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1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars) Click title to purchase at CBD.com...click artist name to read Dave's Review. A CD will automatically fall out of the Top Eight after twelve months if no CD surpasses it before then.
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-----------May 18, 20072007 Singing News Top Five Fan Awards And then there were five. Click HERE to view the complete list of finalists for the 2007 Singing News Fan Awards. I'd love to see the following winners on September 13: *Male Singer - Arthur Rice Female Singer - Sheri Easter Horizon Group - Ball Brothers Horizon Individual - Jeremy Lile *Musician - Jeff Stice *Young Artist - Scott Inman Songwriter - Dianne Wilkinson Song - "My Anchor Of Hope" Album - Revival by Gold City Group - Triumphant Quartet Tenor - Brian Free *Lead - Arthur Rice Baritone - Mark Trammell Bass - Eric Bennett Alto - Debra Talley *Soprano - Lauren Talley *The asterisks are for nominations I recommended from the very beginning. I went ahead and put asterisks for Arthur Rice and Lauren Talley under "Lead" and "Soprano" as well, since they were my original picks for the overall "Male"and "Female" categories. Labels: Fan Awards, Singing News March 16, 20072007 Singing News Top Ten Fan AwardsTop Ten Nominations By now, you may have already read that Singing News announced the Fan Award nominees for 2007. Click HERE for the complete list. As it stands at the moment, there are ten categories with ten nominees. Subscribers who receive the May 2007 issue of Singing News will have the opportunity to vote and narrow the field down to five nominations in each category. Subscribers who receive the July 2007 issue will then determine the final outcome. I didn't mail in a ballot, since I'm writing reviews for the Singing News now. If I had, here's who would have received my votes: Group - Dove Brothers Quartet *Male Singer - Arthur Rice *Female Singer - Lauren Talley Horizon Group - Skyline Boys Horizon Individual - Bryan Elliott *Musician - Jeff Stice *Young Artist - Scott Inman *Songwriter - Kyla Rowland Song - "Sky Full Of Angels" Album - Everyday by Mark Bishop Those marked with asterisks made it past the first round. I'd stick with them on the next ballot, of course. In the categories I missed, I'd go with the following : Group - Brian Free & Assurance Horizon Group - Crist Familiy Horizon Individual - Jeremy Lile Song - "My Anchor Of Hope" Album - Revival by Gold City Part Categories Return Along with the announcement of the nominees, Singing News has reactivated six categories that had previously been slated for deletion. In May, subscribers will vote to determine five nominees each for Tenor, Lead, Baritone, Bass, Soprano, and Alto categories. Here's how 2007 compares to 2006: 1. 13 categories from 2006 have been retained. These include Female, Male, Songwriter, Song, Horizon Individual, Horizon Group, Album, Tenor, Lead, Baritone, Bass, Soprano, and Alto. 2. The separate categories for Pianist and Musician have been combined to create a single Musician category. 3. The category for Young Artist has been retained with modifications. 2007 nominees must be no older than 25 and previous winners are ineligible. The previous requirement was that artists be 30 or younger. 4. Mixed Group, Traditional Quartet, and Trio categories have been combined to create an overall Group category. 5. Soloist, Band, Website, Small Market DJ, Medium Market DJ, and Large Market DJ have been eliminated. (Soloists are eligible in the overall Male or Female category.) There were 22 presentations and 23 acceptance speeches in 2006. (The extra speech was due to a "statistical tie" for the Traditional Group category.) Also, there was a point in the program where the three DJ categories were announced. Reducing the number of categories to 10 at first was probably an over-reaction to complaints regarding the length of the ceremony. They can always leave off the six vocal part presentations when editing it down to a length suitable for a TV special if length is still an issue for that department. All things considered, this is a good compromise. Labels: Fan Awards, Observations, Singing News February 27, 20072007 Singing News Fan Awards BallotIt's already time to submit nominations for the Singing News Fan Awards. The list of categories is a LOT shorter this year. Although they took the axe to more award categories than I would have liked, I do hope this reduction in categories elevates the honor of winning in years to come. One thing is for sure (barring a rash of "statistical ties"), every singer and their DJ sister will not be receiving a Fan Award this year. The following are my favorites right now: 1. Group - Dove Brothers Quartet 2. Male Singer - Arthur Rice 3. Female Singer - Lauren Talley 4. Horizon Group - Skyline Boys 5. Horizon Individual - Bryan Elliott 6. Musician - Jeff Stice 7. Young Artist - Scott Inman 8. Songwriter - Kyla Rowland 9. Song - "Sky Full Of Angels" 10. Album - Everyday by Mark Bishop If you're a Singing News subscriber, be sure to get your ballots in the mail right away. The deadline is March 12. That's the date the Singing News must receive your ballot. They don't go by your postmark. Speaking of the ballot due date, one rule I don't like this year is the eligibility period for Song and Album. I'm glad the year of eligibility is specifically spelled out, but using April 2006-March 2007 AND requiring ballots to be in by March 12th is unfair to artists with projects releasing in March. You can't vote for Mark Trammell's new CD, for example, unless you run out and buy it on March 6, listen to it to see if it's really the best, then cross your fingers hoping your ballot gets to the Singing News office by March 12. If any projects are releasing later in March, it's impossible to vote for them unless you lie...saying it's your favorite when you haven't even heard it. The eligibility period ought to be March 2006-February 2007. Labels: Fan Awards, Singing News 
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