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Commit to Excellence: It's the Difference       9/4/13

9/3/2013

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PictureSons of the Pioneers Click pic for Ghost Riders in The Sky
Joyce gave a book to me titled Hear My Song, by Ken Griffis, for our forty ninth wedding anniversary. It tells of the rise and staying power of a singing group that has been going for 79 years, with no sign of let up. The book has 247 pages, 8 ½ x 11.

Here is the key to the enduring success of the group found on page 7, para 2: “The decision was to go mainly western, and hope to be better than any other group.”

Paragraph 4 states: “Deciding that only dedication and hard work would prove the difference between being good and great, the group set about preparing themselves for the challenge that lay ahead. Beginning early in the morning the fellows would start their vocal exercise and end only when one voice or another gave out. It wasn’t unusual to put in eight, ten or twelve hours a day, perfecting their breathing and phrasing.”

Time proved the precision they acquired via breathing and phrasing to be the primary key that separated them from all others.

Strangely, whenever I mention Luke 16 and the rich man’s cry for water, one of this group’s most famous songs comes to mind, Cool Water. As with many of the songs, it has a haunting quality that lingers. Sometime, someplace you have heard the Sons of the Pioneers sing Tumbling Tumbleweed, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Red River Valley. A large number of my followers love the song written for Outlaw Willie, (Gaby Hayes) Don’t Fence Me In.

 One founding member, Leonard Sly later became known as Roy Rogers. Joyce took me to a Sons Of The Pioneers concert in Branson on Friday last week.

The group’s success is traceable to today’s title, Commit to Excellence.

Copyright © 2013 Larry Lilly

P.S. Drop a note to me and I will share the secret of how Joyce once helped Dale Evans Rogers prepare for a concert at the church I pastored back then. Joyce and Dale became very good friends.
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David link
9/3/2013 11:25:00 am

Thank you for an article that is right one target. Our instant society wants everything right now. We stand in from of the microwave yelling at "Minute Rice" saying, "Come one it has already been ten seconds!" I know that I needed this stark reminder of the truth.

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Oral Deckard link
9/3/2013 11:44:00 am

This looks like my main method of cheating, by which I grab unfair advantage over my competitors who don't know about, or understand, excellence. Hint: An A+ just doesn't cut it. Can you imagine going to a doctor, or driving over a bridge, where those in charge thought 5% error was acceptable?

The worst business that is still in business routinely performs better than an A+. Restaurants getting less than 99% right go the way of the Golden Corral in Terre Haute. The difference between acceptable and excllent is found within 1% error rate.

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Oral Deckard link
9/3/2013 12:26:55 pm

OK, I decided to click the pic. And I'm glad I did. Thank you! Maybe my age is showing because I like the good clean music found in the old stuff that predate the modern random gyrations of perverse noise, but I liked it. And I noticed even more Sons of the Pioneers videos down the right side, and listened to some of them. Thank you. I will be going back there more.

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