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SGM Fanfair / US Gospel News 2005 Fan Awards Top Five Finalists Announced


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(Millport, AL) The SGM FanFair/US Gospel News Fan Awards were established to honor the legends, acknowledge accomplishments and recognize fan favorites within the southern gospel music industry. The first awards show will be held Thursday, August 18, 2005 at the Chattanooga Convention Center in Chattanooga, TN, during the week of SGM FanFair.

These categories will be awarded according to majority votes by gospel music
fans:
Male Quartet, Mixed Quartet, Trio, Duet, Soloist, Male Vocalist, Female Vocalist, Band, Musician, Song, Album, Video/DVD, Lead, Baritone, Bass, Alto, Tenor, Soprano, Young Excelling Individual Award, New Excelling Artist Award and the Naomi Sego Living Legend Award. The Living Legend Award was named after Naomi Sego, in honor of her life long achievements in Southern Gospel Music.

The initial nomination period was held during the month of March 2005. The top five (5) nominees in each category are listed on the second and final ballot. Fans may make one (1) selection from each category and submit the final ballot. Winners will be announced and awarded at the First Annual SGM FanFair/US Gospel News Fan Awards.

Voting guidelines and the The Top Five (5) Finalists ballot are now available in the June 2005 issue of US Gospel News and online at http://www.sgmfanfair.com

Congratulations to these top five finalists, as nominated by southern gospel music fans:

Male Quartet
Shiloh
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
NewDay Quartet
Brian Free & Assurance
Gold City

Mixed Quartet
The Perrys
The Hoppers
Sounds Of Victory
The Crabb Family
The Shepherds

Trio
The Singing Byrds
Greater Vision
Naomi & The Segos
Ricky Atkinson & Compassion
The Talley Trio

Duet
The McRaes
Young Harmony
Tim & Mary Alice Lovelace
LaVerne & Edith Tripp
Expectation

Soloist
Ivan Parker
John Lanier
Mike Bowling
Mark Bishop
Squire Parsons

Male Vocalist
Brian White (Shiloh)
Greg Lynch ( Sounds Of Victory)
John Lanier (Soloist)
Joe Young (Providentials Quartet)
David Phelps (Soloist/Gaither Vocal Band)

Female Vocalist
Jeanie Stephens (The Singing Byrds)
Jonica Lynch (Sounds Of Victory)
Kim Hopper (The Hoppers)
Lauren Talley (The Talley Trio)
Libbi Stuffle (The Perrys)

Lead
Lynn Dodson (Shiloh)
Jeanie Stephens (The Singing Byrds)
Ryan Seaton (Signature Sound)
Guy Penrod (Gaither Vocal Band)
Randy Shelnut (Dixie Echoes)

Baritone
Mark Hampton (Shiloh)
Caleb Cowan (Naomi & The Segos)
Mark Trammell (Mark Trammell Trio)
Rodney Griffin (Greater Vision)
Doug Anderson (Signature Sound)

Tenor
Brian White (Shiloh)
Brian Free (Brian Free & Assurance)
Ernie Haase (Signature Sound)
Tim Johnson (Providentials Quartet)
David Phelps (Soloist/Gaither Vocal Band)

Bass
Stan Luce (Shiloh)
Gene McDonald (The Florida Boys)
Tim Duncan (Signature Sound)
C. O. Stegall (Providentials Quartet)
Mike Holcomb (Inspirations)

Alto
Libbi Stuffle (The Perrys)
Anna Byrd (The Singing Byrds)
Debra Talley (The Talley Trio)
Connie Hopper (The Hoppers)
Sheri Easter (Jeff & Sheri Easter)

Soprano
Kim Hopper (The Hoppers)
Karen Peck Gooch (Karen Peck & New River) Charlotte Ritchie (Jeff & Sheri Easter) Amber Thompson (The Nelons) Trecia Cisneros (The Lesters)

Band
The Singing Byrds
The Crabb Family
Gold City
Jeff Treece Band
Dixie Echoes

Musician
Mark Hampton (Shiloh)
John Buckman (Sounds Of Victory)
Stewart Varnado (The Dixie Echoes)
Jeff Treece (Jeff Treece Band)
Roger Bennett (Legacy 5)

Song
Take Me To Jesus (Shiloh) / Author: Randy Phillips A Crown Of Thorns (The Singing Byrds) / Author: Cager McQueen Carry Me (Sounds Of Victory) / Author: John Buckman Faces (Greater Vision) / Author: Rodney Griffin If The Church Don't Rise (Ricky Atkinson & Compassion) / Author: Ricky Atkinson

Album
Take Me To Jesus (Shiloh)
Kentucky Breakthorugh (The Singing Byrds) Journey (Sounds Of Victory) Southern Gospel Players (Stewart Varnado) All About Heaven (Providentials Quartet)

Video/DVD
CrabbFest 2004 LIVE (The Crabb Family)
Live In New York City (Brian Free & Assurance) Parade Of Pianos (Roger Bennett) Stand By Me LIVE (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound) Live In Dublin (Ricky Atkinson & Compassion)

New Excelling Artist
Shiloh
Sounds Of Victory
The Singing Byrds
The Shadrix Trio
The Providentials Quartet

Young Excelling Individual
Kasey Kemp (Naomi & The Segos)
Misty Freeman (The Freemans)
Annie McRae (The McRaes)
Tim Johnson (The Providentials Quartet)
Lauren Talley (The Talley Trio)

Naomi Sego Living Legend Award
Dottie Rambo
George Younce
Roger Bennett
Les Beasley
Eva Mae LeFevre

Reader Comments

OH come on- it looks like the Singing Byrds,Sounds of Victory and Shiloh pulled a fast one. None of these folks have any recognition or massive fans bases to even get close to this many nominations. Paul Bodens credibility is on the line with messes like this.

Dale Embry


Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 05/30/2005
Have to agree with you on this Dale!


Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 05/30/2005
Tim and Dale-it really fools no one.The groups make the entire process look incredible fraudulent.
Renee


Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 05/30/2005
And what about Young Harmony, in the duet category. I heard that Johnathan is sending restaurant gift certificates to everyone who will vote for them. I'm just kidding. But I did want to let you know that I voted for Sounds of Victory in several categories for several reasons. One is I think they do a tremendous job and another reason is because they have their focus where it should be. Congratulations to all the groups that have been nominated, honestly, of course.

Johnathan


Commented by Johnathan Bond On 05/30/2005
Wow, how does the US Gospel/SGM fan fair expect us to give their awards any credit when most of the names have NO national exposure. Am I to believe that David Phelps was the only full time person nominated for male vocalist?

They had a chance to bring a legitimate fan awards to Gospel music. with names on the list including Gaither Vocal Band/Signature Sound, they are including folks that seem to be left out of the Singing News. BUT come on, these other folks nominated may be great people, but seriously, those 3-4 no name groups getting nominated in every category? HOW???

this looks even fishier than the SN fan awards!
but I am glad to see GVB, SSQ, and the few other national artists recognized.


Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 05/30/2005
Thanks goodness we have SGN Awards and the Dove Awards. All the rest are hog wash. I think between Young Harmony voting for some of these fraudulent ballots and the box of papers these groups must have ordered to ballot themselves, we have a very interesting awrd show.No wonder the show is at midnight. The whole process is a dark one to me.hmmm

Dale E


Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 05/30/2005
I really do like these guys, however I only voted one time. I just gave my opinion. HONEST!


Commented by Johnathan Bond On 05/30/2005
Wow, my name is Jessica Sisk and I personally nominated the Sounds of Victory for several of the positions on the ballot. I voted for them, and also encouraged a lot of my friends to go and vote for them, or whoever else they felt led to vote for. They are awesome ANNOINTED singers who live each day singing and telling people about the LOVE of Jesus Christ. I am assumming that the negative comments about the uprising artist where made by people that did vote...and you are aware as I am that your personal information could only be added once, or the ballot would be thrown out. But anyway...The word of God is Love...Jesus is Love..So therefore, I feel that the Will of God would be to LOVE. Not speak slanderous comments about other people that are living their lives for Jesus Christ. In 1 Chronicles 16:22 "Touch not mine anointed"


Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 05/30/2005
It seems to me like ya'll are getting upset about something really small.... This is the first year for this awards voting and hardly anyone knew anything about it. The likelyhood is that a few groups took advantage of that and ask their fans to vote for them. What is wrong with that? The SN has full page ads asking for peoples votes. In the first year of something that has not been well advertised, a very small number of concentrated votes can make a big difference. There are some great people that ARE nominated for each category, so vote for them and let people like David Phelps and Tim Duncan and many others like that get an award and next year nominate your favorites,and you don't have to be a subscriber to any magazine to vote online NOW.


Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 05/30/2005
I was glad to see Naomi and the Segos get nominated for some awards. I seen them at the Atlanta Gaither Homecoming and fell in Love with the New Group


Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 05/30/2005
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