2007 SGN Scoops Diamond Awards

The 2007 SGN Scoops Diamond Awards will take place on Friday, September 14, 2007 in the Mary Room of the Executive West Hotel at the entrance of the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center in Louisville, Kentucky during the week of the National Quartet Convention. The program will begin at 1:00 p.m. and is free to the public.The 2007 awards program will be hosted by two of Southern Gospel’s most beloved faces – Karen Peck Gooch and Johnathan Bond.

The 2007 SGN Scoops Diamond Awards will feature performances from Karen Peck & New River, Dove Brothers Quartet, Naomi & the Segos, Jeff Treece Band, Gerald Crabb, the Northmen, Sunday Edition, Amazed, Sounds of Victory, Lulu Roman, the MaHarreys, the New Hinsons, Josh Franks, Relations Quartet, and Loretta Withee.

J.D. SUMNER LIVING LEGEND AWARD:
Roger Bennett
Claude Hopper
Tim Riley
Ronnie Hinson
Eva Mae LeFevre

GROUP OF THE YEAR:
Crabb Family
Gaither Vocal Band
Hoppers
Perrys
Brian Free & Assurance

TRIO OF THE YEAR:
Booth Brothers
Wright Family
Hope’s Call
Alan Harris Family
Talley Trio

DUET OF THE YEAR:
Amazed
Hearts of Faith
Tim & Mary Alice Lovelace
Proffits
Young Harmony

SOLOIST OF THE YEAR:
Janet Paschal
Gerald Crabb
Mark Lowry
Ivan Parker
Kirk Talley

SUNRISE AWARD:
Dills
Brian Bracy
Faith 3
New Generation
Browns

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
Jason Crabb (Crabb Family)
Dean Hopper (Hoppers)
Dale Golden (Goldens)
Brian Free (Brian Free & Assurance)
Guy Penrod (Gaither Vocal Band)

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
Sheri Easter (Jeff & Sheri Easter)
Debra Talley (Talley Trio)
Kim Hopper (Hoppers)
Karen Peck Gooch (Karen Peck & New River)
Lauren Talley (Talley Trio)

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR:
Kyla Rowland
Mark Bishop
Rodney Griffin
Gerald Crabb
Kirk Talley

ANTHONY BURGER INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR:
Roger Bennett
Gordon Mote
Sonya Isaacs
Roy Webb
Ricky Free

CHRISTIAN COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR:
James Wright (Grandpa)
Tim Lovelace
Mark Lowry
Dale Golden
Aaron Wilburn

BLUEGRASS GOSPEL ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Jeff & Sheri Easter
Isaacs
Primitive Quartet
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Young Harmony

FAVORITE ARTIST WEBSITE:
Mark Lowry (marklowry.com)
Goldens (daleandcherylgolden.com)
Crabb Family (thecrabbfamily.com)
Brian Free & Assurance (brianfreeandassurance.com)
Kirk Talley (kirk-talley.com)

FAVORITE INDUSTRY WEBSITE:
SoGospelNews.com (sogospelnews.com)
Solid Gospel (solidgospel.com)
Singing News Magazine (singingnews.com)
Charles Brady (thesoutherngospel.com)
Daywind Music Group (daywind.com)

VIDEO/DVD OF THE YEAR:
Give It Away (Gaither Vocal Band)
Live In New York City (Brian Free & Assurance)
Live at Brooklyn Tabernacle (Crabb Family)
Live at the River (Kirk Talley)
Get Away Jordan (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)

SONG OF THE YEAR:
“If That Mountain Don’t Move” (Gerald Crabb)
“He Saw It All” (Booth Brothers)
“Over & Over” (Jeff & Sheri Easter)
“Give It Away” (Gaither Vocal Band)
“Get Away Jordan” (Ernie Haase & Signature Sound)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Give It Away (Gaither Vocal Band)
Live At the River (Kirk Talley)
Blur the Lines (Crabb Family)
It’s So God (Brian Free & Assurance)
The Ride (Hoppers)