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Merry Christmas from The Noble Family - December 7, 2009

Family photo    We celebrate our many blessings this year!  Since moving to Alta Loma in 2008, the most unexpected blessing has been finding a wonderful church family at Northkirk Presbyterian Church which is amazingly (especially for Bree Abby baptismwho doesn’t drive) two blocks away.  Bree and Chris enjoy being part of the vocal choir; Bree and Julia ring with the bell choir.  We became members this year and are excited about our new pastor, Rev. Karen Greschel.  In March we celebrated the baptism of Abigail Christine with all six of her grandparents and our church family.  Abby wore a baptismal gown worn by Chris’s Great Grandfather.

Girls    Our two girls fill our lives with continuous joys and challenges.  Julia started 1st grade in August and her reading has improved rapidly.  She earned her “100” shirt in November, which means she knows over 100 words by sight.  We read the entire Harry Potter series out loud as a family this year, and First toothJulia’s attention was completely riveted by the plot.  Despite the fact that she has lost 5 teeth to date, she still loves to eat corn on the cob.  She played her secondsoccer season of AYSO soccer this fall on the Blue Dolphins.  She is a born defender and picked up tips from Chris at practice and at home.  A work of art Julia painted last December was awarded an “honorable mention” in the Alta Loma school district Reflections Contest this spring. She takes piano lessons, sings solos in church, and attends lots of concerts with Mom.

Abby stairs    Abigail took her first steps a few weeks ago and is becoming adept at climbing both up and down the stairs.  She turned 1 year old on October 17.  We celebrated with a party including some family and many friends from church.  She enjoyed making smear patternsAbby cake on her tray with the frosting from her butterfly and ladybug cake.  Candidates for her official first word include “tickle,” which she asks for incessantly, and “that” which she uses when pointing at everything, especially pictures.  Other favorites are unfortunately “watch” and “Barney” which is currently her favorite TV show.

    Chris is teaching his specialty, Victorian Literature, this semester at Azusa Pacific along with Freshman Writing and Literary Criticism.  He served on several committees, including General Studies Council, Faculty Senate, and a selection committee for Christianity & Literature’s 2009 Book Award.  Chris was chosen as part of an elite group of Christian Literature professors from across the county to attend a week-long symposium this July at Calvin College to discuss the future of Faith and Literature.   

     Bree’s performance schedule has been reduced because of the demands of taking care of Abby and helping Julia with homework and piano practice.  Bree was honored to be the keynote speaker and musician for the Hillside House “Women of Purpose” luncheon in Santa Barbara in May. She was asked again to provide music for the Glendora Mayor’s Breakfast and continued to speak and sing for women’s retreats, MOPS and Stonecroft (Christian Women’s Connection) groups.  Traveling less has allowed Bree to devote more time to the Northkirk Choir and worship team.  While holding down the fort at home, she works in cyberspace running her Internet Radio Station wosnewlogo.jpgcalled Women of Substance Radio.  She and her review board spend hours considering music for the station and creating shows for different genres of music and lyrical themes.  Bree has taken on all the aspects of promoting the station: maintaining a Facebook and MySpace presence, creating the Official station website (go listen at www.WomenOfSubstanceRadio.com!), writing monthly blogs, organizing music giveaways, and arranging playlists.  She considers it a privilege to promote great music of all kinds by women, some of which is amazing but unknown to the average music-lover.

   Once again we must close with the ever-popular, priceless quotes from Julia:

  • Dad is explaining about how Henry VIII had his wife beheaded.  Julia-“That is SO unreasonable!”
  •  “I wish whenever it rained, it rained Wheat Thins.”
  • “I was following my teacher’s destruction.”
  •  “Every time I look at Abigail, I water my eyes.”

We look forward to hearing from you about what’s been going on in your lives this year.  We wish you a joyous Christmas season and a blessed new year.

Love, Chris, Bree, Julia and Abigail Noble

Bree’s website:www.breenoble.com, Twitter:wosradio

Facebook: www.facebook.com/womenofsubstanceradio

WOS Radio: www.womenofsubstanceradio.com

Merry Christmas from The Noble Family - 2008 - December 14, 2008


2008 brought some major changes to the Noble family. Most significantly, we were blessed by the arrival of Abigail Christine Noble on October 17th at 3:18 pm. She weighed in at 7 lbs. 11 oz. and measured 20 ½ inches.
Just as Julia did, Abby greeted the world sporting a full head of dark locks, sprinkled with a few crazy cowlicks. So far she has been a fairly good baby. She can sleep for 6 or 7 consecutive hours, but sadly never when mom wants to sleep. Julia adores her little sister and wants to hug and kiss her constantly. Julia is often heard exclaiming, “Look! Abby is having her alert time!” The other major change this year is that we moved from our older, smaller house in San Dimas to a much newer, bigger one about 20 minutes east in Alta Loma. The new home has separate rooms for both girls, an office for Chris, and a guestroom (so you are all welcome to visit). We are enjoying the in-ground pool and hot tub as well, though Chris had to learn a few “pool maintenance lessons”—like how to handle muriatic acid safely. The neighborhood is friendly and social. Julia plays with friends in the neighborhood and the school is within walking distance. The new location has increased Chris’s commute a bit, but it has been much easier than expected. After looking at over 30 houses to find the right combination of features, we are thrilled to finally settle down in our new home and community.
Chris is now in his 8th year of teaching at Azusa Pacific University. We were overjoyed when he received a promotion to Full Professor effective this September. In 2008 he presented papers at the Christianity & Literature conference at Biola University and the North Eastern Modern Language Association conference in Buffalo, NY. He enjoys mentoring students who are developing their minds and their faith. He has joined a small writing group composed of other APU faculty members who live in San Bernardino County.
Bree continued to work part time from home doing accounting work for Opera Pacific until the company suffered financial collapse due to lack of attendance and donations in October. After 10 years of challenging and enjoyable work there, Bree is sad to see the Opera Company close its doors forever. Although she will miss the work and the paycheck, it is an opportune time to focus on being “Mom.” Her performance schedule kept her busy this year and included several tours to Northern California and one to Oregon in February. She stopped performing in August due to the impending birth and will perform a few times between now and April 2009 when she will resume regular appearances. “It’s Christmastime,” co-written with Bree’s producer Allan Licht, won 3rd place and a publishing contract in The Next Holiday Song Contest. Her song “My Front Door” won an honor award in the Great American Song Contest. Bree also finds time to run an internet radio station on Live365.com called “Women of Substance Radio.” She chooses all of the music and reviews hundreds of songs by independent artists for the playlist (see bottom of page for the station’s web address).
Julia started Kindergarten this year. She has tons of friends (see quote below) and is scoring above grade level in every area. The teacher said she is a “behavioral role model” for other students, which left us speechless considering how different that was from our experience at home. She is still involved in “Sing, Ring and Dance” and performs regularly in church. She started AYSO soccer this year and LOVED it. She is a born defender, preferring to hang back and prevent the other team from scoring rather than score herself. Once again, by popular demand, here are some more priceless quotes from Julia:

• “Mom, I love fish tacos! You eat the fish and I’ll eat the tacos.”
• “Leftovers are so much better than firstovers.”
• “I have SO many friends, it would take me 100 recesses to play with them all.”
• “If I was the government, I would give everyone two desserts.”
We look forward to hearing from you and hearing what’s been going on in your lives this year. We wish you a joyous Christmas season and a blessed new year.

Love, Chris, Bree, Julia and Abigail Noble
Find Bree on Facebook, Myspace and her website: BreeNoble.com
Women of Substance Radio: www.live365.com/stations/breenoble

Bree's songs on Compilation CDs - April 28, 2008

Bree's songs will be included on upcoming compilation CDs including "The Coffee House Series Vol 1", "The Power Of Music", "Higher Sounds: Beautiful Faith" and "The Christian D.I.V.A.s Collection". Stay tuned to http://www.breenoble.com for release dates.

Bree Named Honor Award winner in the 9th Annual Great American Song Contest - March 31, 2008

Nearly 2,000 songwriters from forty countries entered the 2007 event. Bree's song "My Front Door" received an honor award in the Christian/Gospel category. All the contest results are now posted at the Great American Song Contest website: http://www.greatamericansong.com/winners.html

Bree Noble Named MCTMG Radio's Artist of the Month - March 10, 2008

After making it to the top five artists fro February, on March 10 Bree learned that she was the winner of MCTMG Radio's Artist of the Month Contest. MCTMG Radio is an innovative and up-and-coming radio station out of Nashville (Music City Talent Music Group). Bree is now a finalist for both Artist and Songwriter of the year. Winners of the $20,000 production package will be announced in October. Visit http://mctmgradio.com for details.

INTERVIEW ON CHRISTIAN WOMEN ONLINE TALK RADIO - March 5, 2008

Listen to my interview with Jill Hart about being a mom working from
home, writing music and running my own business. Listen or download
the interview here: http://www.christianwomenonline.net/radio.html

BREE IS "THE CHRISTIAN JUKEBOX" FEATURED ARTIST THIS MONTH - January 1, 2008

Check out http://www.thechristianjukebox.com and you'll see Bree on the
front page as January's featured artist. You can read her interview
and buy music downloads. The site has many great artists you may
never have heard of so enjoy the music.

IT'S CHRISTMASTIME WINS 3RD PLACE! - December 24, 2007

A HUGE "thank you" to everyone who voted for Bree in the Next Holiday
Classic Contest. Bree and her co-writer Allan Licht are excited to have
won 3rd prize and hopefully some great publicity for the song and for
themselves as songwriters. You can check out the winners at:
http://www.thenextholidayclassic.com/

WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE RADIO - December 23, 2007

Don't forget to check out Bree's station
http://www.live365.com/stations/breenoble We play great music by amazing women!

FEATURED ARTIST ON HOT APPLE PIE PODCAST - December 20, 2007

4 of Bree's songs were featured on the Hot Apple Pie Podcast for
December. You can listen here: http://hotapplepie.podbean.com/

"It's Christmastime" in the Finals - December 16, 2007

Bree's song "It's Christmastime", co-written with Allan Licht, is in the finals for The Next Holiday Classic Song Contest! Votes are being taken this week and winners will be announced on December 24.

Bree Profiled by YourAccompanist.com - December 10, 2007

Bree is privileged to be profiled by YourAccompanist.com for their
Holiday Newsletter. YourAccompanist.com is a fantastic resource for
singers where you can download accompaniment for all kinds of
classical pieces, arias, art song, holiday favorites and much more.
They even have accompaniment for vocal exercises and the prices are
very reasonable. I've started using them in
performance this year and not only is the quality great but the
selection is unmatched for classical singers. Check out my interview HERE

Bree is Songwriter of the month for October on MCTMG Radio Nashville - November 13, 2007

Thanks to a piano/vocal demo of a song Bree co-wrote with Eva Wilson called "Love Isn't Blind" Bree has been voted Songwriter of the Month for October on MCTMG Radio Nashville. Popular vote got her into the top 5 and Industry pros were the final judges who "sealed the deal". Bree is honored to be the first Songwriter of the Month to go into the running for Songwriter of the Year!

Bree up for Songwriter of the Year - November 4, 2007

Bree is ranked #3 in MCTMG Radio's Songwriter of the Year contest. Her songwriting will now be judged by industry pros and we'll find out this week if she's been chosen for October's Songwriter of the Month. Stay tuned!

"Gypsy Road" advances to round 2! - October 31, 2007

Bree's song "Gypsy Road" has advanced to round 2 in the Contemporary Christian Music Network International Songwriting Contest. She'll know November 15 if the song made it to round 3. We'll keep ou posted.

"Gypsy Road" named Semi-Finalist in Dallas Songwriter's Contest - October 15, 2007

Bree's song "Gypsy Road" is in the semi-finals in the Dallas Songwriters Contest in the Inspirational Category. There are only 10 songs in competition for the big prize and the winner will be announced Nov 3. See Dallas Songwriters Association Website for more details and updates.

Interview on Podsafe Music Lite - August 15, 2007

Check out the hour-long interview on Podsafe Music Lite with Michael Moss. Find out intimate details about the writing of four of Bree's songs as well as silly tidbits about baseball and women in space. Subscribe to the show and you'll hear Bree's music featured on upcoming episodes. Official Show Website: http://podsafemusichour.podshow.com/

Bree named a Finalist in EnSound Gospel Music Awards - August 5, 2007

Bree made it to the finals in two categories:
Best Contemporary Christian Female Vocalist and Contemporary Album of the Year for "Healing Waters". The winners will be announced at the red carpet ceremony on Sept 22 in Newark, NJ. See all the finalists here: http://ensoundentertainment.com/finalnominees.ht

Bree to sing National Anthem at Quakes Game - July 2, 2007

On Wed. evening July 18, Bree will sing the National Anthem for the Quakes Game (Inland Empire Baseball). Come cheer on Bree and the quakes to victory.

Conference Praise Report - June 30, 2007

Bree says, "The month ended with a BANG as I helped lead worship at the Cal-Pac United Methodist Annual Conference in Redlands, CA. Our worship leader, Jorge Lockward, brought a plethora of multi-cultural music to add to the traditional hymns and choruses that made the event exciting and inclusive. I was able to present a few of my own songs in worship and learned so much new music I thought my head might explode...It was an uplifting and challenging week both musically and spiritually!

Bree Leads Worship at United Methodist Regional Conference June 20-24, 2007 - June 15, 2007

Bree has been asked to be part of the worship team as well as perform some of her original songs for the Cal-Pac Regional Conference for the United Methodist Church. The regions spans Southern California from Santa Barbara to San Diego and also includes Hawaii and Gwam. What an exciting opportunity!

Interview on Active Christian Media - May 20, 2007

Check out Bree's interview with Stacy Harp on Active Christian Media Podcast. Stacy's not afraid to ask the tough questions and tell it like it is:
http://www.cyberears.com/index.php/Browse/playaudio/1257

Lots of Women's Events in May & June - May 9, 2007

Come enjoy Bree's presentation at events just for women in May & June. If you love tea, dessert and cute little sandwiches with the crust cut off along with Bree's powerful music and story, we've got the place for you. See calendar for details on events in Burbank, Tracy, Ripon, Pomona and Glendora.

Bree adds "spirit" to National Day Of Prayer Events - May 1, 2007

Bree will be performing at 3 events in the Inland Empire on May 3-the National Day of Prayer. She'll being crooning the National Anthem at each event as well as a patriotic medley, The Lord's Prayer and some of her original songs at different events. Check calendar page for details.

Spring Northern California Tour - March 26, 2007

After a visit to Nashville for the Christian Independent Alliance Summit Conference this week, Bree sets out on a two week tour of Northern California. Her stops will include Merced, Modesto, Tracy, Livermore, Palo Alto, Patterson & Hilmar. See calendar for details. Hope to see you at a show!
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