BRANSON MISSOURI NEWS: FLOYD — Rain or shine, the music keeps going at the Floyd Gospel Sing.The annual event where Southern gospel acts from all over the Midwest and the South perform normally is held in the Floyd Community Center Park.Rain on Friday morning forced the performers and the audience to go inside the community center.
The music included traditional gospel songs such as “The Old Rugged Cross” as well as original tunes. Audience members were invited to sing along.Larry DeLawder of Branson, Missouri, a regular performer at the Floyd Gospel Sing, came on stage in a deputy uniform to do his impression of Barney Fife from “The Andy Griffith Show.” He pretended to trip on the stairs on his way up.“It’s raining cats and dogs. There’s poodles all over the place,” he said.He kept the audience laughing as he went through his routine.His two daughters, Hannah and Faith DeLawder, sang a duet before he returned to the stage to play the harmonica.Pastor Paul Phillips of the the Gospel Lighthouse Church in Floyd introduced the acts.The Gospel Lighthouse Church has hosted the Floyd Gospel Sing since 1995.Phillips’ wife, Dixie, who performed with the …
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