BOOK OF MORMON EVIDENCES CONFERENCE

It has been an exciting and informational experience to sing at the two recent Book of Mormon Evidences conferences with Rod Meldrum, Bruce Porter, Wayne May and Kieth Merrill. I have enjoyed meeting some great folks and hearing compelling evidence that quite possibly the events of the Book of Mormon took place in the North American Continental area. I hope that if you have any curiosity, you will visit the website, http://www.bookofmormonevidence.org/ and read for yourself the scriptural, textual, archaelogical and dna evidences that have come forth.

EXCITING GIVEAWAY ON ANNE BRADSHAW'S BLOG

If you didn't know, I am featured as the giveaway of the week on Author Anne Bradshaw's blog.
She is featuring me because I am one of the contributors in her new book, 'FAMOUS FAMILY NIGHTS'. To find out more about the giveaway, go to www.annebradshaw.blogspot.com
The book is available at Deseret Book and other fine LDS Bookstores. You have to get it because it has great ideas for FHEs and because in my entry, I share the Woodies favorite Family night games from growing up. CHECK IT OUT!

NATIONAL ANTHEM AUDITION

Amazingly enough, I had the chance to be at Dodger Stadium on Mormon night after making the top 6 finalists out of over 500 auditions. My audition video is the link here, but the pictures show that it was indeed an honor to be there with Elder Ballard and enjoy the night. I am glad Shea Owens was able to sing the anthem, as he did the most awesome job and is so deserving of the opportunity!

FLAGSTAFF 5 STAKE YOUTH CONFERENCE

What a fabulous experience! I had the privilege of doing a musical presentation for the kids from Northern AZ just before Sis Ann M. Dibb spoke. I sang 6 songs and shared my testimony with the most amazing kids. There was a great outpouring of the spirit and we were all uplifted together. Sister Dibb shared a great message and stories about her father, Pres. Thomas S. Monson. What a special evening. In the picture are LtoR-Sis Petersen, Sis Dibb, Me and Sis Becky Oldroyd.

FATHER'S DAY DEDICATION

For this Father's day, I am preparing to help my kids honor the wonderful Dad in our home, my husband Sterling Baer. He has done amazing things to inspire and lead the way for our 6 children.
But for this blog, I want to honor my own father, Vince Wood, a wonderful Dentist from Northern Calif who loved to hear me sing Karen Carpenter tunes back in High School. He is the one who really encouraged me to sing, following in the footsteps of my Mother, who has an amazing natural contralto solo voice. He also sang in Music Theatre and Men's Quartet groups, but deferred to my Mom for the stronger talent. I think they made a great musical match and I was so happy to be able to finally record a Carpenters number on this last album,

You're Worth It All

I want to dedicate it to him. He will be enjoying it from the more heavenly realms where I'm sure they have a beyond awesome surround sound system!

RECORDING WITH MY KIDS

You can't beat recording with your kids. Dan, the engineer commented that he was surprised how well we got along in the studio...did he have a glimpse into their childhood? Of course we had our loud-crazy-dinnertime-when-everyone-talks at-once days. But now that they are 'on their own', they are back to being my best friends. This is TYLER, or T-Baer as his friends know him, recording "If I were Brave" from my new CD, "You're Worth It All". I think he added just the right lift for this awesome song.http://www.positivemusicanddownloads.com/store/180/180/michele-baer/you're-worth-it-all

MY RADIO INTERVIEW IS AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW

A couple of weeks ago I had the chance to do a radio interview with Greg Hansen for YourLDSRadio.com It was a great experience to share some of my feelings and stories about how I wrote the music. I hope you will go and listen at the following link. http://yldsr.com/segments/new-music-show.html