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Avalon releases ‘stand’ on january 24

Avalon is a versatile standard in Christian music with mass classic appeal marking 10 years, 20 #1 hits and a currently charting single, "Love Won't Leave You", from their upcoming January 24 release STAND. Considered to be a joyful, enthusiastic expression of renewal and affirmation, the group's seventh studio recording represents Avalon's evolution to a new level of understanding of God's unrelenting faithfulness. "Overall, the theme of this record is that pure and simple joy," Greg says. "Over the past three years, we've all been through a lot, but now the transition is done.

We're all here now. There's a history here. And we're all encouraged and excited about finding our way together. We've experienced one of the most joyful things you can experience in this life-two babies being born. And so it's like Melissa says, 'Joy has come in the morning.' It's morning. It's spring. The songs are a definite testament to where we're standing now." Produced by Shaun Shankel, Bernie Herms and Mark Hammond, STAND takes its title from Russ Taff classic, "We Will Stand." The original writers of the song, Russ and Tori Taff and James Hollihan, agreed to write a new bridge for the cover of their classic and Russ is featured as guest vocalist on the track.

Avalon, an uncommon group of supremely gifted and charismatic vocalists, is planted firmly as a group and postured for the next decade and the opportunities God will present. Thus far, Avalon has performed in front of well over 500,000 fans and they've soared beyond 3 million record sales. They've recently been welcomed into the Women of Faith family and will be performing at 24 of the events in 2006. "We're especially grateful," Janna says, "to be at a place in life where God is allowing us to be part of something bigger, to see a bigger picture.

That's one of the reasons we're so excited to be included in the Women of Faith conferences. Anytime you have a chance to bring in new people, to embrace a new group of people with your music, it's pretty exciting. Twenty-thousand women in one place who have never heard of us or our music…it's just amazing to be part of that."

Provided by M. Campbell & Associates