Go Fish Rocks Shannon’s Market StreetRyan Ekvall For The Prairie Advocate News
Go Fish, a Christian music band, performed in front of a crowded Market Street on Saturday night in Shannon. The audience started gathering around the stage as early as 6:00 PM for the 7 o’clock show, and extended back to the Hermann Funeral Home. The band is composed of three members – Jamie Statema, Jason Folkmann and Andy Selness – who reinvent timeless Gospel hymns and other popular children songs into catchy, up-to-date family friendly songs. On Saturday night, Go Fish performed tracks such as ‘Five Little Monkeys,’ ‘Ten Commandment Boogie,’ and ‘I’m a Soldier in the Army of the Lord’ from their latest Kickin’ it Old School album. The concert was the biggest draw of Shannon’s Homecoming weekend with children, parents and grandparents packing the area for the free concert hosted by Leap of Faith Ministries, a local not for profit organization. Go Fish has over 8 million views on YouTube, has appeared on ‘The Today Show’, and played in front of 14,000 fans in Minnesota for a Christmas concert. In Shannon, children jumped and danced as the group sang on the lighted stage. The show was complete with multi-colored lighting and smoke special effects. In between songs, the band talked to the audience about their faith and the Bible. Explains lead singer Jamie Statema on the band’s bio page on their website www.gofishguys.com, “We’re just different. Our music is almost secondary,” says Jaime. “We take pride in our work and art, but our priority is sharing the Gospel and teaching the Bible to kids. Our success doesn’t depend on the next radio single. The only people that matter to us are parents, kids and children’s pastors. In fact, we hardly put any money into advertising any other way – when parents, kids and grandparents hear it, they spread the word.”
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