Music in service of the message.
The January Band integrates music with storytelling, poetry, teaching, and conversation. It now lives naturally inside Life in the Crucible rather than sending visitors to a separate ministry website.
Original songs and carefully chosen covers can help ideas move from the head to the heart—and open conversations a lecture alone may not.
Songs from the Crucible
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Meet the band
Sandy Shugart — Guitar
Sandy blends two careers, one as a leadership speaker, teacher and coach with the Aspen Institute, another as a poet and singer/songwriter. He says they nourish each other, his “day job” giving him the material that is turned into ballads and folk-rock lyrics of life, work, growing, and growing old. Most of his speaking engagements include songs he writes and performs, and his concerts include stories about life and living that resulted in poetry and music.
Stu Kinniburgh — Guitar and Mandolin
Stu performs at theme parks and in other venues and churches throughout Central Florida. Stu also does music therapy for folks with cognitive impairments. He particularly enjoys playing jazz and bluegrass mandolin. He is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who now enjoys a life of music.
Jason Thomas — Fiddle
Jason is a multinational award winner, having taken the top place in the Canadian Open Mandolin Championship and the Florida State Championships for both mandolin and fiddle—twice. He toured the world with the Claire Lynch Band and performs regularly at Disney, The Villages, and festivals throughout Florida.