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ZOEgirl took the stage next, singing many of the songs from its new CD, Room to Breathe, released in March, including "About You", "Dead Serious," "Scream" and "Reason to Live". For the week of April 8, "About You" was sailing along in the number 12 spot on Radio & Records AC Airplay chart in the US. Overseas, "Dead Serious" was in the second spot on the NCM Euro charts for the same week.

This is the group most in the audience came out to see, and they were not disappointed as Kristin Swinford, Alisa Girard and Chrissy Conway proved once again why five years later and averaging one new CD per year, they remain at the top of the charts and are fan favorites.

Performing their signature song "Beautiful Name," from the album Different Kind of Free, they demonstrated the splendid harmonies that helped propel them to the top of the Christian rock/pop charts early in their career. ZOEgirl referred to "Beautiful Name" as the essence of their music and what they are all about.

On "You Get Me" also from the Different Kind of Free project, Conway is awesome, often demonstrating a rasp in her voice that adds just the right element of edginess to the song. Girard bends low towards their young fans at stage front, going from one end of the stage to the other extending the microphone to them so they join in the chorus: "I'm okay, yeah!"

This was an audience that know their favorites. We could hear teenagers in the crowd repeating the names "Chrissy," "Kristin," and "Alisa" long before they arrived on stage and long after they completed their hour-long set.

During their performance, the trio took turns sharing from their own life experiences about their faith in God and the various ministries in which ZOEgirl is involved.

There is something special about seeing three young women take time to participate in a "meet and greet" with some wide-eyed fans or to see them spend time signing autographs following the concert. There is also something very special when a Kristin Swinford walks right up to you several hours before the concert begins, having absolutely no idea who you are and introduces herself. When you meet ZOEgirl, you know you have met three young women who really do care about the people around them and the people they meet.

By Joe Montague, exclusive rights reserved. (This material may not be redistributed without prior written permission from Joe Montague.)

Joe Montague is a freelance Christian journalist/photographer who has been published in a variety of community, daily and Christian newspapers coast to coast in Canada and the United States. Joe Montague's ministry of journalism is dedicated to the memory of his late son Kent David Montague who went to heaven far too early at the age of 18.