolaver says, “We had some Suzuki violinists that came and played in our music survey class. There was a little-bitty girl from Asia, and she was so tiny and cute. She had a violin… God spoke to me at that point and said, ‘When you have a little girl, they should do that.’ And, Robin did give birth to a beautiful little girl and named her….Annie. Five more children followed but having a band with six kids certainly wasn’t in their plans.

“We didn’t have any idea this would happen,” says Bill Wolaver. “We did want a large family and wanted to have children.”

Annie says, “As each child came of age, our parents really prayed and considered our talents and our personalities to determine what the best instrument would be. Things just kind of grew gradually from there.”

Around four years old, they each began lessons at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. During those early years, the children accepted Christ. Their parents encouraged them with prayer, patience and one-on-one practice sessions.

“Eventually practicing becomes like homework,” Alex, second oldest, explains. “You didn’t want to do it anymore than you do your homework. But mom’s rule was always you can quit anytime as long as you’re not down. You have to quit after you’ve had something extremely successful happen — a competition you’ve won or a performance. But when that happens you never want to quit.”

Their discipline paid off. Annie, Alex and Benjamin studied at the Julliard School of Music on scholarship. During that time they felt a God-given desire to form a family band. They never looked back.

Ben says, “It’s just so much fun playing with my siblings. It’s just a really invigorating experience.”

“I have just learned so much about Jesus and trusting in Him through this process,” Annie says. “We grew up reading all these wonderful Psalms where it talks about praising Him with the strings and playing skillfully. So hopefully we will be able to make His praise glorious.”

Anne says, “The Annie Moses Band is really a celebration of four generations of that legacy of faith and family and music coming together and hopefully creating something that’s a very powerful message for our generation.”

Tune in to the Daystar network on Saturday June 19, 2010 at 7:30pm to experience this wonderful program. You will not want to miss it!

Oh, and by the way, bring a scarf and sweater (or something else Christmas-y — we’ll explain when you get there…)

Of course, it’s also available right here at the all-new Annie Moses Band Store.

And don’t forget, you can use the player on the right to preview some tracks from the new album!

Thanks,

AMB

On October the 7th the Annie Moses Band’s newest Christmas album, This Glorious Christmas will be available in retail stores all across the US. This Glorious Christmas is the first album to be released from the AMB’s new partnership with Reunion Records, a division of Sony. The project features a bonus 30 minute version of the AMB’s new Christmas DVD.

For those of you who are waiting with bated breathe for a new AMB DVD, your wait is almost over. Beginning the middle of October the newest DVD from the Annie Moses Band, This Glorious Christmas Live, will be available at www.anniemosesband.com.

Currently the band is in the studio working on a new spring release, Make His Praise Glorious. Along with albums and DVDs, plans for FASA 2009 are in the works, along with Robin’s new book Moonshine and Manhattan, which reveals the story of the Annie Moses Band…so far……

Hosted by Winchester, Oregon based Christian radio network K-LOVE and scheduled for January 21-26 of 2009, the Friends & Family Music Cruise is open to the public but tickets are selling fast—so to reserve yours today, or to find out more details about this great opportunity, please visit the Premier Christian Cruises website.

Violinists and string quartets interested in participation in these Master Classes must be enrolled in one of the Academies, and submit an audition tape of the piece they wish to perform. May 15th is the deadline for receipt of audition recordings.

For more information, or to enroll, please visit the FASA Website.

And this year, for the first time, there’s an Academy track for everyone, from children 4 years old (the Mini-MusicFest) all the way up to college sophomores (the Upper Division).

So hurry over and sign up! It’ll be a event you’ll never forget.