I was just talking with a friend and Marylou about amazing soloists of the past and Michael English came up! We loved him but before I appreciated his voice I was a humungous fan of Mark Lowry. My brother and I both were.
We were on family vacation...I think I was like 8 and Landen was 6...we saw on a sign where Mark Lowry was going to be where we were along with the Gaither Vocal Band (which Mark and Michael were both singing in). We were completely elated!!!
Mom and Dad took us! Before the service my Mom noticed that Mark was sitting on the back row in the auditorium, so she suggested my brother and I go get his autograph. By the time we reached Mark Lowry another man was sitting next to him. Quiet and shy little Landen stood behind me as I talked with Mark Lowry. We chatted about how we thought he was funny and being ministers kids and getting autographs...when Mark was finished signing our cards he began to hand the pen and cards to the man next to him asking us if we wanted his autograph as well...I said, "Oh no thank you! That's alright. We just wanted yours...thanks." and we returned to our parents and my mom and dad said something about, "That's pretty cool that you got both he and Michael's autograph! SO special!" I said, "No... we didn't get that other guy's autograph." We looked back in the auditorium and Mark was laughing at Michael. We had jsut refused Michael English's autograph!
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