Gospel Sunday, April 5 – 5 pm, Main Stage, First Ward Park

Patrick Love is a stellar award-winning writer, producer and arranger. His career began in 1994, with inspiration from Donald Lawrence, who attended his church, Salem Baptist Church.Lawrence helped to foster Love’s career by signing him, along with his choir, to the label that he co-owned, Crystal Rose Records.Lawrence helped to produce the two albums that Love released.The 1994 release of Wait on the Lord was Love’s breakthrough release on the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums at No. 18. His second album, The Vision, was released on March 10, 1998,and it charted at No. 16 on the aforementioned chart.