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2021 Singing News Fan Awards

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Courtesy Daywind Records / Singing News Magazing

Favorite Artist
Booth Brothers
Collingsworth Family
Jason Crabb*
Karen Peck & New River
Triumphant Qt
 

Favorite Soloist
Jason Crabb
 Joseph Habedank
 Mark Lowry*
 David Phelps
 Lauren Talley
 

Favorite Quartet
 Ernie Haase & Signature Sound*
 Kingdom Heirs
 Legacy Five
 Mark Trammell Qt
 Triumphant Qt
 

Favorite Duet
Jim & Melissa Brady
Aaron & Amanda Crabb*
Josh & Ashley Franks
Peyton Sisters
 Wilburn & Wilburn
 

Favorite Mixed Group
Collingsworth Family
Hoppers
Isaacs*
Jordan Family Band
Karen Peck & New River
 

Favorite Young Artist
 Hope Bowling (Bowling Family)*
 Autumn Nelon Clark (Nelons)
 Trevor Conkle (Mark Trammell Qt)
 Katie Erwin (Erwins)
 Logan Smith (11th Hour)
 

Favorite Trio
 Booth Brothers
Jeff & Sheri Easter*
 Brian Free & Assurance
 Greater Vision
 The Sound
 

Favorite Tenor
 Chris Allman (Greater Vision)
 Michael Booth (Booth Brothers)
 Brian Free (Brian Free & Assurance)
Ernie Haase (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)*
David Sutton (Triumphant Qt)
 

Favorite Lead
Ronnie Booth (Booth Brothers)*
 Rodney Griffin (Greater Vision)
 Dean Hopper (Hoppers)
 Clayton Inman (Triumphant Qt)
  Arthur Rice (Kingdom Heirs)
 

Favorite Band
Gaither Vocal Band*
 Isaacs
 Jeff & Sheri Easter
 Jordan Family Band
 Kingdom Heirs
 

Favorite Baritone
 Dustin Doyle (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)
 Loren Harris (Kingdom Heirs)
 Scotty Inman (Triumphant Qt)*
 Paul Lancaster (Booth Brothers)
 Mark Trammell (Mark Trammell Qt)

Favorite Songwriter
Lee Black
Bill Gaither*
 Rodney Griffin
 Joseph Habedank
 Scotty Inman
 

Favorite Bass
 Pat Barker (Guardians)
 Eric Bennett (Triumphant Qt)
 Jeff Chapman (Kingdom Heirs)
 Matt Fouch (Legacy Five)
 Paul Harkey (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)*
 

Favorite Album
Worship From Home (Collingsworth Family)
The Journey (Greater Vision)
 Songs For The Times (Isaacs)*
 Live Like No Other (McKameys)
 Bigger Than Sunday (Triumphant Qt)
 

Favorite Soprano
 Brooklyn Blair (Collingsworth Family)
 Karen Peck Gooch (Karen Peck & New River)
 Kim Hopper (Hoppers)*
 Morgan Easter Smith (Jeff & Sheri Easter)
10. Lauren Talley (Talleys)
 

Favorite Song
You Are Loved (Jeff & Sheri Easter)
The God I Serve (Karen Peck & New River)
I Believe The Book  (Legacy Five)
Can I Get A Witness  (The Sound)
Eye Of The Storm (Triumphant Qt)*
 

Favorite Alto
Kelly Nelon Clark (Nelons)
Sheri Easter (Jeff & Sheri Easter)I 
Courtney Metz (Collingsworth Family)
 Libbi Stuffle (Perrys)
 Susan Whisnant (Whisnants)*
 

Favorite New Artist
Bowling Sisters*
Endless Highway
 Heart 2 Heart
 Jordan Family Band
 The Sound
 

Favorite Musician
 Kim Collingsworth (Collingsworth Family)
 Jared Easter (Jeff & Sheri Easter)
 Gordon Mote (Soloist)
 Gerald Wolfe (Greater Vision)
 Sonya Isaacs Yeary (Isaacs)*

Southern Gospel Happenings

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STAFF

The Bates Family has released a new single to radio.  “We Need a Revival” is co-written with much-sought-after Gospel Music writer John Darin Rowsey.

Congratulations to Phil and Kim Collingsworth!  The couple celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on Sunday.

The National Quartet Convention kicked off Sunday in the US. The event continues through Saturday, October 2.

A Celebration of Life was held Sept 21 for accomplished Gospel pianist Jeff Stice who passed away Sept 14.

The Singing News Magazine plans to launch Singing News TV. The magazine says the channel will be a cross-platform digital television network with Southern Gospel Music and family-friendly documentaries and movies.

Loved pianist Jeff Stice dies at 61

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A man whose love for the piano started at the age of six and continued throughout his life as he became one of the best known pianists in Southern Gospel Music has died.  Jeff Stice suffered a fall at his home late last month and doctors had to perform a surgery on his spinal court.  He was battling COVID-19 at the time of the fall.  Texas Gospel Canada was informed that Jeff died Tuesday, Sept. 14 at the hospital.

Early in Jeff’s career he played with the Blackwood Brothers, The Rex Nelon Singers and in 1990 helped form the group Perfect Heart. He received the Favorite Young Artist Award from the Singing News Magazine and went on to take other top honors in Gospel Music.

Jeff was one of the founding members of the Triumphant Quart.  The group posted condolences on its webpage Tuesday.

According to Jeff’s website, he went through a season of reflection and change in February of 2014. He enrolled in an intense discipleship program for three months. While there, he discovered God in a way he had never known Him before.

Jeff put it this way in his online biography: “While sitting on a picnic table by a creek one afternoon, I felt God’s arms wrap around me. He drew me close and reminded me that he loved me unconditionally and that He had given me a gift to share…the gift of Grace. For 46 years I had known about God, but now I know how to BE with God. So now, I have a testimony to share and I have a new song to play as I start a new chapter for my life.”

Jeff Stice was 61.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

Jeff Stice flown to hospital after fall

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SPECIAL DAYWIND RECORDS

Pianist, Jeff Stice suffered a life threatening fall at his home Saturday, which led to him being taken by medical helicopter from Kentucky to Nashville, TN where doctors performed a multi hour emergency surgery on Jeff’s spinal cord. Jeff also is experiencing COVID.  His wife Stacey says that doctors were pleased with the surgery and Jeff had been able to move his feet and arms off the bed, but there hasn’t be any more immediate progress.

This is going to be a very long recovery for Jeff Stice.  Friends, The Nelons have jumped in to assist in helping the Stices with what will be considerable medical bills. 

If you are interested in helping, you can buy a #TeamJeff t-shirt that will benefit him or give a donation which will be passed on directly to Jeff and Stacey Stice.

Former member of Dixie Melody Boys Dustin Sweatman dies at 38

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A loved former member of the Dixie Melody boys has passed away. Dustin Sweatman died unexpectedly Sunday.    

Dustin has been baritone, lead singer and at one time piano player for the Dixie Melody Boys. He has also preformed with The Mark Trammell Trio and later Mark Trammell Quartet. 

Funeral services will be announced from Ingram Funeral Home in Cumming, Georgia. 

Dustin Sweatman was 38.

(Photo courtesy Daywind Records)