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Southern Spin Entertainment Artists Shine at 5th Annual SouthernGospelNews Convention & Talent Contest
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The 5th Annual SouthernGospelNews Convention & Talent Contest went off with a bang recently. The convention was held July 28 – July 31, 2004. Many Southern Spin Entertainment artists participated in the event.
Wednesday night kicked off with Sunday Edition performing on the evening concert, as well as the group performing Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. On Saturday evening, the group performed a full set. The group debuted new material from their latest album, Dry Dusty Day…, which was released that week. The first single, “This Well”, was extremely well received.
Thursday night featured a performance by HisSong. HisSong lit up the stage as their energy and passion was unmatched by many of the top groups performing around the nation today. Their current single, “Three Words, Three Nails, Three Days” received a standing ovation.
Saturday morning featured a talent contest for the convention, and two Southern Spin Entertainment artists took place in the competition. Dave Grim performed with a full piece band to the delight of the judges and crowd. OneWay Quartet performed an original number from their current album, Eternal. OneWay Quartet ended up placing third in the Group Competition.
The first place winner of the Soloist Competition, Kymberly Wooten, signed an exclusive multi-year agreement with Southern Spin Entertainment later that weekend.
The talent contest was hosted by the Director of Publicity and Marketing for Southern Spin Entertainment, Chris D. Unthank.
Christlike was featured on the Family Music Group & Friends Showcase on Saturday afternoon. They proved to be a crowd favorite with their infectious country-tinged tunes. “Walkin’ This Road With Jesus” is the group’s current single from their new album, Journey.
On Saturday evening, the crowd was blessed by the energetic performance of Master’s Voice, now a trio. The group just released their latest album that week, entitled By Request, a collection of hymns, church standards, and southern gospel classics.
Closing out the evening was the unmistakable sounds of The Imperials. The group performed a nice mix of traditional and progressive songs, including “Arise My Love”, which earned the group a standing ovation that night. The group is currently working on a new album.
“All of our artists did so well and conducted themselves with class and pure style,” said Amy Marie Unthank, Director of Internet Promotions for Southern Spin Entertainment. “We are so excited that we have such a great group of artists that represent not only us, but Southern Gospel as a whole, so well.
The convention was the fifth event put on by SouthernGospelNews.com, which was expanded this year to four nights. The event included performances by LordSong, Mike Bowling, Gerald Crabb, Three Bridges, Hope’s Call, Woody Wright, Christian Brothers Quartet, The Bowlings, Journeymen Quartet, and many more, in addition to those listed before. The convention also included special guest performances by the
Crabb Family, Joyce Martin, Melissa Greene (of Avalon), and award presentations to artists who won awards in this year’s SouthernGospelNews Music Awards, including Crabb Family, Jason Crabb, Joyce Martin, The Martins, Daywind Records, Mike Bowling, and Gerald Crabb.
About SouthernGospelNews.com
SouthernGospelNews.com has grown from relative obscurity to the industry’s leading internet publication for Southern Gospel news and information in only a few short years. The site includes a wide variety of features, consisting of artist interviews, a weekly chart, late-breaking news, and much more.
About Sunday Edition
Sunday Edition was formed back in the early 70’s as an all-male quartet. Now, 30 years later, the group has reformed as the family trio consisting of Deon Unthank, Amy Marie Unthank, and Chris Unthank. The group has a rich sound with a wide variety of influences which range from traditional southern to country and progressive southern to black gospel.
About HisSong
Based out of Nashville, Tennessee, HisSong has already achieved national notoriety within the group’s short lifetime. The group currently records for Cross and Crowne Records and recently won two Diamond Awards at the 2003 National Quartet Convention for Trio of the Year and Sunrise Artist of the Year. In addition, the group was nominated for Breakthrough Artist of the Year in the 2003 SoGospelNews Music Awards. The group’s current single, “Three Words, Three Nails, Three Days” peaked at #3 on the SouthernGospelNews.com Weekly Chart.
About OneWay Quartet
OneWay Quartet is based out of Memphis, Tennessee. Members include Brian Klinger, Jim Ashcraft, Michael Fields, and newest member David Houpt. The group won first place at Frank Arnold’s SongFrest Talent search, and they were Group Division 1st Place Regional winner for C.A.T.S. (Christian Artist Talent Search) in Nashville, Tennessee.
About Dave Grim
Dave Grim has been pursuing a solo career in Gospel music for approximately five years. Before pursuing Gospel music, Grim had a very successful country music career. Dave is currently based out of Weatherford, Texas.
About Kymberly Wooten
Kymberly Wooten has an extensive background in gospel music, including traveling for many years with the east-coast favorite group Cross’N Over (formerly The New Creations). Kymberly has recently embarked on a solo career.
About Christlike
Christlike is an up and coming group based out Oklahoma. They have an energizing, country-tinged Southern Gospel style. The group recently signed a recording contract with Family Music Group. The group’s latest album, Journey, was released late last month.
About Master’s Voice
Master’s Voice is going places in the Southern Gospel industry. They are such a young and enthusiastic group. They have a charge and energy on stage that is unmatched by many of today’s top groups. They have a distinction of being one of only a handful of independent artists to chart on the SouthernGospelNews.com weekly chart. The group just released a new album, By Request.
About The Imperials
The Imperials have a vast and rich history that expands beyond genre borders. The Imperials have released over 40 albums and have had 14 songs go number one. They have won 12 Grammy Awards and 13 Dove Awards, and they also were the first Christian artist to perform on the Grammy Award telecast. The group was recently inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame.
About Southern Spin Entertainment
Southern Spin is a newly founded organization formed in order to groups or artists in the Southern Gospel and Country Gospel genres. The company strives to help their artists/partners establish themselves in the industry by providing publicity, marketing, web design, and much more. Southern Spin has a growing client base, which includes The Imperials, SouthernGospelNews.com, Three Hills Music Group, HisSong, The Pathfinders, Christlike, Firm Foundation, worldofgospelmusic.com, OneWay Quartet, Dave Grim, Pioneers Quartet, Frank Varney (formerly of Heavenview Quartet), Songsmen Quartet, Holy City, The Royals, Daniel Ray Ministries, Carolan Freeman, WorldofCM.com, Master’s Voice, Peace River Quartet, His Way II, Kymberly Wooten (formerly of Cross’N Over), and Sunday Edition.
For more information on Southern Spin, go to http://www.southernspin.com .
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