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STILL THE CROSS MINI-SITE
The FFH "Still The Cross" mini-site includes a subset of the
features you'll find at FFH's official website, ffh.net. It's perfect to
send to your friends who might be interested in learning a little more
about the group through music, video and text! Check it out online
now at www.essentialrecords.com/stillthecross/.
---- Posted on November 11th, 2004
'O HOLY NIGHT' TOUR
FFH plans to embark on a winter tour with headlining artist Newsong and
co-special guest Palisade. Check FFH's schedule to see if they'll be
hitting a city near you!
---- Posted on October 21st, 2004
"STILL THE CROSS" RELEASES
FFH's fifth studio album, "Still The Cross," hits store
shelves today! Be sure to pick up a copy and spread the word about the
newest album.
---- Posted on September 28th, 2004
A NEW FFH BABY
Congratulations to Brian & Allyson Smith (and, of course, Madison!)
on the birth of their newest addition, Ellie. Here is an article with
more information:
Brian Smith of FFH and his wife Allyson are celebrating the birth of the
newest addition to their family, a new daughter, Elaine
Grace—“Ellie” for short.
Ellie caught everyone by surprise—including her proud dad! She
wasn’t expected until August 9th. Noted Brian from the hospital: “It
was a pretty exciting day! We actually went into the doctor to have a
routine check-up and ended up at the hospital because Allyson was a
little dehydrated and had a slight fever. They hooked her up on the
monitors and a half hour later the nurse came in and said to us,
“You’re in labor!”
Ellie arrived at 11:00 P.M. last night (22nd) at Williamson County
Hospital, weighing in at a healthy 6lbs. 10 ozs. and stretching herself
to her full length of 19 inches. “We had been praying everything would
go smoothly and it was a perfect delivery, and she came out just
perfect! She gets cuter and cuter as the minutes tick by,” added dad.
Mom is resting well today and posing for the first family photos with
her new daughter.
Brian and Allyson have an older daughter—Madison—who at 17 months
was excited to today get to meet her new baby sister for the first time.
“Maddie loves baby dolls—she carries one with her all the time—so
when she first saw the baby she just lit up. All she wanted to do was
hold her and hug and kiss her—it was pretty awesome,” noted Brian.
July is apparently a good month for “new arrivals” within FFH! Ellie
missed by one day the opportunity of sharing a birthday with Jeromy and
Jennifer Deibler’s son, Hutch, who turned one year old yesterday, on
July 21st—one day before Brian and Allyson welcomed Ellie into the FFH
fold.
---- Posted on July 23rd, 2004
NEW STUDIO ALBUM RELEASING!
With career sales of more than one million, seven no. 1 radio hits, 17
Top 5 singles, multiple Dove Award nods, and a myriad of national
headlining tours, FFH gears up for the Sept. 28th release of the group's
fifth studio project on Essential Records, Still
The Cross.
The newest project from FFH is its most musically ambitious "hands
on" album yet, from the co-production by Jeromy
Deibler to the band's writing and hours of instrumental
tracking in the studio. FFH members, Jeromy
and Jennifer Deibler,
Brian Smith and Michael Boggs,
define Still
The Cross as both a corporate and individual ‘labor of
love'.
"We've had more creative input and control over this project, than
any album to date," noted Jeromy.
"On this record, it was the four of us in the studio, me speaking
more creatively into the production from the control room, and all of us
on a level playing field at the same time---we were more decisively
calling the signals to ‘press record and play.' With Still
The Cross, we feel confident as a group about our music at
a new level we've never experienced before."
Seven of the tracks were co-production ventures of Jeromy
with the band's long-time producer; Scott
Williamson with three of the new tracks had the added
production creativity of Mark Miller,
(Casting Crowns, Sawyer
Brown). Noted Miller,
"I was initially drawn to the integrity of the music and the
ministry intent of FFH. I'm pleased to be a part of a project that is a
definite ‘coming of age' venture for them as a band."
All ten songs were written or co-written by Jeromy,
Michael and Brian.
"This album comes from an ‘honest place' we've all reached as
individuals in the last year and a half," notes Boggs
(guitar/vocals). "The ten songs we finally chose came together as a
collection of what God has been putting on our hearts."
Still The Cross, holds true to its promise of delivering
more than just the creative content of ten new songs, presented with the
group's signature vocals, upbeat pop melodies, and inspirational lyrics.
There's one simple truth that overrides their success and continues to
fuel their mission: It's Still
The Cross.
Recently signed with the William Morris
Agency in Nashville for booking representation, additional
dates are now being set. FFH concert schedule may be resourced online at
www.FFH.net.
---- Posted on July 15th, 2004
WMA IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE
REPRESENTATION OF FFH
William Morris Agency is pleased to announce exclusive representation of
FFH.
With 17 top 5 singles under their belt, FFH is one of Christian Radio's
most played artists. This guitar-based pop group began with a simple
mission to "reach as many people for Jesus Christ as they can, as
quickly as possible".
The group's latest release, produced by Mark Miller (Sawyer Brown,
Casting Crowns) and Scott Williamson (FFH), communicates the heart of
FFH in the powerful title track, "Still The Cross" (single
releases July 30). With over one million records sold, five Dove Award
nominations and multiple magazine cover stories, that mission is still
the band's ultimate priority. It's still all about the cross.
One of Christian music's favorite live bands, FFH will tour heavily this
fall in support of the new album.
---- Posted on June 30th, 2004
FFH VISITS DAVE RAMSEY SHOW
Essential Records pop group FFH recently visited the office of Dave
Ramsey, host of the nationally syndicated radio show, The Dave Ramsey
Show, and best-selling author of Financial Peace and The Total Money
Makeover. Preparing for the release of its fifth studio album on Sept.
28, FFH performed, and lead devotions, for the staff of 100.
---- Posted on May 26th, 2004
SPRING TOUR INFORMATION
Top contemporary Christian pop act FFH kicked-off the third leg of the
"Ready To Fly" tour to a sold out crowd of hometown fans March
4 in Nashville, Tenn. Featuring Fervent Records' Big Daddy Weave and
Creative Trust Workshop's Warren Barfield, the "Ready To Fly"
tour will visit over 20 markets in the next two months.
FFH's current single “Good To Be Free” is heating up Christian Adult
Contemporary and Inspirational radio charts. Provident Label Group is
running a spring tour radio contest, "It's Good To Be FFH" in
which winners get to perform on stage with FFH, join the artists
backstage for dinner and attend sound check among other perks.
---- Posted on March 9th, 2004
"READY TO FLY" TOUR
Top contemporary Christian pop act FFH extends its well-received
"Ready to Fly" tour to include 22 dates this spring. Nearly
one year since the tour’s debut, this leg will visit eighteen states
in two months, featuring Fervent Records’ Big Daddy Weave and special
guest, Creative Trust Workshop artist, Warren Barfield.
Launching March 4th at Brentwood Baptist Church in Nashville, the
"Ready to Fly" tour anticipates another successful jaunt.
Venues include churches, civic centers and universities from Florida to
Maine. A complete tour itinerary can be found on EssentialRecords.com.
"The demand for this tour has been phenomenal," comments Greg
Oliver, President of GOA, Inc. "FFH completed 46 cities last fall,
and we still have offers filing in. It is our intention to reach some
previously untapped markets with the spring launch."
Traveling to 46 venues in 66 days, the tour’s fall run was a
challenging one. FFH frontman, Jeromy Deibler, however, believes that
FFH is hitting its stride. "We feel more called to being out on the
road now than ever before," says Deibler. "All four of us know
that God has called us to evangelism and to reaching people in the name
of Jesus. We can’t accomplish that without being in front of people on
a regular basis."
The band continues to focus whole-heartedly on its ministry, seeing more
than 2,500 concert attendees make life decisions to accept Christ
collectively in September, October and November 2003 alone.
Produced by Scott Williamson (Point Of Grace, Lincoln Brewster), David
Hamilton and FFH member Jeromy Deibler, FFH’s Ready To Fly released a
year ago this April and continues the group’s string of radio hits.
The multi-format hit from Ready To Fly, "You Found Me," became
the band’s sixth No. 1 single, holding that position for five straight
weeks. The album’s title track marks FFH’s ninth career Top 5.
With career sales exceeding one million records, FFH has earned four
Dove Award nominations, two Inspirational Life Awards for Performer of
the Year and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year (Found a Place) and was
featured in a national Coca-Cola advertising campaign. FFH has further
garnered numerous covers and features in such respected publications as
Chicago Sun-Times, Brio, Dallas Morning News, CCM Magazine, Houston
Chronicle, Release, Christian Music Planet, Orange County Register,
Orlando Sentinel and the San Antonio Express-News, among others.
---- Posted on February 16th, 2004
FISH FAMILY NIGHT WITH FFH
ATLANTA - 104.7 The Fish (WFSH) teamed up with the Atlanta Hawks to
present Fish Family Night with FFH. Just under 14,000 people attended
the game against the Orlando Magic, which was one of the best attended
games of the season...the Hawks won by the way! Following the Hawks
victory, FFH performed for approximately 7,000 people who took advantage
of the specially priced tickets and stayed for the concert.
---- Posted on January 22nd, 2004
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