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Well, it’s now official; I’m going to NQC for the first time this year.

I’ve made hotel reservations to be there Thursday through Saturday. I’m particularly excited about catching the Florida Boys’ farewell concert–especially considering that I’ve never gotten to hear them yet–and I’m also looking forward to meeting many of this blog’s readers.

Wisdom’s Gate–publishers of Brush Arbor Quarterly and Home School Digest–will be selling my book (The Faith of America’s Presidents) at their booth, so I’ll be spending quite a bit of time there. I don’t have a booth number yet, but I’ll post it here when I get it. (For a free sample issue of either magazine, use the link above, and the code DJM2 for the first and DJM3 for the second.)

And, of course, you can expect that I’ll give NQC the same comprehensive coverage on this blog that I do for concerts.

Singing News just posted their August 2007 airplay chart today, and I noticed that the Dove Brothers are #1 for the second straight month with “I Can Pray.”
The Perrys’ “He Forgot” moves from #6 to #3, probably the most significant move in the top 10. I would admit to being surprised if it makes #1, because I felt that a couple other songs on Come Thirsty, especially “Walk Away Free,” would make stronger singles. There’s no telling what will happen with these charts!

One song that definitely deserves to hit #1 is Karen Peck & New River’s “Last Night,” which jumped from #16 to #5.