Members of The Singing Teens in front of Grace Gospel Church, 1968.

In 1965, evangelist Gene Dalton and his wife Audrey moved with their three children from Minnesota to the small town of Waco, Texas in order to be part of the ministry team at Grace Gospel Church. Soon after arriving in Texas they created a musical group of about 30 young people in the church, called "The Singing Teens."

On the bus, 1968.

This is a picture of The Singing Teens riding in a bus on their way to minister in Amarillo Texas. On the left you can see Donnie Dalton listening to his radio, most likely a Baylor basketball game.

They ministered in crusades, churches, nursing homes, shopping centers, coffee houses, and on street corners in the Texas region. Soon, young people in the group, inspired by the scriptures, started writing their own praise songs. The group was renamed "The New Creation Singers" after the verse in II Corinthians 5:17.

Dalton family photo, 1969.

Since the group was led by Gene Dalton, the other members of the Dalton family were always involved. Audrey was the sound mixer, as well as mom-away-from-mom to all 30 kids. Donnie played guitars and sang, while Sherry played bass guitar and sang. Kent, the youngest, also started singing at a very young age, and eventually played keyboards with the group.