Jesus Fest 1998
and The Legacy Kickoff event

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Mitch McVicker and the Kid Brothers opened the concert. Mitch, who has come a very long way since the accident that took his friend's life, explained that because of his continued double vision, the crowd looked twice as big as it probably was.	In addition to continued vision difficulties, Mitch's voice is also still recovering (though many could not tell a difference). He wanted us to know that though he felt he wasn't quite ready to tour, he wanted to get out and give us what he could - and we showed our appreciation.	Mitch played a couple songs from his recently released self-titled CD, the one he and Rich had just finished recording the day of the accident. They also played a couple songs from the Canticle of the Plains.	Eric Hauck met Rich in the spring of 1997, and then joined that summer's tour. Now Eric has joined Mitch as part of the Kid Brothers, and brings a wonderful mix of instrumentation to Mitch's music.
In addition to covering cello, acoustic bass, mandolin, and others, Eric's high voice adds to great harmonies. Eric also tours with Rebecca St James off and on, when the Kid Brothers have breaks in their schedule.	Michael Aukofer, the third member of Kid Brothers, met both Rich and Mitch at Friends University. Many fans of Rich's music are extremely grateful that Michael is carrying on the tradition of the hammered dulcimer in Contemporary Christian music.	Michael, flashing his winning smile, also brings an interesting, wide variety of instrumentation and percussion to Mitch's music. Here he plays the washboard on "The Lemonade Song," the favorite of many fans. Michael spends a lot of his spare time producing other artists.	The Legacy wants to inform people about Native American ministry. Wil Seciwa, a Zuni youth worker from New Mexico, was the first to share with us about life and ministry on the reservation.