Michael W Smith Christmas Concert
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007, 7:30pm

LOUIS J. TULLIO ARENA
Erie, Pa
 

A group photo with Smitty. This was the official Friends Online Meet & Greet! WAHOO!! SMMITTYY!! :):)

A group photo with Smitty before the concert backstage in his dressing room.
This was the official Friends Online Meet and Greet! A special "Thank You" goes to Derek aka Spirkee,
aka Brick, who made this whole weekend possible! Thanks D, You Are The Best!
To quote Karen aka Crazy K, WAHOO!! SMMITTYY!! :):)

 

Smitty greets us backstage at the official Friends Online Meet and Greet in Erie, Pa....

Clarke posing with American Idol Star, Melinda Doolittle...

Smitty and Melinda Doolittle backstage at intermission....

The above pictures provided by Steve Anderson aka Gitrdun from Michaelwsmith.com "Friends Online" Admin.
©2007 Brickhouse Direct-All Rights Reserved-Used By Permission


Hey Guys! What an AWESOME weekend! The concert was Life Changing! You could really feel the power of the Holy Spirit  all over that place on Sunday Night, December 2nd. I hope you enjoy the pictures. Please click on a small thumbnail picture below to see a larger image. Enjoy! Thanks again to all my FOL buddies for making this a weekend to always remember! 
You guys are the best! I Love You All! Smitty Rocks but Jesus Rules! May God Bless You All!

The Concert Hall in Erie, Pa! Louis J. Tullio Arena

A Map of the seating chart. We were in Section 102, Row 5, Seats 1-10!

The Christmas Tree in Orlando Airport, Orlando, Florida!

Another Christmas Tree over on Air Side in Orlando Airport!

Delta Flight 1097 to Atlanta.

The clouds at 25,000 feet on the way to Atlanta

Coming into Atlanta

Delta Flight 4710 To Cleveland

The sun set coming into Cleveland

Another beautiful sunset coming into Cleveland

Three beautiful Christmas Trees all lit up in the Cleveland Airport.

One of the Christmas Trees in downtown Cleveland

Mark's dog, Vader at 7:00am on December 1st.

Mark and his Smitty Fest Shirt.

On our way to Erie, Pa, on I-90 at 7:30am.

Mark driving and enjoying listening to Smitty's new Christmas CD!

Another shot along I-90 headed for Erie, Pa!

Pit stop for gas and hot choclate. It was about 28 degreese right about now!

Just getting into Erie about 8:45am right off I-90.

The Erie airport where we picked up Dorbert.

A cute espresso display inside a coffee shop in Erie.

Mark with his "Brick House" coffee cup!

The "Brick House" coffee shop. Took this one for you Derek! LOL! ;-)

Mark and Dorbert ringing the Salvation Army bell at Wal Mart.

Our Sign

Dorbert ringing that bell again! LOL! ;-)

Mark and his coffee again! ;-)

Clarke ringing that famous bell!

Clarke, Butterflye812 and Mark ringing the bell at Wal Mart.

Rhoda and Karen relaxing at The George Carroll House after dinner.

Snow on the bushes right outside The George Carroll House.

Snow falling onto Peach Street in downtown Erie, Pa.

Inside my room at The George Carroll House.

Another shot of my room in Erie.

A beautiful view of the snow and ice from my hotel room.

Karen and Dorbert talking on the way to church on Sunday morning December 1st.

Brian driving us to church at Erie 1st Assembly of God.

Another beautiful Christmas Tree inside the main loby of Erie 1st Assembly of God.

A beautiful view of the angles inside the inside of Erie 1st Assembley of God.

Mark, Rhoda and others chatting in the lobby after church.

Another beautiul Angel in the main lobby of Erie 1st Assembley of God.

I finnally got to see some SNOW! YEA!!

Mark and Karen.

Brian (Rhoda's husband) in front of our hotel. The George Carroll House.

Me standing on the steps of The George Carroll House.

One of the buildings and an empty parking lot next to our hotel.

One of the beautiful stone churches down the street from our hotel.

Terri and Mark in the lobby of The George Carroll house looking at Dorbert's cruise pictures.

Terri, Mark and Crazy K looking at Dorbert's cruise pictures.

The gang at The George Carroll House. From left to right, Mark, Rhoda, Karen, Terri, Myself, Dorbert and Brian.

Another group shot b4 leaving for the Gathering at The Pufferbelly.

Brian and Rhoda.

Brian looking at me saying, "haven't you taken enough pictures yet Clarke!" LOL! ;-)

Mark, Brian and some dude with a John Dear hat on. LOL!

Our Gathering Place b4 the Concert! The Pufferbelly.

A group shot outside the Pufferbelly. From left to right is Me, Mark, Brian and Raylene.

Karen's famous Cookies! YUMMY!! ;-)

A cool picture inside the Pufferbelly.

Our table at The Pufferbelly. Sharon (Svarlo) Raylene (Butterfly812), Janet and Paul (ep61018) and myself (caldridge).

Brian, Karen and Dorbert relaxing after dinner.

Paul, Janet and Reylene

Karen and Dorbert infront of the Christmas Tree at The Pufferbelly.

Clarke the ladies. Karen and Dorbert.

Spirkee chillling at dinner. LOL! ;-)

Mark talking after dinner, thanking everyone for coming etc.

Paul and Janet posing for a picture.

Paul, Janet and me Clarke posing for a picture after dinner.

Clarke posing with Paul and Janet again.

What a great picture! Clarke with Spirkee, aka Derek, aka Brick! LOL! ;-)

Rhoda got her Orange Hoddie signed by Derek.

Rhoda showing the back of her Cruise Jacket.

Michael Olson and Spirkee back stage at the M&G!

Michael Olson! What an AWESOME guy and an AWESOME drummer! Drummers for life! LOL! ;-)

Melinda Doolittle shaking hands back stage at the M&G.

Clarke posing with Melinda Doolittle back stage at the M&G!

Rod and Chaz chilling backstage.

SMITTY greets us at our group M&G in the dressing room back stage.

Smitty getting a gift from one of our group members. You can see Brian behind Smitty saying, "it's my turn now!" LOL Brian! ;-)

Smitty recieving another gift!

Clarke posing with Michael W. Smith aka Smitty! :-)

Clarke possing with Michael's manager, Chaz!

Crazy Karen possing with Chaz! Karen always get's he man! LOL Karen! ;-)

Dorbert possing with Chaz.

Our group photo after the concert.

Molly Brannigan's Irish Pub in Erie, Pa.

There is that crazy fish outside of Molly's playing the guitar! ;-)

What an awesome picture of the snow!

Looking out at I-90 from the rest stop.

Heading down a back road towards Mark and Terri's house.

One of the beautiful churches in downtown Hudson, Ohio, with snow on the ground.

This was the grill we cooked Mark's famous Snow Steaks on! LOL Mark! ;-)

One of the houses in Mark's neighborhood.

The front of Mark and Terri's house in Hudson, Ohio.

A side view of Mark and Terri's house.

Here is where mark works.

One of the Good Year plants in Akron, Ohio.

Panara Bread. The place where I uploaded all these pictures while Mark was at work.

A close up shot of Mark's Dog, Vader. AKA Killa! LOL Mark! ;-)

Early morning on December 4th, headed for Cleveland Airport.

A pit stop for breakfast at McD's at 7:00am, right around the corner from Mark's house.

The airport hotel at Cleveland Hopkins Airport.

Mark droping Clarke off at Cleveland Airport to fly home.

De-Icing the plane b4 take off in Cleveland. Delta Flight 4861 to Atlanta.

An arial shot of Clevand just after take off from inside the plane.

Another arial shot from inside the plane.

The clouds at 15,000 feet up just south of Cleveland.

Delta Flight 4861 after it's arrivial into Atlanta.

Another shot of another CRJ plane waiting for take off in Atlanta.

Delta Flight 1197 to Orlando. Headed home, YEA!! :)

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