Okay, no I haven't made a lot of stops around the world, nor do I have a girl in every port; but I did have an active February of travel. Here's trip one.
Where I work paid for all full time employees to attend the 2026 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville, TN. Five of us boarded a Southwest flight on Wednesday afternoon, February 18th and flew south. Upon landing in Nashville, we made our way to the Grand Ole Opry Resort and Convention Center where we would be staying and attending the 3 day conference. The place has to be seen to be believed. After checking into our individual rooms, we had dinner at Ravello's. The table ordered the focaccia and the meatballs for appetizers. I and several others had the Osso Buco based on Tammy's recommendations from internet reviews. From dinner, everyone headed to the opening session of the conference. The highlights of the evening were a video message from the President, worship lead by Michael W Smith, a sermon from Pastor HB Charles, and a closing mini-concert by Nicole C Mullen - boy can she still sing.
Wednesday started with a plated breakfast put on by Salem Media. The meal was really good for banquet food. The feature of the breakfast was Dr David Jeremiah sharing his ministry's testimony. The rest of the day was filled with sessions concerning listeners to radio, podcasting, journalism, and car radios. Dinner was to be at the Old Hickory Steakhouse; but after I reported the menu prices, the six of us Ubered to an Outback Steakhouse for a Bloomin Onion and much more affordable steaks.
The following day started like the previous one with a sponsored breakfast. It was buffet style and hosted by Moody Media. Again, for banquet style food, it was rather good. I especially liked the muffins. The breakfast spotlighted Dr. Erwin Lutzer who after a time of funny stories/jokes delivered a devotional about when God doesn't answer your prayers. The rest of the morning I attended sessions on censorship and radio listeners. All six of us from work met at 130pm for a three hour private driving tour of the Nashville area. The day closed with a three hour celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the United States. The memorable moments where a speech from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, a game of Pragerdy, music from Liberty University's acapella group Shine, and several closing songs by Matthew West. It was a long evening.
Friday, I checked out of my room before walking to a local Bob Evan's for breakfast. I attended my final two sessions - music licensing and the other on the importance of local radio. To kill some time, I walked to a nearby mall. At 1pm, the work group met at the Grand Ole Opry for a 50 minute tour of the famous venue. It was then time to head back to the Nashville Airport where four of us flew American home and the other two Delta.
A link to NRB26 photoshttps://photos.app.goo.gl/TSrj97qZHpfjk4dh7
No comments:
Post a Comment