Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church
Fan_de_LoK posted that there are 22 boys - Cassius, James, Henry, Stefan, Kavana, Ralph, Alex, Tiarnan, Sam, Josh, Jonathan, Liam, Jakob, Ben, Sammy, Daniel, Carlos, James T., Luke, Matthew A-R, Freddie and a newbie named Matthew Jansen!
And Fiona is there playing her violin! How cool is that?!!!!
It's funny how, no matter what's going on in church that day, some people just HAVE to sit in the back. Libera is there! What are you people doing?! Ha! In our church we joke that we all have assigned seats with our family names engraved on the sides of the pews. Nobody ever moves. Heaven help the visitor who ruins it all. :)
During the opening part you can see a few wiggles and yawns. So cute! Nice to see them all singing along with the congregation. And, hey, guys, you're supposed to close your eyes during prayer. lol Nice close-up of Mr. Prizeman going to the piano. Mini Ben leads everyone out from their seats in the choir loft to sing, and he floats like an angel walking on clouds. Seriously!
"How Can I Keep From Singing?" was just WOW! Sammy did such a great job on the solo, and they sound JUST THE SAME as on their albums! Oh those high notes!
The pastor is speaking now with Fiona sitting behind him holding her violin. She probably doesn't realize she's being filmed the whole time. But she has very good stage presence.
Nice church service. The guys were all VERY still while telling about the Lord's Supper. Can I just say that I am also very thankful that Jesus died on the cross for my sins, and that because I have accepted Him into my heart as my Saviour, I know I'm going to heaven someday.
"Sanctus" was beautiful! Can't tell who sang the last "sanctus" part. Little extra breath at the end, but keepin' it all positive and happy here! Loved it! Then when the service ends they file out...probably to get lunch. :)
Also happy to read from Geozed that people were "dressed chic" for church. Go USA!
Concert details from Patrick & Geozed at French forum:
1. Adoramus (solo - Stefan & Luke)
2. Speech by Freddie - likeable, lots of applause for speeches
3. Time (Josh+Ralph+Alex sang Josh's part; Mini Ben+Ralph+Alex sang Mini Ben's part)
4. Sanctus (Stefan on sanctus)
5. Sanctissima (Sammy)
6. Speech by Kavana - he acted like the choir director having the guys demonstrate the different voices in the choir, big applause cause he's so animated!
7. Ave Verum (Carlos & Matthew R-A)
8. Far Away (Ralph - very good)
9. Salva Me (Stefan)
10. Speech by Mini Ben - he told about their long detour home after Spring Tour and thanked people for coming from as far away as Canada, France, Japan, Mexico and...Waco away.
11. Agnus Dei (Alex)
12. Exultate (Stefan)
Intermission - Jonathan did not sing during the 2nd half
13. Mysterium (surprise - Ralph sings first then Stefan & alternate)
14. Gloria
15. Speech by Freddie again! - explaining robes, hoods and such
16. The Fountain (Ralph - very good, Mr. Prizeman used grand piano for next 4 songs)
Henry coughed a lot and left the stage after this song but came back later.
17. How Can I Keep From Singing (Sammy)
18. When A Knight Won His Spurs (Ralph)
19. Love and Mercy (solo - Mini James then duet with Freddie)
20. Speech by Josh - how his voice has changed slowly from age 9 when he started with Libera
to now at age 15.
21. Deep Peace - (Stefan)
22. Stay With Me - (Daniel with Ralph, Matthew R-A on high part)
23. Going Home - (Sammy sang Josh's part from Leiden DVD, Daniel sang Mini Ben's part and Alex sang Tom's part)24. Speech by Cassius - last song, thank you for coming
25. How Shall I Sing That Majesty (Stefan & Jakob)
STANDING OVATION!!!
26. Encore: Libera (Stefan & Ralph)
Patrick also noted that the church was PACKED. They had to do the Texas Squeeze to fit more people in the pews, and they added more chairs also.
Libera's Facebook posting again at 2:00 a.m. or so that morning:
Fantastic concert in Preston Hollow to a packed church. Thank you so much to everyone who came to see us - from Japan, Canada, France and even Waco.
Pictures from the Meet & Greet
Again I will try and remember the people who have taken these fine photos from Libera Dreams and Libera 360 websites!
