Buenos Aires Program St. John's

Gospel. That was all we wanted!

Thanks to one of our classmates who has looked for and shared the information, last Sunday we went to the  Apollo Theater’s 80^th Anniversary celebration at Open House Weekend. We signed up for the wait list because all the tickets were sold out. We only knew that the Gospel music we were interested in listening to   started at 5 pm. and that we should be there by 4 pm to wait in the standby line. While we were waiting outside the theater, it became darker and colder and it soon started to snow. And still we didn't even know if such a suffering and effort would have a reward because it was almost impossible to enter due to the line of those who had bought the tickets was almost 3 blocks long!   

We prayed to God, and we finally got in and sat down. People shouting "Aleluya" and "Yeah, man" became crazy when Shirley Caesar appeared on stage. We really enjoyed being immerse in their celebration as if we were some of them. It was a pity we couldn't take photos inside but it would have been great to show you how we danced and waved our arms getting swept up in their way of  celebrating their own Faith. 

Now, thanks to Google, I know that Shirley Caesar is a very famous American Gospel music singer and songwriter who has received many awards and who was known as the "First Lady of Gospel Music".