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If you were not at the Unity Church at 7:00 on 18 November 2006 you missed a Great Concert.

Mama Pat’s Inner Light Community Gospel Choir thrilled their guests with an amazing variety of Gospel songs and equally amazing variety of lead soloists, all in celebration of 26 years of Touching Hearts and Lifting Spirits. Led by Music Director Rev. Peter Hernandez the choir blessed the audience with a selection of some of the choir’s old favorites and several pieces of new music.

Special guests, Santa Barbara Treble Clef also led by Rev. Peter Hernandez brought two numbers for the guests. The Santa Barbara Treble Clef dazzled us with both their mirrored costumes and their brilliant singing. They presented Praise His Holy Name and a truly amazing arrangement of I Believe.

Treble Clef

Early in the program this reviewer was impressed with the solos of Doug Barteld and Rev. Yvonne Bazinet with their prayerful version of Bless Me (Prayer of Jabez). This was followed by a stirring rendition of No Trouble at the River with Bill Marks providing a powerful bass solo lead.

Yvonne Bazinet and Doug Barteld in the lead

Bill Marks in the lead

Other highlights included one of the choir’s great standbys My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord and I have a Savior (Jesus is his Name) with a lead solo by Bess Murphy.
Rev. Yvonne Bazinet and Rev. Teri Cruz combined their excellence voices for the very popular How Excellent is Your Name. The most reverential, prayerful, and skillful meditation of Oh Jesus followed this with amazing solos by Debbie DeRoos, Rev. Yvonne Bazinet and Cat Weeks.
Bill Marks had the audience on it’s feet again with his lead solo of the favorite Got Shoes. It is quite impossible to listen to this arrangement by Dorothy (foot stomper) Shell without clapping your hands and stomping your feet.

Bessie takes the lead	Bill Marks, Bernelle Williams, Doug Barteld and Terri Cruz in the front
Rev. Peter Hernandez, Director	Bill Marks at the lead
Rev. Yvonne Bazinet	Rev. Michelle Lawyer

The concert closed with Michelle Lawyer’s stirring rendition of Total Praise.

Pianist Brandon Penn

Dave Bazinet and Curt Crotzer

Judy Sanger, pianist for Treble Clef, Brandon Penn, pianist, Curt Crotzer, bass, and Dave Bazinet, drums for Inner Light provided musical accompaniment for the evening.
If you missed this concert, put the date 1 February 2007 on your agenda right now so you don’t miss the Annual Steven Roberts Workshop concert.
Watch this site for other opportunities to hear and be blessed by Santa Barbara’s favorite community based Gospel Choir.

Comments by Lee Kirkpatrick
former choir board member