A prayer is offered before every performance of the Ocean Grove Children's Show. After the prayer, the curtain opens and the entire cast sings this prayer response. Then the curtain closes, the performers find their places, and the show begins.
One morning in the summer of 1990, this song started playing in Steve's mind as he was getting ready to come to Children's Show rehearsal. He taught it to the cast that morning, and it became a part of the vocal warm-up routine. George Robson IV, director of the Ocean Grove Children's Show in 1990, thought it would be an appropriate choral response to be used after the prayer that precedes each performance. George's decision started a Children's Show tradition. This summer marks 30 years since we first sang "Blessed Be."
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
Now and forever more
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
Now and forever more
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
Now and forever more
Now and forever more
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Ocean Grove Children’s Show - 1990
Choral Prayer Response
Summer 1990 - Stephen Mugglin
This song is placed in the public domain as a gift to all.
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BlessedBeTheNameOfTheLord-PerformanceAudio.mp3
"Blessed Be the Name of the Lord" sung before the Friday evening performance of Pinocchio (2014).
BlessedBeTheNameOfTheLord-PianoTrack.mp3
Piano Track (2020)
