Michael W. Smith's Cruise Options

[vggfan]

I was wondering if anyone had any news about Michael W. Smith's recent cruise which Amy and Vince were on. Amy was supposed to have a concert at 10:30pm one night. The cruise was to the western carribean and left the port of Miami last Saturday (July 19th) and returned yesterday ( July 26). That would have been an awesome cruise to be on. There were to be some special surprise guests on the cruise. Who wants to bet that our dear Vince was one of them? I can't wait to hear or read about this very special cruise. If anyone has any news about this cruise, please share it with all of us. Diana Crider

[TechnicolourDreams]

I didn't go on the cruise but this is what I've heard. Vince didn't go on the cruise because he didn't recover from hurting his back in time. Amy took Matt and Sarah with her.

[vggfan]

Linda, Thanks for the info about the cruise. I am very sorry to hear that Vince was unable to join Amy and the kids on the cruise. Vince and Amy are scheduled to be in Colorado at a resort for a concert tomorrow night. I sure hope that Vince will be feeling better and doesn't miss that. I had not heard about him hurting his back. How did he hurt his back?

[SRobin]

Linda, Thanks for the info about the cruise. I am very sorry to hear that Vince was unable to join Amy and the kids on the cruise. Vince and Amy are scheduled to be in Colorado at a resort for a concert tomorrow night. I sure hope that Vince will be feeling better and doesn't miss that. I had not heard about him hurting his back. How did he hurt his back?

I'm posting a review of Vince & Amy's Broadmoor concert by a fan at FOA:


Just got back from an absolutely wonderful time at the Broadmoor with Vince and Amy.

The concert ran right around two hours in length with Vince and Amy onstage together for all but the first song (Vince came on, sang one song, and introduced Amy.)

It was an amazing event, watching Vince and Amy play off each other was incredible. They're so absolutely wonderful together and you could really see the love in their eyes for each other every minute they were together. When she wasn't mouthing the lyrics to Vince's songs, Amy spent her time not singing absolutely beaming at Vince, and Vince spent his time not singing looking lovingly at Amy. Ever watched two newlyweds? That's what Vince and Amy looked like looking at each other.

The absolute best part of the experience was watching them perform together. I've been going to Amy's concerts for over 22 years now, but nothing beats the joy of seeing Vince and Amy sing House of Love together, live, not to mention a variety of other songs that were hits for each.

Amy told stories, Vince told stories, and Amy shared two songs from an upcoming album, one religious and one entitled True Love (you can guess who the song was written for ) We even saw them kiss, very sweetly and spontaneously, twice.

Amy also mentioned that Millie is off to college at the end of the month, and that she and Vince had gone from having five kids in the house down to two, to which Vince uttered a "Woo hoo!" He of course followed that up with a "just kidding." She also said "this song made some money, and it should just about pay for Millie's first semester" before launching into Baby Baby.

As the event was a charity event for ChallengeAspen, at about the halfway point Vince offered up a combo of a framed piece of paper on which he had written the lyrics to four of his Song of the Year winners, and Amy offered a guitar on which she would write the lyrics of any song the winner desired. Bidding started slowly, at $5,000, but rapidly grew with the winning bid being $22,500!

I know I've said this before, but this night more than any past concert felt like I was going to see not just friends, but family.

If you ever get the chance to see them in concert together, don't hesitate, do it.

By the way, Vince was singing under the influence of painkillers; apparently he threw his back out three weeks ago and was appearing nevertheless, so he spent most of the concert seated. If you looked at him very closely when he sat down, you could see him wince once or twice. What a trooper! (Of course he also made several jokes about being under the influence of painkillers as well. )

For those interested, I failed to note all Vince's band members, but Kim Keyes and Will Owsley were there as always with Amy, providing faithful backup vocal, percussion and electric guitar.

Finally, I'd be remiss if I failed to mention that being in Colorado Springs, we were told there were about 500 active military present. The concert was introduced by the General in charge of NORAD (of course located at Petersen AFB in Colorado Springs) and started with the presentation of colors by the Color Guard at Fort Carson and the singing of the Star Spangled Banner.

All in all, it was a wonderful night for everyone attending, for ChallengeAspen, and to all appearances it looked like it was for Vince and Amy as well.

[TechnicolourDreams]

Linda, Thanks for the info about the cruise. I am very sorry to hear that Vince was unable to join Amy and the kids on the cruise. Vince and Amy are scheduled to be in Colorado at a resort for a concert tomorrow night. I sure hope that Vince will be feeling better and doesn't miss that. I had not heard about him hurting his back. How did he hurt his back?

Sorry Diana, I've no idea how Vince hurt his back.