4-18-05: We were thrilled to be a part of this years Southern Gospel Music Guild "Late night music event at Gospel Music Week" held in Nashville, TN.

4-4-05: Jerusalem and Forever ship out today. Our brand new videos have arrived and are flying out the door to fill all the pre-orders. Recorded live at the beautiful Renaissance center in Dickson, TN. with a live orchestra, it's available on VHS and DVD loaded with bonus footage. Our special discounted price ends April 15 order here..

3-24-05: We have highlights from this past weekends Heritage show in Kinston, NC. thanks Mary.....

3-19-05: Paul Hopper Claude's older brother and one of the Original Hopper Brothers that started singing 48 years ago passed away this morning at 3:00am from a stroke. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00pm at Ellisboro Baptist Church.

3-16-05: We spent the weekend with the Homecoming friends in Nashville and Fort Wayne. A short clip from the weekend..

3-16-05: We had the pleasure of singing at Mt. Tabor Methodist Church a couple of Sundays back. It was a Birthday surprise for the Pastor who's name happens to be Wayne Hopper (no relation) Thanks for the photo Peggy..

3-8-05: Jerusalem aired this past weekend on the Day Star network. Thank-you for all the nice comments we have received. What an experience to sing that great song in the Holy City. Here are some highlights from our trip with Bill, Gloria and all the Homecoming friends to Israel August 2004

3-7-05: We are 3-4 weeks away from taking delivery of our new coach so I'm posting photos of our current bus that is for sale....

3-2-05: Our brand new videos "Jerusalem" and "Forever" are ready for release this month. Recorded live in Dickson, TN. At the beautiful Renaissance center. A musical journey through 4 different Hoppers recordings of the past 4 years. Including such songs as:
Jerusalem
Mention my name
The cross said it all
God is good
What a lovely name
Joy in my heart
Suppertime
I sing the mighty power
Child of God
And many more....
30 songs over 3 hours of music. Experience "Jerusalem" with a live orchestra and the powerful song "We are America". Click for video.. Order VHS or DVD here..

2-26-05: We have been off this week enjoying a little R & R. Some of us who enjoy motor sports went to the Arena Cross Motocross races in Greensboro Friday night.

2-25-05: Baby update---- New photos

2-11-05: Josh has been working on his new solo piano project to be released later this year. He chose a very relaxing atmosphere to record his piano tracks. Claude and Connie's living room. click for movie. Piano great Tracey Philips produced the project, she was also his piano teacher when he first started playing. photo1 photo2

2-11-05: Little Lexus is doing well, she is still in the hospital for another week at least. New baby photos here.

2-11-05: Nicole Watts Jenkins did a fantastic job filling in for Kim these past few weeks. A true professional.. movie link..

2-2-05: Here are some shots of our first Heritage show of 2005

2-1-05: While Kim has been taking some time off the road to be with new baby Lexus Jazz, Nicole Watts Jenkins has been singing the high part for the family. You might have seen Nicole with the Perry's. It has been a pleasure having her travel with us these past few weeks. She has been doing a great job with the family. photos here..

1-23-05: New photos of little Lexus Jazz

1-10-05: Update from the Farm, we just finished tracking for the Beene family's new recording that will be released later this year. Our good friend Wesley Pritchard was playing bass on the sessions. photo

1-5-05: By now some of you may have already heard about the early arrival of our
little baby girl. Monday January 3rd Kim started having what she thought was
contractions. She called the doctors office and the nurse said, if they
didn't stop by evening she was to go to the hospital and get checked out. To
make a rather long story short, we never left the hospital. Kim was going
into full blown labor and the medicine the doctors gave her couldn't stop
it. Shortly after midnight the doctor started a cesarean and at 12:39am
January 4th "Lexus Jazz Hopper" was born. She weighed 4 pounds 151/2 ounces
and is 18 inches long. She's 7 weeks early and will have to stay in the ICU
unit for several weeks. The baby is doing quite remarkable and Kim is
feeling pretty good too. We covet your prayers for both.

I feel very blessed not only for the good progress that my wife and new baby
daughter are making but, the fact that all our family was able to be here
and not on the road. The Lord is so good!!!!!!! God Bless you all.
Until next time,
Dean...

P.S.
She is really cute!
Photos here..

1-5-05: For the first time in over 40 years the Original Hopper Brothers and Connie reunited for a concert at Ellisboro Baptist Church (our home church) where they first sang together 48 years ago. The response to the event was just overwhelming, by the time the family walked on stage there were no seats available in the church, choir loft, lobby and finally the fire marshal said "no more people". It was truly a joyous Homecoming.

1-3-05: Highlights from the Homecoming Christmas tour

1-3-05: Getting to know Josh Simpson

11-28-04: Highlights from our concert in Eden, NC. It was our 47th year celebration in Gospel music.

11-25-04: Just released for the first time on DVD. "Live in Greenville" with our special guest The Cathedrals on there last tour to the Carolinas. We have this in our on-line store in VHS, DVD or CD. When you order the video or DVD you get the CD free. click here

11-15-04: We will be traveling in a new coach starting in January 05. The conversion company has just started on the inside work. Coach 05

11-15-04: Cruise photos here.... forgive for the fuzzy photos

11:15:04: Here is Claude enjoying his 2nd favorite thing to do. Farm life...

11-11-04: Please keep Kim and all the Greene family in your prayers for the loss of there father. The funeral service was held yesterday in Boone, NC.

10-18-04: More highlights from our video shoot. Backstage and out front - Rehearsal shots

9-26-04: We have been so busy getting ready for our video shoot this Friday in Dickson, TN. we have not even had time to post a few things from NQC. Thank-you for once again voting Kim your favorite Soprano Here is a portion of Friday night's performance with the choir. movie - photos

9-10-04: Press release for "Generations"

9-2-04:We just returned from Jerusalem, where we filmed a new Homecoming video that will be released next spring. The setting was perfect, we filmed in David's
Citadel Museum at Jaffa Gate, it was breathtaking. We were on the ground
only 48 hours but we took in as much as we could in that short time. Words
cannot describe the feeling you get as walk the streets of the Holy City, we
were once again honored to be a part of this event. photo1 photo2 clip from rehearsal at the Jaffa gate video

7-26-04: At a recent concert in Waynesboro, MS. A gentlemen walked up to us and introduced himself, we started talking with him and noticed his accent was Australian. He said he was in Mississippi holding revivals and came over to attend the concert. His name is Les Garrett he's from Queensland, Australia. And he is the author of a song known around the world "This is the day that the lord has made".

7-26-04: Kim was off the road for a couple of days last week to film a TV show for the INSP network. In her absence we called on Karen Ham McGlamery to fill in, she is the daughter of Allen Ham who sang tenor with Heaven Bound and she is married to Devin McGlamery who sings with the Dixie Melody Boys.Thanks Karen.. photo1 photo2

7-26-04:Meet the writer of "Jerusalem"

7-26-04:Without a doubt this years Canadian fan festival was one of the best since we have been attending. Thank-you to all our friends in the Northwest for a wonderful weekend.

6-27-04: Here are a few shots I found from our trip out to Washington last month. photo1 photo2 photo3 photo4

6-17-04: We were recently near our home in Kernersville, NC. It's always nice to sing for the home folks. Photos thanks Mary.....

6-13-04: I found this in the video archive, this is what we were doing this time last year. movie We are starting on a brand new project this week. It will be released in September at the NQC, the song selection for this recording will go along with the theme of our upcoming "Hopper Heritage Tour" starting in January 2005. Stay tuned for more info....

6-11-04: The balloting for the 2004 SGN SCOOPS DIAMOND AWARDS TOP TEN is now
complete. All ballots have been received, counted, and certified. Both Claude and Connie
have been nominated as a FINALIST for the J.D. SUMNER LIVING LEGEND AWARD. Go to www.sgnscoops.com and cast your vote on-line.

6-11-04: We were recently honored with a invitation to perform "We Are America" at the Texas state Republican convention in San Antonio, TX. Here are some shots of the day. Letter from the President of the convention. click here

5-24-04: We have made it back to North Carolina, it's so good to be home. Thanks to all the wonderful friends in Canada who came out to the shows and made us feel right at home. Here are a few shots from our concerts in Chiliwack and Kewlona British Columbia. Ivan Parker was our special guest on these 2 concerts. Thanks to Wayne Dick for hosting these events... photos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

More photos from the Great Western Fan Festival 2004

We started our Western Canadian Homecoming tour in Winnipeg, MB. on May 12. It was snowing and 32 degrees when we arrived, by the time the show was over they had shut down the roads to our next destination in Saskatoon, SK. We tried to leave out the next morning as early as possible but we could not make it to Saskatoon in time to do the show so it was canceled and we spent May 13 traveling on to Calgary for the show at the Pengrowth Saddledome. We all stopped at a truckstop in the middle of nowhere to have lunch and stretch our legs and the the snow ball fights started......Photos here...

We have Clips, movies and highlights of the 2004 Great Western Fan Festival now on-line.

After the Fan Festival we visited the Red Wood forest Photo 1 Photo 2

Dean and Kim attended this years Dove Awards in Nashville, TN. A few shots from the evening Kim and Vince Gill Kim and Amy Grant Kim and Sandi Patty Kim and Judy Martin

Our family has been honored with 2 Dove Award nominations this year. Southern Gospel album "Great Day" and Bluegrass song "She found Jesus alive". Dove Award Nominations

We were in South Carolina recently and Connie had to come home early to sing at a funeral, so we called on our good friend Erika Pritchard daughter of Wesley Pritchard from Fayetteville, NC to fill in. She did a terrific job and we thank her for helping us out. hi-speed dial-up

January and February have been very busy for our family so far. The Homecoming Tour made it's swing through the Carolinas and Fayetteville, NC is always on of our favorite spots. Here is some video clips from the evenings concert. jerusalem hi-speed jerusalem dial-up child of God hi-speed child of God dial-up shouting time hi-speed shouting time dial-up.

We hope you had a Merry Christmas and that this New Year will bring you Joy and Happiness.

On November 29, 2003 we celebrated 46 years in gospel music with our special guest Kirk Talley and the Inspirations in Eden, NC. at the Morehead Hi-School. Photos from the concert are available here. Photos Thank-you Mary Hamilton.....

Thank-you to all our friends in the Northwest who made our recent tour out a great one. It had been a few years since we had visited Seattle and Yakima, WA. And our good friends up in British Columbia, it was a wonderful tour movie hi-speed movie dial-up. photo1 photo2 photo3

We went back to Nashville for the orchestration sessions for our new project. The energy produced from a live Orchestra is just amazing. Here are some highlights. Remember you need at least Quicktime 5 to play the movies. You can download it for free from the Quicktime link above. (Dial-Up) (Hi- Speed)