COMMENTS ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE

You were fabulous last night!!!!! I am so delighted to be a part of this organization. I heard several really nice comments as people huddled outside during intermission and congratulate you on a wonderful performance. All those extra rehearsals really paid off! Yeah for you! xo
Pat Heller, Choir Board Member

How splendid the choir was at the Odetta concert. It was thrilling! You made Santa Barbara proud. And what a treasure Odetta is!
Carole Marks, long time choir fan

Opening the show, bringing a note of community connection and apt gospel affinity, the Santa Barbara based Inner Light Comminity Gospel Choir sang up a kindly storm.
Santa Barbara News-Press, Josef Woodard

The Inner Light Community Gospel Choir put on a remarkable perofrmance.
Cliff Lambert, Endowment for Youth: interview on "In Focus"KEYT program,

We appreciated the opportunity to sing with a well-known elder who is considered a voice of our generation. We took it very seriously and attended extra rehearsals and worked extra hard. The band was incredible and as singers, we really appreciate that. Peter’s energy, encouragement, and compassion reflected in our ability to be professional. We really nailed it this time. For me as a participant, I thank everybody. We all worked together and it showed.
Terry Cruz, choir member and past director

Odetta heard most of the concert. She said “Plenty Good Room” was amazing. She loved the song and she loved the choir. Radoslav Lorkovic, the pianist for Odetta, thought the whole band was great.
Peter Hernandez, Music Director

I very much appreciated all the preparation and planning so there were no questions about anything expected from us and I think that showed in our performance.
Leona Marie, choir member

As a brand new member, I was very honored to be given a solo. The choir looked great.
Len Van Nostrand, new choir member

I was a member of the choir for about five years in the early 1990s. That night of the Odetta concert, with Peter as the catalyst, I saw such a vast improvement in ability and style that I wanted to be up there singing with you. The choir was a most impressive beginning for the Odetta program and I am now inspired to come back and join the choir.
Sarah Boyjian, new choir member

Lottie Weinstein, former choir member in the 1980s, hadn’t heard us in a very long time and she was absolutely blown away. Several others came up to me and said it was our best ever performance and stated that we had become so professional. We are a community choir and we accept everybody but when God is in the middle of it, it’s good. And that’s what happened that night. God stepped in and used every single one of our voices to reach the audience. You could hear it in their reactions. The audience was attentive and excited.
Yvonne Bazinet, choir Treasurer

Music Director, Peter Hernandez

The singing song after song with no talking between kept the choir’s energy at a level that improved our performance ability incredibly.
Diane Kirkpatrick, choir Vice President

Dauri Kennedy said that the choir was really professional. We may not be professional but we can certainly sound professional.
Bill Marks, choir President