Nannie Berry Elementary School

One of the highlights in recording Christmas Without You was the trip to Nannie Berry Elementary School in Hendersonville, Tennessee.  When we decided to move forward with this project one of the things we wanted to include was children, real kids in all their glory, singing from their hearts.  Ron went to school at Nannie Berry, so that's the school we decided to contact.  Like most things with this album, it all came together in less than a week and lots of fun was had in the process. 

The Ban-Joey Bluegrass Band, as we call them, provided the instrumentation for this Bluegrass flavored rendition of Jingle Bells.

This album isn't just about Little Daniel, it's about all of those children that aren't living to see their first Christmas.  God bless each and every one of them!

Ron and Laura returned to Nannie Berry on December 15th to thank the children for their participation.  We'd agreed to include each child's name in the album credits but we also gave each of them a small gift.  There were several people that bought CDs and then donated them back to us so that we could give them to the children whose families couldn't afford to buy a copy, these were also given out on this day. 

We told them that radio station WKDW in Staunton, Virginia had contacted us to do an interview about the making of Christmas Without You, the inclusion of the Nannie Berry choir, and our cause; to raise awareness about SIDS and raise money for research.  WKDW had already been giving airplay to Jingle Bell Rock and had chosen our album to be one of their 12 CDs of Christmas to be featured on their morning radio program.