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Biographies
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Our Mission is to glorify God alone,
while encouraging Christian families in their walk with Him.
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Jennifer Downing
plays the fiddle and sings harmony and lead vocals. She has been playing fiddle since age seven
and grew up harmonizing with her sister, Angela. Since she loves coming up with new inspirational music
for our group, Jennifer is always singing to herself around the house, thinking up new song ideas
and different ways to arrange harmonies. She loves bluegrass music and is thrilled to be able to present
the gospel in this way. Her prayer is that churches and families are touched by the music God put in her heart.
She works at her parent’s business and also keeps everything at home running. She loves spending time with
her nieces Ashley and Autumn. Some of her favorite things are calico kittens, aggravating her bro-in-law Luke, thunderstorms and coffee.
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Angela (Downing) Miller
plays the mandolin and fiddle, and sings lead and harmony vocals. She loves harmonizing with her sister, Jennifer,
as they grew up singing together constantly. She participated in contest fiddling years back, and still enjoys twin fiddles today.
She is married to Luke and we like to say she is Luke’s better half! Right now she is keeping busy with her daughters, Ashley Noel and Autumn Renee'. She
thanks the Lord so much for her little family
and already has a miniature fiddle for Ashley to play and a mandolin, too. Some of Angela’s favorite things are snow-skiing, house decorating, baking,
flower-gardening and keeping Luke in line.
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Luke Miller
plays guitar and sings both lead and vocal harmonies. He is our comic relief and keeps us on our toes.
His sincere love for the Lord is evident in his walk. His voice blends with the girls’ like a brother, completing the sound.
Currently he is working on more solos and has even written a few songs that we hope to sing. A few years ago we discovered
our families (Millers and Downings) lived in the same neighborhood, and just a week after that, he met Angela at the mailbox.
It was love at first sight. He won Angela’s heart and the rest is history. Luke loves his growing family and is looking forward
to playing music with his little girls. He also enjoys snow and anything that has to do with it, like skiing, snowboarding, sledding etc.
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Randy Downing
plays an outstanding bass (well, at least he thinks so). He also runs the technology company that Luke works for and is the handsome one of the band.
(Now you know who really wrote these bio’s!) Randy sings just a little, but never loud enough for anyone to hear. We are trying to work up another
acapella that needs a voice bass part, so you may actually get to hear him sing. He is forever thankful to have a family who loves to serve
the Lord, singing and playing his favorite kind of music... BLUEGRASS! By the way, the sparkle in his eye is for his lovely wife Kathy.
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Kathy Downing
Kathy is our sound technician and continues to be our biggest encourager and prayer warrior.
She is the backbone of the group, taking care of all the details while we’re “tuning”.
From clothing, to transportation, to babysitting Ashley, to running the sound board, Kathy keeps it all together.
She loves the Lord so much! She has chosen to teach her children by the Word of the Lord, and has been a ready instrument
in the hands of a mighty and awesome God. Some of Kathy’s favorite things are: Hawaii, shopping, sewing and chocolate.
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Mark Tindle
has recently joined the band and...OH what a blessing! He fills in with his excellent guitar playing and amazes us everyday
with his outstanding banjo licks. Mark is also a two-time National Mountain Dulcimer Champion. He has performed
at many major dulcimer events throughout the country, and is a highly respected instructor. His latest creative energies have been
focusing on writing Christian music for worship and edification. Check out his own website at
www.tindlemusic.com
Mark also still loves to play volleyball - even though he's gettin' older!
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