David Bruce Murray
Jan 25, 2010
NQC
NQC 2010 Initial Schedule
NQC has posted their initial main stage schedule (subject to change/additions) for 2010. The most notable items are:
1. Monday night won’t be limited to quartets. Boo!
2. Squire Parsons is back. That’s good. Parsons is one of my favorite singer/songwriters in Southern Gospel.
3. Several artists will make their main stage debuts including the Hunters (never mind…they debuted in 2009), Liberty, Dailey & Vincent, and the Ball Brothers.
I’m not familiar with the Hunters. If I’m looking at the correct website, they have seven members.
I’ve already mentioned that the Ball Brothers are way overdue for an invitation to sing on the main stage. Liberty Quartet is very good on CD. I’m looking forward to hearing them in person. Dailey & Vincent is probably being tested as a main stage replacement for Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, whose performance last year was underwhelming. Plus, the recent addition of a former SG bass singer to Dailey & Vincent has to be viewed as icing on the cake from NQC’s perspective.
4. The Anchormen are returning after failing to appear last year. I’ve only heard their CD, but they have made great strides…particularly at the bass singing position. The Chuck Wagon Gang and Southern Sound are back as well. In all three cases, there were membership changes in recent months that may have helped their respective cases with the NQC board.
5. The Gaither Vocal Band is listed for Friday night, but there’s no sign of Ernie Haase & Signature Sound. (Actually, EH&SS are listed for the Together showcase on Wednesday…just not for a main stage appearance.) (I am blind. They ARE listed for Thursday night.)
6. Ivan Parker and Janet Paschal are curiously listed as “ministries.”
7. The Dixie Melody Boys have been cut back to one night. I doubt THIS comment (which I made a few days ago) had anything to do with it, but the board must have had a similar impression.
8. NQC got the memo about the name change for the Mark Trammell Quartet, but didn’t get the latest information about the LeFevre Quartet.
