Metro-based gospel recording artist launches virtual series
Sandi Patty and her husband Don Peslis are reaching out for chats about `sunsets'
With her backyard providing a fitting backdrop, gospel recording artist Sandi Patty and her husband Don Peslis recently launched a series of virtual video chats.
Patty and Peslis took to social media on the afternoon of May 2 to tell fans about an announcement they planned to share later that evening via Facebook Live.
“We're gonna talk about what is in the wild and crazy season. You younger tell your parents to join us. We got stuff to tell `our' generation of folks. #danandcindi” Patty said in a post on her official Facebook page at https:// www.facebook.com/Sandi.Patty.Music.
Patty made headlines in March when she announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19. Patty, 64, a member of Crossings Community Church and the church's Artist-in-Residence, said she had been performing out of state and decided to get tested for the coronavirus after feeling ill. The Grammy Award winner was born in Oklahoma. Her family left the state when she was 3 and she was raised in Anderson, Indiana. She returned to Oklahoma City with Peslis and their blended family in 2009.
In the May 2 live stream video, Patty said she had a “rough March” and spent April recovering.
She and Peslis said they were starting a series of virtual video conversations aimed
at people who are in the “sunset of their careers,” as they described themselves. The pair said they hoped to offer the live streaming chats around sunset on Saturdays. The May 2 live stream chat was at 7:45 p.m.
They explained that the informal chats would be informal and humorous and include inspirational and anecdotes from their lives.
The video launch included bursts of humor, as promised.
The pair waved to another couple, their “studio guests,” who sat in lawn chairs not far away in a nod to social distancing recommendations. And Patty and Peslis, each holding their favorite Sonic Drive-in soft drink, said that the video series might be aptly called “The Cindi and Dan Show,” to make use of their alter egos.
Ultimately, the couple said their goal was to connect with other people who may be in a “sunset” period of their lives, although others were welcome to join in, too.
“Even though we're both sitting in rocking chairs, there's not a thing in either one of us that wants to slow down,” Peslis said.
They talked about being intentional about saying the Lord's Prayer together and how what they gleaned from their time together with the Scriptures.
Patty said their location might vary from time to time but they hoped to connect with their virtual friends.
“We're going to come to you around this time, just 20 minutes around this same time because sunsets change,” she said.
“Each week we will share something that is practical and inspirational.”