My name is Molly Pearce and I love music. I started taking
piano lessons when I was about 6 and am still taking them now. I
took singing lessons around that age as well, but I’m not sure
that they helped me very much. My Mom is the one that should
be given the credit for teaching me how to sing. Most of my
knowledge of music has come from my parents, piano teacher, or trying
to model such singers as Alison Krauss. When I was 14, I started
to play the banjo and love it. My Dad has taught me everything
I know about the banjo and has helped me along with practicing modal
and diatonic theory. In the band, I play the upright bass. When
we first started the band, I was actually playing a Taylor AB2 Acoustic
Electric bass, but this last Christmas of 2004 I asked for an upright
bass and have played that since. I try to practice quite a
bit a day so that I will continue to progress on the instruments
that I have chosen, but hope to soon focus on just one or two instruments
as to spend more time on them. I love being in the band with
my family, and I take it as such a privilege to be involved with
something like this at my age. It’s another privilege
that it is my whole family doing this together. Music is a
common love that we share amongst us and I believe that this band
is a huge ministry for us and hopefully a blessing to others.
My real name is Amelia Marie Pearce, but everybody
calls me Molly.
17
Glendale, CA.
| I would have
to say that sushi is one of my top favorites, but I like
a lot of different kinds of food ... mexican, Indian. |
| I’m not
sure if I have a favorite drink, but I do like Starbucks,
Iced Tea, Coke, and Root Beer. |
| I don't have a favorite color, but I like the look of turqoise and brown together. |
| 8 or 8 1/2. |
| This
is very difficult for me, but I love New Grass Revival’s ‘On
the Boulevard’, all of Nickel Creek’s CD’s,
and quite a few of Alison Krauss and Union Station’s
records. |
| I like a
lot of different types of music, but I’d have to
say that Nickel Creek, AKUS, and New Grass Revival are
the top three. |
| This is
really hard for me, and I don’t think that I actually
have a least favorite band, but one of the kinds of music
that really bugs me is rap. |
| I can’t
point out a favorite band member. I love them all
for different reasons. |
| I don’t
think I have a favorite actor, but Jim Carrey makes me
laugh, and people like Steve Martin, Mel Gibson and Joaquin
Phoenix are really good actors. |
| I’m
really bad at making decisions, and so, if I thought about
it for awhile(a long time), I could probably point out
a favorite actress, but for now I can only point out some
good actresses such as; Goldie Hawn, Katherine Hepburn,
Ashley Judd, Liv Tyler, and Nicole Kidman. |
| Survivorman, Gilmore Girls (sorry), Man VS. Wild, and any soccer game. |
| Oh gosh,
there are so many movies that I like, but I really love “Signs”, “The
Village”, the new “War of the Worlds”, “On
Golden Pond”, “Dumb and Dumber”, and
so many others. There’s really too many that
are at the top, but these come close. |
| The only
cartoons that I remember watching are things like Catdog,
Hey Arnold, or the Disney Movies, but I’m not sure
that I could say that I loved any of these. |
| I really don’t know what I want yet, it usually
takes me awhile to figure it out. But it usually
consists of coins for a coin collection that I have, most
of which I inherited from my Dad, new picks, strings or
parts for some instrument that we’re building. These
are some of the things that I’ve asked for in the
past, but for this Christmas, I haven’t even thought
about it yet. |
| “Only one life, 'twill soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last.” |
| A great bluegrass or jazz band would be made up of any
combination of people from Alison Krauss and Union Station,
New Grass Revival, Nickel Creek, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones,
Edgar Meyer, or Ricky Skaggs. |
| I admire
people like Bela Fleck, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Dan
Tyminski, Chris Thile, Steve Morse, Edgar Meyer, Mark O’Connor,
Sam Bush, and Victor Wooten for how much time and practice
that they put into their instruments and musicianship. |
| Fifa soccer, although I don't play a lot |
| I enjoyed reading
Ray Bradbury’s “Martian Chronicles”. I
also loved reading Jim Cook’s biography, “Under
His Majesty’s Command”. All of C.S. Lewis’s
books are interesting and have strong meanings. Also Andrew Murray's and K.P.Yohannan's books ..... But
there are so many books!!! |
| I like all
kinds of animals, but I love the two dogs that we have,
their names are Buster and Rebel. |
| Football, the REAL one ... Soccer !!! |
| I love doing things to further my knowledge of Christ, .... BUT.... I’ve
always liked really gory stuff. I enjoy skinning
and dissecting rattlesnakes whenever we encounter them. I
enjoy building models of creatures whenever I have the
time. I enjoy spending time jamming and practicing
with my family. I also love singing worship music,
it puts me in a state of glorifying God that I wish I could
have 24/7. Cooking and baking are also fun. |
| I love playing
games, but I especially like playing poker with Wil and
Cate, 5000, Shanghai Rummy, Sticks, Yachtzee, Phase 10,
Golf, Egyptian War, Nerts, Up and Down the River, and Hearts. |
| I love the books of Romans, Colossians, Philippians, and James mostly right now. |
| God is the creator
of the world and the one who sent His Son, Jesus Christ,
as a slave to the world, so that we may be saved. |
| Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God, who came to this world, never sinning,
and gave His life on the cross so that our sinful lives
may be saved. He is the Lord of my life, who, though
I continually fail Him, loves me and everyone who will
put their faith, hope and love in Him. |
| My
relationship with God, the choices that I make, that Christ
is involved in every part of my life, my family, my friends,
music, and missions. |
| To live a life dedicated to Christ and to try
to be as much like Him as I can through music, marriage,
friendship, and parenting, to be able to love everybody
around me (1 Corinthians 13) , to be an accomplished
musician, and to make a successful missions trip to an unreached peopel group. |
| I hope to be married or engaged in ten years, graduated
from college, and playing music different places. I hope to be in another country serving as a missionary, but whatever God wants, that's what I want |
| I
first gave my life to the Lord when I was 4 with my Dad
and brother, when my Mom was gone on a retreat. But
I never actually understood and dedicated my life to the
Lord and was in His Word daily until I was about 12, which
is the age that I was baptized. I now do my best
to have Him lead my life, to stay in His Word, and to love
and glorify Him in everything that I do. I am human,
though, and continue to fail the God of grace that still
loves and forgives me in spite of my shortcomings. |
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