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(WJIS, Sarasota – Serving Central & Southwest Florida) – From 10,000 fan-submitted stories, Matthew West chose two from Central & Southwest Florida to make the final eleven songs on The Story of Your Life. Rebecca (“Family Tree”) and Joly (“Two Houses”) were invited to The JOY FM Studios to hear the songs their stories inspired debuted live by Matthew West, who would be “patched in” from another location (Nashville).
Little did they know, the “other location” was a back room at The JOY FM. When the artist stepped through the studio door, guitar in-hand, surprise was mixed with elation and tears of joy. The Morning Cruise hosts, Dave, Bill and Carmen engineered the moment to capture and share not just the songs, but the first-hand emotion that went with the stories Rebecca and Joly had submitted. The Morning Cruise dedicated the morning show to bring the touching in-person debut to their audience.
“I’m nervous. I’m shaking right now!” said West as he stepped into the studio, surprised the two women and began his acoustic performance of “Two Houses.” Joly was sitting three feet away, having read her letter to The Morning Cruise audience. Joly’s story is a painful case of abandonment by her father, a trauma in which the sixteen year old has found forgiveness through faith. Rebecca told of how God broke the cycle of her parents’ destructive dysfunction and led to her present work with crisis pregnancies and unwed mothers.
Both women’s stories may be found on the artist’s website at http://www.matthewwest.com/. Audio highlights of “Operation Story of Your Life” on The Morning Cruise can be heard at http://www.thejoyfm.com/asheard/2010-10-18.
The JOY FM is a network of non-commercial, listener-supported contemporary Christian music stations serving Southwest, Central and North Florida since 1986. It is owned by Radio Training Network, and is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization.
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