“Back Home Musical” Celebrates Evanston Church’s First Year

Congratulations to Pastor Karl and Angela Adair, and the New Beginnings North Shore Church community of Evanston, Illinois on their first year of ministry.

Many churches don’t make their first year, so the Adairs had plenty to celebrate. They did by organizing the “Back Home Musical,” a combination of traditional and contemporary gospel music.

Presented at The Levy Center in Evanston on Sunday afternoon, March 8, 2009, the Back Home Musical featured a number of artists, including Mariah Vance, a young lady with a big voice; the dramatic and explosive James Teagues, who sang “Yes, God is Real” until the flags fell off the notes; the praise and worship aggregation Rebirth; and the talented Travis Douglas and Determined (below).

Douglas and his group are working on their third CD and performed an extended version of their popular “I’m Grateful.”

Pastor Karl (top, left) took a turn with the microphone, singing old-style church standards and throwing some mean shapes in the aisle.

TBGB’s Bob Marovich was pleased to be invited to the musical, which continued a decades-old tradition of gospel music programs in this suburb just north of Chicago.