Happy New Year! As I write this it’s the 2^nd day of 2008 and I just can’t quite get that to sink in. I’ve only just very recently got used to writing 07, and here we go again. I can’t wait to see what the Lord has in store for us in 08. Actually, He’s already given us a great blessing with the great watch night service the Patriots were part of at the Sand Spring Baptist Church in Lawrenceburg Kentucky. We shared the program with Lawrenceburg’s own trios Jubilation (all male) and the Hilltop Trio (all female), as well as, One Voice, a brother/sister duet from Crab Orchard Kentucky and the Calvary Heirs, another male quartet from the London Kentucky area. Mr. Larry Briscoe and his program committee did an outstanding job of putting the program together. Each group was different than the others but all were very good. Adding to my personal enjoyment was the wonderful fellowship we experienced both on and off the stage. Most of those in attendance were already old friends, so whether we were in the audience or on the stage we were enjoying great gospel music while looking into the smiling faces of Christian friends. It just doesn’t get any better than that!

Most of December we enjoyed a brief vacation from traveling. We haven’t been idle, however. During the last three weeks or so we have been working preparation for a new recording project. This will be a “Classics” II featuring some more old favorite southern gospel songs. This will be our first recording featuring the Patriot’s newest member, Ensco “Sonny” Rue, at tenor. He’s been received extremely well by audiences everywhere we have been with him and is building his own following of fans (I just can’t see why people carry on so over tenors anyway.)

Please listen for (and request often) our new, soon to be released, radio single “WE DON’T HAVE TIME” written and featuring our own David Combs. We are told this song will be on the first compilation disk to radio from the Eddie Crook Company for 2008 and should be arriving at radio stations accross the country in the next few weeks.

For those of you who have asked, we really do have a schedule for 2008 and it, or part of it should be up on this site today. I and the other Patriot member in charge of posting the schedule (Joe) pledge to do a better job of keeping this site updated this year. I know many of you depend on us to keep you informed. I encourage you to drop us a note when you can as well. Your support and encouragement is very important to us.

Please pray for us as we begin another year of serving the Lord. We are not always certain what direction He will take us but we want to always follow His bidding. May God bless you as you do the same.

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