February 2, 2003 Providence College, Otterburne Manitoba
The annual youth encounter at Providence college was held from January 31-February 2. They had musical guests Relient K and KJ-52 perform Saturday night. The concert lasted from 8:00- 10:00 with KJ-52 kicking things off. In between sets the Rubber Chicken Guy got out of a strait jacket.
KJ-52
KJ-52 (pronounced five two not fifty-two) took a break from his current tour to come and perform. His fast moving lyrics and awesome beats sound like Eminem, but his lyrics say otherwise. His lyrics have important godly messages in them. KJ-52 is from Flordia. Good thing he wasn’t here two weeks before, when temperatures were quite a bit lower ! Brrr. He is a former youth pastor. He left that job to sing and spread the Word of God. The 52 in KJ-52 stand for the 5 loaves of bread and the two fish that fed thousands in the Bible. His set was 45 minutes long.
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Newsboys Winnipeg Concert Review
Monday, June 10th, 2002
It was a dark and stormy night….
Well, the night ended up not so bad, but the morning of the concert had hurricane type conditions, which ended the original plans of holding the outdoor festival style tour at Assiniboia Downs. The outdoor stage which was assembled the night before, sat unused in a heavy downpour.
The new venue about 50 km away was in Selkirk Manitoba, north of Winnipeg, in the Selkirk Recreational Complex. Selkirk’s new arena was a good choice as an indoor location that easily held the 3000+ crowd assembled to witness one of Christian Music’s biggest names – The Newsboys.
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Calvary Temple, Winnipeg
April 5 th 2002
This night was billed as an evening of worship with Michael W. Smith,
and it lived up to its billing. It was Smitty at his finest, in worship, while
revealing a personal side.
Local boy Jon Buller warmed up the crowd with ‘Meet me in the River’ as
well as other ‘Hear the Music’ night favourites. The loud applause and
almost hysterical crowd reaction to Smitty’s entrance, was a sure sign
that ‘Star Power’ was in the ‘Peg.
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