Singing News Magazine and the Board of Directors of the National Quartet Convention (NQC) have reached a multi-year agreement for the NQC to present The Singing News Fan Awards on the Main Stage of the NQC, beginning in 2014.
Singing News Operations Manager Rick Francis states, “Danny Jones and I have been working on the details of this partnership with NQC for several weeks. It just makes sense for the Singing News Fan Awards to take place during the week of NQC, during a time when the entire Southern Gospel music community —fans, artists, and industry—is together in one place. We are very pleased about this agreement.”
The dates for this year’s NQC will be September 21 – 27, 2014 at The LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The Singing News Fan Awards will be presented by the NQC on Thursday, September 25, 2014, at 1:15 p.m.
NQC Executive Vice President Clarke Beasley states, “The Singing News Fan Awards and the NQC were inseparable institutions for decades, and we are delighted that the Fan Awards will once again call the NQC home.”
Singing News Editor-In-Chief Danny Jones adds, “The Singing News Fan Awards and The National Quartet Convention have a long history together. Some of Southern Gospel music’s fondest memories have been created on the Fan Awards stage at NQC, whether in Nashville or Louisville. I feel certain that even more great memories are in the making as the NQC starts a new chapter in Pigeon Forge.”
The Singing News Fan Awards are voted on by subscribers of Singing News Magazine, a monthly publication recognized as the “Printed Voice of Southern Gospel Music.” The nominating ballot appears in the March issue, the semi-final ballot (Top 10) appears in the May issue, and the final ballot (Top 5) appears in the July issue. Voting ballots are managed, counted, and verified by a third party accounting firm, Rayburn, Bates & Fitzgerald, located in Brentwood, Tennessee.
The National Quartet Convention is Gospel Music’s largest annual event drawing nearly 40,000 people from 40 states and a half dozen foreign countries to its annual event that showcases the premier talent in the world of Southern Gospel Music.
To learn more, go to www.nqconline.com or www.singingnews.com.
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Ann Boggs
August 7, 2014 at 12:01 pmWill the Fan Awards be part of the webcast?
Roger Crews
September 21, 2014 at 10:20 pmAwesome night all groups were outstanding great song selection felt the spirit of God. Looking forward to an awesome week.
Curtis H. Graham
October 2, 2014 at 4:43 pmMy family and I really enjoyed the National Quartet Convention this past year,
probably more than any other year in the past. I realize that all was new and very
unfamiliar from the past years, however the music and the expressions of the love
of God were just as serious as other years, What A Spirit, was with the entire program.
We noticed several times that the program just lost out when the sound was lost
and this really destroyed the moment. Hope next year to be a lot better. In His Name, May God Bless, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Graham.