NQC - Days Four & Five

First - let me apologize for my lack of updates yesterday. It was a late night and an early morning, and I just wasn't in the mood to sit at the computer and type out a blog entry.

Thursday was another fantastic day. We started off with the HeavenSound.com showcase and heard some phenomenal music that day. (Sorry for no group name - that was two days ago - I do remember the Apostolic Boys tearing it up!). After that, we had the second day of our Southern Spin Entertainment Showcase with great performances from Dave Williford Band, Mercy Rain, Hope's Journey, Bev McCann, The Pathfinders, The Cerces, The Glovers, Vertical Praise, the King's Heralds, The Quicks, and the Anchormen. Two of the standout performances came from The Dills and the new line up of Three Bridges. A lot of people thought Three Bridges would fade into obscurity - but they didn't miss a beat with this new lead singer.

(For those wondering - I decided to skip out of the bloggers roundtable on Thursday. We had our second day of our showcase scheduled - and I just wanted to be there to support my artists. I don't regret it one bit!)

After the Showcase, the Imperials helped us tear down (Thanks guys!) and he headed back for another full evening in the exhibit hall. I caught some of the Regional Artist Showcase and saw some great performances - most notably from Tara Jackson and Southern Joy (their kid singer is amazing!). I sat over at the Allens' booth and caught the Singing News Fan Awards this year (much improved over years past - script was very good and the multimedia was great!). Then Kimberly Allen (of The Allens), Steve Allen (our engineer), mom, Amy, and myself all ate dinner before getting to work! We went to the midnight breakfast with Kimberly and Steve and Bev McCann and her family before heading off to our hotel and going to bed.

Yesterday started with the Diamond Awards. Sunday Edition both presented and performed. We did the song that Amy & I cowrote with Rebecca Peck - "Amazing". I just love Karen Peck & Johnathan Bond as hosts. They were a hoot. Congrats goes to the Hoppers on all their wins - and SoGospelNews.com won their first Favorite Industry Website Award! Thanks for all your votes!

We went and got some lunch after that but I didn't get to finish mine, because I was running around trying to gather up some Southern Spin artists for TV interviews I had accidently double booked while the Prophets Meet & Greet was going on AND Sunday Edition was supposed to be doing radio liners as well! It worked out well - and I did get to check out the tail end of the Prophets Meet & Greet before taking them up to their Gospel Greats interview. More busy work through the night occurred before we headed off another round of the midnight breakfast. It was the same group as last night except we added Tara & Kyle Jackson and Allison Lynn to the mix as well. I think we stayed there until the place closed and just had a wonderful time of laughter and listening to Steve's quips.

Well - we only have one more night. Part of me is disappointed that it's already Saturday and so many of the groups that I wanted to see I only go to see briefly. However, it's also an exhausting week - and I'm glad it's over in that aspect!

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