This past weekend we had the third Rennbahn924 concert. Good Weather Forecast returned for a nice long weekend of fun...
One of the reasons that we decided on this weekend for the concert is that the Student Union at ICSV was planning a benefit concert to raise funds to provide micro loans to entrepreneurs in the Philippines. We figured we could have a really good band for the benefit concert...and then follow it up with a show in the city the next night.
The benefit concert on Friday night at ICSV went really well...the kids raised almost 500€. This money will go a long way towards changing a family's life. Check out the World Vision micro loans page for more info.
ICSV students rocking out!
Rebecca and Kailyn running the merch table for GWF.
Something cool that came up as a result of this concert; the boys from GWF asked if we could organize some students to be in a promo video for the band's next album. The album is going to be titled "Dreams", so they wanted to have students share their dreams. They wanted a variety of languages, fortunately, we had a bunch of kids that stuck around to take part (some stayed until after midnight - we didn't get home until about 1:15) and some that came back the next morning...the band ended up with dreams in 6 or 7 languages!
break time...
the band reviewing some of the footage after a long night of filming...they had been going for almost 3 hours by this point (midnight:30)
The concert on Saturday at a venue downtown, Aera, was a great success...over 90 people showed up for the concert. This is more tickets sold than at the first two RB924 concerts combined! One of our coworkers wrote a pretty cool blog post about the evening...check it out here.
the crowd waiting anxiously for the doors to open...they're lined up the steps!
good sized crowd...having a good time!
Superstyler Soundsystem
GWF
We've been fortunate to develop a relationship with an magazine called You!Magazin (similar to Relevant Magazine in the states) a Catholic youth magazine that deals with the intersection of culture and religion and how youth with Faith should deal with the reality of popular culture. This is the same organization that put on the Switchfoot concert in November. We're really excited about the opportunities that this presents for the ministry of RB924. In fact, I have been asked to be part of a planning meeting with some leaders in the Austrian archdiocese in the spirit of ecumenical outreach!
You!Magazin asked to film the concert; below is a video recap they made of GWF's set on Saturday.
We hope that the momentum of this concert will continue as we plan our concert schedule for the coming months. There is a strong possibility that we will host three concerts between the beginning of April and the end of May! Please keep this ministry in your prayers.
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