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Champions...PLUS DeVaul & Thallander
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Item Number: ola23141
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The Mark Thallander Foundation will be presenting their renown choral festival event at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on February 17, 2008. Mark will be signing copies of this book at the Cathedral Giftshop at 4:00PM and 8:30PM. Visit www.olacathedral.org for more information and event schedule.
From Champions PLUS:
August 3, 2003. A summer thunderstorm pursued Mark Thallander as he drove from Massachusetts to Maine after playing the organ for a morning church service in Worcester. Dinner awaited him, but Mark never arrived. The car hydroplaned at the exit from the turnpike, just minutes from his destination. A deafening silence followed the explosion of the accident. Then an unseen woman's voice spoke to Mark. Turn off the engine. Keep talking. Hold on. Later, in a hospital forty miles away, surgeons had Mark sign an amputation release form as he pleaded with them to save his arm . . . .
About Mark Thallander:
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Mark's solo performances and duet programs have taken him to some of the largest pipe organs in the world, including the First Congregational Church, Los Angeles; The Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove; Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles; Lake Avenue Church, Pasadena; Pasadena Presbyterian Church; St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church, Hollywood; Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles (where he performed for President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan); St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach; Central Union Church, Honolulu; Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Ft. Lauderdale; St. Luke's Cathedral, Portland, Maine; and St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City. Additionally, Mark has been a featured artist in many other churches across the United States and also in Canada.
Following a horrific automobile accident in August of 2003, Mark has accepted speaking engagements in churches, schools, colleges, universities, and has been interviewed on radio and television programs, and also for newspapers, books and national periodicals. This book about Mark's accident and recovery, Champions, written by the Reverend Gary DeVaul, has been a great source of inspiration to thousands of people. Mark was honored to have been selected as the recipient of the 2004 Life's Not Fair But God Is Good Award which is presented annually at The Crystal Cathedral.
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- Paperback: 232 pages
- Publisher: Aventine Press (September 19, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 159330501X
- Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
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