who’s on the bus?

a partial list of Praise Caravaners

Kielle Hughes, blogger, webmaster, fan liaison

Bill Williams, head honcho (and a bit of a bastard if you ask me). Front man of FourWord, his old-school gospel quartet.

The Kelly Brothers: Quentin, Quin, and Quilleran. (Don’t blame me; the cutesy Q-names were their mother’s idea.) Singers. Bill’s nephews.

Nancy Wainwright, diva soprano and Quill’s fiancée; huge bitch in a small package

Night & Day, a.k.a. Sarah Jeffers and Shyrene McGill, singers. One lily-white and British, one black and soulful. Great odd-couple duet.

Mason Jeffers, keyboardist, Bill’s comic foil, Sarah’s husband. He and Sarah met while working as cruise ship entertainers.

Jimmy the Asshole, Bill’s business manager and bass voice of FourWord. He’ll get a last name when I’m damn good and ready.

Phillip Davis, soloist, the Praise Caravan’s big draw. Powerhouse on stage, neurotic introvert off stage. Also a tenor in FourWord.

A trio made up of Arlynn La Pierre and her children, naive Tiffany and boorish Raleigh. They sing and play instruments, probably folky stuff. They’re not all that great, so you wonder how they made it into the Caravan, but Arlynn and Bill have some history. She has some kind of influence on him.

a fourth member of FourWord (baritone), possibly Raleigh La Pierre

Rosetta Stone, driver

Darius Cole, stage manager. Gay and very, very closeted.

various pit musicians

sundry stage crew

Clearly we’re going to need more than one bus.

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not on the bus

Kielle’s friends at home

Maura Kelly, the Kelly brothers’ mother

Nolie Baker Kelly, Quin’s wife; financial consultant

Leah Kelly, Quentin’s wife; parochial school headmistress

Benjamin Shea, a Kelly cousin; private investigator

legions of enthusiastic Caravan fans

a vocal minority of overly devoted fans

a few stalkerish fans