One of the highlights of the Feast of Tabernacles is being inspired and uplifted by the special music presented during services. If you’re a musician, we need you to volunteer to help serve during the Feast. Special music praises and honors God and is a great spiritual and emotional boost for everyone.  

What a wonderful opportunity to participate in directly honoring God. We are admonished to use our talents and gifts to honor Him. Psalm 27:6 states: “Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.”

As many musicians as possible are needed to make this a successful musical Feast.  If you can serve musically in any way, vocally or instrumentally, please plan to volunteer to help serve.

The easiest way to volunteer is online at http://feast.ucg.org/music/. On the website you can tell us about yourself and how you would like to contribute to festival music and what site you will be attending. If you can’t go online and would like to volunteer to serve musically, contact the appropriate special music coordinator listed below.

Once you have volunteered, either online or by contacting your special music coordinator, we’ll take it from there. Later in the summer, you’ll receive the music and information you’ll need from the music coordinator for the site you plan to attend.

We encourage you not to wait until just before the Feast to volunteer, but go online to http://feast.ucg.org/music/ or contact your special music coordinator as soon as possible as it greatly helps in the preparation and planning process.

Parents of children age 5-12 will be happy to know that there will be a children’s choir at each Feast site again this year. There is no need to sign up for the children’s choir. Music and practice parts will be made available online and distributed through your local church by August.

Please take time now to volunteer to contribute to the overall success of the Feast of Tabernacles through music!

Special Music Coordinators

Bend, Oregon—Mary Jo Rydholm; mjrydmus@yahoo.com; 360-556-0819

Branson, Missouri—Neil LaCasse; neiledmer@yahoo.com; 517-663-1764

Escondido, California—Dan Salcedo; dan_salcedo@ucg.org; 714-637-4335

Gatlinburg, Tennessee—Arvid Simmons; avsimmonssr@aol.com; 615-646-9640         

Jekyll Island, Georgia—Randy Schmidt; rschmidt46@wi.rr.com; 414-327-0382      

Lahaina, Hawaii—Fred Crow; fred_crow@ucg.org; 408-238-5324

Lake George, New York—Ken Japhet; kjaphet@hotmail.com; 503-507-777

New Braunfels, Texas—Mark Graham; themarkgraham@gmail.com; 216-533-6578     

Panama City Beach, Florida—Steve Myers; steve_myers@ucg.org; 513-576-9796

Steamboat Springs, Colorado—Don McClenagan; music@mcclenagan.net; 250-846-5077

Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin—Russ DeVilbiss; russ_devilbiss@ucg.org; 262-694-5044

Canmore, Alberta, Canada—David Meidinger; dsmeidinger@juno.com; 928-472-1190