The concert had ended, but not all the audience had left the Church. The band was still on stage and my journalistic instinct called me to engage in a brief dialogue with the vocalist.
The concert lasted two hours, but the surroundings made one suspect that something more was missing.
By Camila Mandujano
People take the opportunity to talk with the band members as if it were an ordinary group (one more difference between a concert by any artist or group and Sublime Gracia Band).
The pastor tells me that the young people of the congregation are preparing hamburgers to raise funds. The goal is to get enough money for a religious camp next month's end. And those who still remain in their seats are the candidates to make the dream come true.
I visit the kitchen to chat with some guys I meet. Some are washing the ingredients, others are frying the tempting hamburgers and a few are in charge of spreading the rumor of a food that would save everyone from two hours of hunger.
The pastor tells me that each event that is held is an opportunity to raise enough funds for the internal activities of the youth. I am moved by the effort they put in and I am encouraged to buy one from them.
However, I couldn't stop thinking about the interview with the band's vocalist and I wasn't going to talk to him on an empty stomach. In fact, I'm not surprised when one of the guys comes back reporting that they need more burgers because all the artists paid for one.
“It's now or never” I think as I take a bite of my precious treat.
With fewer people in the large hall, I approach the stage where the group continues its talk with the pastor and people in charge of the Church. It occurred to me to use as an intermediary the man who had been revealing valuable information to me throughout the concert.
And that is how I finally make my way between empty and occupied chairs to have a more personal dialogue with Juan Tapia, singer-songwriter and director of the musical group.
He tells me that, in particular, the Peruvian public has helped him feel the positive energy and unite with them as one with the Lord as witness. Not only him, but all the members hope to return for a sixth time in order to enjoy it as if it were the first.
In addition, it highlights the fact of worshiping God in different ways and that the important thing is to do it through the mind, heart and voice. One of their objectives as a group is to perform on a stage with greater capacity for the Christian message to reach different masses (taking into account that the concert hosted just over eighty people).
And finally, he reveals to me that they have been invited to go to the jungle to make a presentation. “We are considering it,” he says smiling.
I am able to document the interview with the help of a girl from the Church, as well as a few others from the public and, of course, the pastor. At the end, the smell of fried potatoes, lettuce, tomato and creams such as mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard call me to repeat a hamburger, but it is too late to add more burden to my digestive system.
It being eleven at night, I take the last few photos I need and say goodbye to those who still plan to stay a little longer.
“Mission accomplished” I think to myself. “Now I just need to return home without having my material stolen,” adds my subconscious.
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