Scenes from the Road - 2005

With Dwayne & Gwen Newton, Pastor of Far North Missionary Chapel - North Pole, AK

Sitting on Santa's lap at Santa Claus House
in North Pole, AK

With Kevin Taylor, Principal of Far North Christian Academy, Fairbanks, AK where we recently performed a fund raiser concert

My girls with Amber Nelon Thompson of The Nelons, following our concert with them at Jonathan Byrd's fabulous Cafeteria in Indianapolis
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The girls enjoyed meeting AUNTIE ANNE of AUNTIE ANNE's Pretzels when we performed at The Blue Mountain Gospel Festival in Kempton, PA
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Kim & Gloria Gaither enjoying talking when we performed for Gaither's Hometown Festival

Kim meets road veteran Lily Fern Weatherford
of The Weatherfords after playing on the 2005 Pianorama
at National Quartet Convention
Photo courtesy of Steve Weatherford

Kim and Lily Fern Weatherford at NQC
(Lily has traveled with some of the greatest -
Glen Payne - in the original Weatherford Quartet)
Photo courtesy of Steve Weatherford

Kim with her #1 Fan - Grace Anderson - at a
concert at Talatha Baptist Church, Aiken, SC

with Channing Eleton, Pianist for Gold City Quartet

Kim greeting fans following the Pianorama

The entire crew of Pianists

Stage scene from Pianorama

Kim with Roger & Jordan Bennett, following playing for Pianorama 2005 NATIONAL QUARTET CONVENTION

Kim and Jeff Stice going at it at NQC's 2005 Pianorama

Darrell Stewart (THE FLORIDA BOYS) joined Kim on her piano bench during the closing finale of NQC's 2005 Pianorama. What a pair, Darrell's red wig and all !!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Blue Gate Theater in Shipshewanna, IN was
one of the highlights of our summer

What a welcome to Shipshewanna

On stage in the Blue Gate Theater - Shipshewanna

Enjoying the Wildlife Farm outside of Shipshewanna with good friends Nancy & Rhonda Murray

Singing with Dave Boyer, the well-known and loved Gospel Crooner, at the Blue Gate

Mel Reigseiker's VERY BUSY Blue Gate Restaurant and Theater in Shipshewanna, IN - Indiana's largest sit down restaurant - all Amish style

Olivia & Kim voted to stick with BIG RED
instead of an Amish Buggy

Kim with her friend Sharon Frampton, working together at Appalachian Youth Camp

An official AYC Umpire

Bribing the umpire with popsicles is ALLOWED !!

Enjoying Mom & Dad Collingsworth's 52nd Wedding Anniversary with them and family in Indiana

Band Camp at Nazarene Christian Schools - Beech Grove, IN is a highlight of our year

Band Camp makes friends for a lifetime

Olivia picked up a kitten (stray) in Mowersville, PA

Cousin Erica Emery dropped by a concert in Grand Rapids, MI with her cousin Greg George and they all enjoyed the bus - Sunday Dinner and all !!

Filming "THE MASTER's MUSIC" Television Program in Greensborom, NC

Kim performing "Meeting in the Air" for THE MASTER's MUSIC Television Program

THE COLLINGSWORTH FAMILY and THE RICK WEBB TRIO on the set of "The Master's Music" - The Rick Webb Trio hosts this weekly broadcast each week in Greensboro, NC

The Rick Webb Trio taping their host portion of the show

The Greensboro TV Crew doing their thing

Enjoying chatting with Rick & Phyllis as well as the producers of the show as our bus is getting ready to pull out

Kim with Phyllis Webb & Leslie Hipps of THE RICK WEBB TRIO

With Michael & Martha Davis, our booking agent and cheerleader !!

With dear friends and supporters Jerry & Ginny Myers of Morristown, TN / Ginny is the pastor's secretary of First Baptist Church, Morristown, TN (home church for our friends Roger & Debra Talley)

Jerry Myers "christened" our new bus (BIG RED) when he and Ginny (along with their daughter and grandsons) visited our recent concert in Sandford, NC

Kim with Dorothy Bowen-Klass / Dorothy and her husband Mark pastor First Wesleyan Church, Sanford, NC where The Collingsworth Family recently performed / Kim and Dorothy's friendship goes way back to school days when they arranged and performed music together quite often / It was so wonderful to see her again !!!

The Mark Trammell Trio open the set
Enjoying the 2005 Westfall Sing with Eric Bennett & David Sutton of Triumphant

Horsin' around

BIG RED stuck deep in the sand in Avon Park, FL

PULL !!

It took alot of diggin' & pullin' to get BIG RED out

It took a big wrecker to pull BIG RED out

Relaxing in the bus following a concert

The foyer of the historic STEPHANIE WEIL CENTER
in Sheboygan, WI where we recently sang

Olivia loves her own bunk in the bus

Makin' the driver some STRONG coffee !!

A kiss for the driver

This coach is in motion, folks !!

My girls relaxing in the bus on the
trip home from Sheboygan, WI

The final road trip in the van, before the bus was delivered

BIG RED officially became a member of THE COLLINGSWORTH FAMILY on January 21, 2005