When Beebs Came to Town (no not Justin)
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 by Steph
I used to spend a lot of time thinking about what makes a person a true die-hard music fan. I would judge my dedication and loyalty to a certain band or artist by asking myself a few questions: Do you buy the new album the day it comes out? Do you pre-order it? How far will you travel to see a concert? How many concerts have you been to? I love music. I've loved it for a long time. I bet my old classmates (if they remember me at all) would remember me as the girl who wore a different band t-shirt every day of the week. It's true. But if ever I was a fan of any band or artist....I'm a Bebo Norman fan. I've been listening to his music for something like 12 years. I own every CD and I've NEVER heard a song I didn't like. One of his songs was the music to our picture slideshow at our wedding. We're talking serious fan girl here.
Over the last several years Bebo has cut back on touring a lot. I consider it a rare and special opportunity to get to see him live these days. It just so happens he came to my little town and played a show last weekend. It was just what I needed at the end of an extremely stressful week. The concert was supposed to be The Ocean Tour for his latest CD that came out last fall. Which I love by the way. (Did you doubt it?). The themes of oceans and sunrises are strung throughout the album and being married to a marine biologist, I can really relate to the line "Could you ever look at me the way you're looking at the ocean?". I don't remember the set list exactly but I think he only played 2 songs from the new album. The rest were classics - recognizable to most from the radio. Some of the playlist I recall included: Hammer Holds, I Will Lift My Eyes, Great Light of the World, Nothing Without You, The Middle, God of My Everything. The last being the best of the night by far. It's such an amazing song and he told the story behind it - how he wrote it for his brother. It brought tears to my eyes.
I really can't find the words to describe what a beautiful concert it was. His conversation on stage made it comfortable and fun and the music was so uplifting and inspiring. I was truly blessed.
So an interesting coincidence happened that night. I saw Bebo in concert back in 2000 (ish) while I was attending a University in Portland, OR as freshmen. My roommate and I went to see him play live at a church in town. I don't remember much about the concert, but I do remember that was the night I sponsored my Compassion child, Gisella. Well just this last year Gisella graduated from the Compassion program. So it only seemed fitting that we would choose another child to sponsor at a Bebo concert 11 years later. I grabbed a packet from the table that was marked "Priority". It was for an 11 year old girl from Bolivia named Dayana who'd been waiting over 7 months for a sponsor. And the day I picked up her packet - was her birthday! I think it's an amazing coincidence and I'm so excited to sponsor again.
I want to continue to write more about my love of music. My crazy fan moments. My borderline obsessions. It's a big part of who I am. I usually don't consider myself to have any interesting hobbies or extracurricular activities. But in actuality I do - music - and I'm going to own it. :)
Over the last several years Bebo has cut back on touring a lot. I consider it a rare and special opportunity to get to see him live these days. It just so happens he came to my little town and played a show last weekend. It was just what I needed at the end of an extremely stressful week. The concert was supposed to be The Ocean Tour for his latest CD that came out last fall. Which I love by the way. (Did you doubt it?). The themes of oceans and sunrises are strung throughout the album and being married to a marine biologist, I can really relate to the line "Could you ever look at me the way you're looking at the ocean?". I don't remember the set list exactly but I think he only played 2 songs from the new album. The rest were classics - recognizable to most from the radio. Some of the playlist I recall included: Hammer Holds, I Will Lift My Eyes, Great Light of the World, Nothing Without You, The Middle, God of My Everything. The last being the best of the night by far. It's such an amazing song and he told the story behind it - how he wrote it for his brother. It brought tears to my eyes.
I really can't find the words to describe what a beautiful concert it was. His conversation on stage made it comfortable and fun and the music was so uplifting and inspiring. I was truly blessed.
So an interesting coincidence happened that night. I saw Bebo in concert back in 2000 (ish) while I was attending a University in Portland, OR as freshmen. My roommate and I went to see him play live at a church in town. I don't remember much about the concert, but I do remember that was the night I sponsored my Compassion child, Gisella. Well just this last year Gisella graduated from the Compassion program. So it only seemed fitting that we would choose another child to sponsor at a Bebo concert 11 years later. I grabbed a packet from the table that was marked "Priority". It was for an 11 year old girl from Bolivia named Dayana who'd been waiting over 7 months for a sponsor. And the day I picked up her packet - was her birthday! I think it's an amazing coincidence and I'm so excited to sponsor again.
I want to continue to write more about my love of music. My crazy fan moments. My borderline obsessions. It's a big part of who I am. I usually don't consider myself to have any interesting hobbies or extracurricular activities. But in actuality I do - music - and I'm going to own it. :)
