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This Story comes straight from a Disney ‘battle of the bands’ movie – young band doesn’t make the cut at a nationowide radio competition, gets called to fill in a slot at the last minute, wows the crowd and wins the competition. The phones light up and a music career begins.

And so the journey started in 1998 when Australian youth group friends Naarah Seagrott (vocals), Brett Seagrott (guitar), and Sam Hatch (guitar) made an independent recording, and began playing local events. Within months they picked up Matt Smallbone (bass), and Josh Brown (keys), and became Alabaster Box. Matt had just got off the road with Rebecca St. James, and Josh was still in high school. In 2000 Alabaster Box gave up the security of full-time jobs to minister through music across Australia and New Zealand.

“No-one really was doing what we were trying to do in Australia. There were some difficult times at the start. When the bus gets a flat tire in the outback, hich-hiking to the nearest town is the only option. You said your prayers and hoped for the best”, says Naarah.

Full time music ministry in Australia tends to bury bands. “None of our old contemporaries are doing it any more”, notes Matt. Fortunately, the passion to reach the young people in the next town far outweighed the heat of a broken-down van in the sweltering outback.

Over the following years the band recorded six #1 Australian Christian Radio hits and saw thousands receive Jesus. The ballad ‘There’s Hope’ won the prestigious ‘Johnny Dennis Music Award’ for ‘Best Pop Song’. Winning a mainstream award of this caliber convinced the band that they were ready to “take it to the world”.

In 2007 Alabaster Box played over 170 shows in churches, schools, and arenas and is on pace to do that again in ’08. Since touring in the USA, they have rocked the main stage at Ichthus Festival, and shared the stage with Michael W. Smith, Rebecca St. James, Newsboys, and many others.

“This generation needs to know of a Savior’s love, and I know that we have a key role to play in that. The calling on our lives is what writes the songs and drives the bus”, says Naarah.
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