I gotta say, the Maritimes have been stepping up their game lately for getting good Christian bands to come to the area. Last night over 1200 people got their faces rocked off by the David Crowder Band. The concert was at the Rock Church, just outside of Halifax NS. I drove in with a few friends and arrived at the church around 5pm I think. Doors weren't scheduled to open for another 90min and there was already a good 30-40 people there! And it was not warm outside. I decided I valued warmth and food over front so a few of us went to A&W! I love me some onion rings and root beer. We got back around 6 and the line was much longer, 150 people at least! So we parked the car and got in line. The doors opened just after 6:30, hooray for heat! Jon is awesome and had some spaces saved in the 5th and 6th rows so I snagged one of those :) I normally am one to run up to the front in the thick of it all, but my energy level was quite low so I was content to remain in my seat. So many people came from my church... probably 40 at least. It was fun to sit with some of the women from church :) And with Jon - we kept showing each other the pics we were taking!
The show opened with The Contact, a band from Halifax that I have heard a lot about but I don't think I've ever seen live before. They were good, sounded tight. I didn't know most of what they sang but I appreciated that they ended their set with "Hungry", a worship song we could all sing along with. I am really glad I had my ear plugs in my purse - I think this show was probably even louder than Starfield was. I'm not a fan of ringing ears - I go to so many concerts, and music is so important to me, I gotta keep my hearing! Also it sounds better with ear plugs in. So partway through The Contact's set I decided I was getting them out, much to the jealousy of some seated around me :)
The Contact's set wasn't too dragged out, and before we knew it the lights were down and everyone was screaming for the band of the night. Their show was really great... entertaining, fun, worship-filled, and just all around enjoyable. I knew more songs than I thought I was going to... apparently some songs done by other bands I know are actually David Crowder songs (like this one). Crowder has a little more electronic/keyboardy sounds than I normally like in my music, but it was all so fun that it didn't really matter, especially in the live environment. Hands down my favorite part of the night was "I Saw the Light/I'll Fly Away"! I played this song with a Band I was in a few years ago, and it was fun to hear the original CD version live! It was big ol party.
So yeah. Great show. Would definitely recommend you check both these bands out if you ever get the chance. I didn't hang around much after it was over. A quick stop at Tim Hortons and it was back to the Valley. Next show coming up is Mercy Me in Fredericton on November 13 :)
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