Carl and Erna Marko
"GODS PLAN"
I ALWAYS
WORKED IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY FROM COOK TO BARTENDER TO MANAGER. YES, A
TOTAL OF FORTY YEARS. THERE WAS ALWAYS TIME TO PURSUE A DREAM WHICH WAS
TO BECOME A RECORDING ARTIST. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT IF YOU EXCLUDE GOD
FROM THE PLAN LITTLE IF ANYTHING
Will
BECOME OF IT. PERHAPS IT WAS NOT GODS PLAN FOR ME. THE LORDS PLAN FOR ME
WAS TO MEET THE MOST WONDERFUL LADY MY WIFE ERNA HERE IN SAUGATUCK, MI
BACK IN 1984.
ERNA AND I
SHARE A LOT OF THE SAME INTEREST WHICH IS MUSIC. SHE WAS CONVINCED THAT
I SHOULD TRY NASHVILLE SO WE DECIDED IN 1990 TO SPEND THREE YEARS THERE
WHERE I WORKED AS CAPTAIN IN A FINE DINING ESTABLISHMENT ON WEST END AND
ERNA BECAME BAKER AND HOUSEKEEPER FOR "HANK SNOW" THE RANGER.
WELL, ONE
DAY A CALL CAME TO FILL IN FOR SOMEONE FOR THE GOSPEL TIME PROGRAM AT
THE "OLE OPRY". I WAS GIVEN LITTLE TIME TO PRACTICE AND ERNA LATER
MENTIONED HOW CLAMMY AND WHITE I LOOKED. NO WONDER WITH ALL THOSE FOLKS
IN THE AUDITORIUM. OH WELL, IT MUST HAVE BEEN OKAY SINCE I WAS CALLED
AGAIN.
NASHVILLE
WAS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE WHERE DREAMS CAN COME TRUE OR SHATTERED. I
STOPPED DREAMING AND TOOK OUR MEMORIES BACK HOME TO MICHIGAN, WHERE I
LATER FOUND WORK AS FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR AT THE WHITCOMB RETIREMENT
HOTEL. I WITNESSED PERFORMERS BRING THEIR GIFT OF MUSICAL TALENT TO THE
WONDERFUL ELDERLY RESIDENTS. I KNEW FROM THAT DAY ON, THAT THIS IS
EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO. ALL MY LIFE I HAD BEEN SEARCHING AND "GODS
PLAN" WAS FOR ME AND MY WIFE TO PERFORM IN HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY WE
OFFER A WIDE VARIETY OF MUSIC BUT ALWAYS INCLUDE GOOD OLE GOSPEL SONGS. |