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1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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September 14, 2006

NQC 2006: Fan Awards, Part 1

I got home in time to hear the Fan Awards on a one hour delayed broadcast via KWFC. You can hear portions of the Friday and Saturday night concerts at the same link. Note that the times printed are Central Daylight Time, so adjust accordingly if you aren't in that time zone. Greg Goodman of Solid Gospel is the host. You don't get to hear every minute of the main stage performances, but there's enough to get a good gist of what is taking place.

I thought I'd keep a running commentary like I did last year. If you're only interested in the pertinent info, and don't really care about my comments, look at the numbered lines with print in bold...I aim to please!

1. Brian Free & Assurance kick off the evening singing last year's Song Of The Year winner, "Long As I Got King Jesus."

Roger Bennett and Janet Paschal are the first to get access to the mic and try their hands at stand-up comedy. Bennett's going to "make this quick," he says, and then wastes about five more minutes fooling around with silly random jokes about having to hurry because he has reservations at Steak & Shake, getting food in his cumberbund, etc. Eventually, they manage to present an award.

2. Ivan Parker won Soloist.

Bennett makes a joke about Ivan marrying a booking agent. This is the sort of thing that makes Southern Gospel's "biggest night" drag on forever...Greg Goodman, the Solid Gospel emcee, just cut in to say the night is probably going to run long.

3. Triumphant Quartet sings their nominated song, "Don't Let The Sandal Fool Ya."

4. Wes Hampton wins Horizon Individual.

I'm not sure who accepted on his behalf or if he happened to be there...Solid Gospel had cut away while the award was being presented.

5. The Lefevre Quartet wins Horizon Group.

6. Jason Waldroup wins Young Artist.

This will be Waldroup's last time to win this award. He is not eligible in 2007, having turned 30 this past year. His acceptance speech turned into a mini-sermon with a great challenge to upcoming younger artists about keeping their focus. (Greg Goodman didn't know 30 was the cutoff for Young Artist eligibility.)

7. The Perrys sing their nominated song, "His Name Was John."

The track skips in the middle of their song, abruptly going to another section. Goodman calls it a "track malfunction"...I didn't want to think of Janet Jackson, just now...Goodman cuts in after the song to say Mark Trammell's son, "Will," has just joined the Perrys...in reality, Mark Trammell's son, Nick, has just joined the Perrys.

Michael Booth and Susan Whisnant come to the stage to try their hand at stand-up comedy. Booth uses a Larry The Cable Guy line, and presents Roger Bennett with a pacifier, according to Goodman.

8. Kim Hopper wins Female Singer

Solid Gospel takes a break to run a few ads. So far, all the winners have kept their acceptance speeches brief and to the point. Maybe the evening will move quickly in spite of the presenters.

9. Ivan Parker wins Male Singer

10. John Pfiefer wins Musician

11. Brian Free & Assurance sings their nominated song, "Healed."

Tim Surrett and Karen Peck are the next to get their opportunity at stand-up comedy. Peck gets tongue tied trying to tell a dumb blond joke. I'm not making this up.

12. Kim Hopper wins Soprano

13. Libbi Stuffle wins Alto

14. The Perrys win Mixed Group

Tracy Stuffle calls the Crabb Family on stage during their acceptance speech to give them a word of encouragement, then he gives their award to the Crabb Family. As Greg Goodman said, I don't know if that has ever happened before. The Perrys always find a way to make their acceptance speeches memorable, and they sure did it again this year.

15. The Inspirations sing their nominated song, "I'm Not Ashamed."

...and boy, does it ever sound rough.

16. Anthony Burger's arrangement of "Claire de lune"/"Jesus Loves Me" is played while a series of photographs is shown in memory of Warren Parker, Doug Riley, and Burger, three young artists who died this past year.

17. A group of legends (Ed O'Neal, Glen Allred, Archie Watkins, Jim Hamill, and Eddie Crook) perform "I'm Winging My Way Back Home."

...and boy, does it ever sound rough...of course, Hamill makes it entertaining and draws in the crowd anyway. Danny Jones comes to the mic to try his hand at stand-up comedy. Roger Bennett asks Jones to ask the crowd to pray that the O'Neal, Allred, Watkins, Hamill, and Crook NOT buy a bus and hit the road.

18. Jones announces the DJ winners: John Whisnant, Carol Davis, and Wayne Wallace and also Wayne and Judy Rhear won Super Fan.

19. Greater Vision sings their nominated song, "Paid In Full Through Jesus, Amen."

Kim Hopper and Mark Bishop come to the mic to try their hand at stand-up comedy. I lost my feed in the midst of their announcement of the winner for favorite Band. I'll come back and fill it in below when I find out who won. (Updated now...)

20. Kingdom Heirs Band wins Band

21. Roger Bennett wins Pianist

Bennett's acceptance speech is lengthy, but genuinely funny and touches the heart as well.

22. Greater Vision wins Trio

Solid Gospel goes to a commercial break as a group is being brought to the stage to sing a nominated song. Unfortunately, the break was made before the group name and the song title were announced.

I'll have more on Part 2...

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