So I'm back, and before I start you on a little "trip" with me to the other side of the world, in India, I am going to talk about something that took place yesterday...
No, not William Shakespeare's birthday, even though it was... By the way, happy belated birthday, Will...
Did anyone else know about his birthday???
Sorry, getting off subject... As you can tell from my title of this post, yesterday was the Dove Awards. Don't know what that is?
It's a night to recognize Christian artists and their accomplishments, but I like to think of it as a gathering of God's talented mortal musicians on one night to glorify and honor him...
Here are the results:
Artist of the Year: Steven Curtis Chapman
New Artist of the Year: Tenth Avenue North
Song of the Year: "Give Me Your Eyes" Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram
Male Vocalist of the Year: Brandon Heath
Female Vocalist of the Year: Natalie Grant
Group of the Year: Casting Crowns
Song of the Year: "Give Me Your Eyes" Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram
New Artist of the Year: Tenth Avenue North
Producer of the Year: Bernie Herms
Rock Recorded Song of the Year: "Lost" by Red
Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year: "Washed By The Water" by NeedToBreathe
Urban Recorded Song of the Year: "Get Up" by MaryMary
Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year: "Do Yo Thang" by KJ-52
Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year: "Give Me Your Eyes" by Brandon Heath
Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year: "A New Hallelujah" by Michael W. Smith
Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year: "Reason Enough" by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year: "They're Holding Up The Ladder" by Jeff & Sheri Easter
Country Recorded Song of the Year: "I Wish" by Point of Grace
Rap / Hip Hop Album of the Year: Ordinary Dreamers, Group 1 Crew
Rock Album of the Year: Satisfied, DecembeRadio
Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year: Never Going Back to Okay, The Afters
Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year: Revelation, Third Day
Inspirational Album of the Year: Great God Who Saves, Laura Story
Southern Gospel Album of the Year: Lovin' Life, Gaither Vocal Band
Bluegrass Album of the Year: We Are Family, Jeff & Sheri Easter
Country Album of the Year: Around the Bend, Randy Travis
Urban Album of the Year: The Fight of My Life, Kirk Franklin
Traditional Gospel Album of the Year: Down in New Orleans, The Blind Boys of Alabama
Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year: Change the World, Martha Munizzi
Instrumental Album of the Year: Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Various
Children's Music Album of the Year: Absolute Modern Worship for Kids 4, Various
Spanish Language Album of the Year: Aline Barros, Refrescate!
Special Event Album of the Year: Passion: God of This City, Various
Christmas Album of the Year: Peace on Earth by Casting Crowns
Praise & Worship Album of the Year: Hello Love by Chris Tomlin
Musical of the Year: God Bless the USA by Sue C. Smith, Brentwood/Benson
Youth/Children's Musical of the Year: An Island Christmas by Wayne Haun, Shelby Haun, Joel Lindsey, Lillenas Publishing
Choral Collection of the Year: I'll Say Yes by Carol Cymbala, Brooklyn Tabernacle Music
Recorded Music Packaging of the Year: Revelation (Third Day) by Tim Parker, Becka Blackburn, David McLister, R.W. Sims, Essential Records
Short Form Music Video of the Year: Slow Fade, Casting Crowns, Erwin Brothers Motion Pictures
Long Form Music Video of the Year: "Alive & Transported," tobyMac, Eric Welch, Tameron Hedge
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Of course, I have a few comments on how everything went and all, and in case you missed it, they are replaying the award ceremony on Gospel music channel both today and tomorrow.
First of all, I'd like to congratulate Steven Curtis Chapman on his accomplishment as artist of the year. His latest CD and versions of the CD, This Moment, are precious to me. I love all of the songs on there a lot. Especially "Beautiful Scars". To those who do not know, Mr. Chapman's gorgeous daughter, Maria, was killed in an accident with a car. They were an amazing testimony through all of it. I just about cried when his wife came up with him to accept the Dove award, but I didn't because my sister was watching me. (Not Lil' Sis)
We would've had a conversation like this:
Her: "Dude..."
Me: "What?" *snif* *dabs tissue*
Her: You're...crying...*stares at Prism like she's an alien*
Me: Well, duh! *blows nose*
Her: But you never cry...Only if someone's, like, hurting you!
So yeah...
I just wanna say that the award is definitely NOT a pity award or anything like that. He is an amazing person with an amazing God who sustained him and his family during that time. His family and he have been amazing and are an inspiration to me and I'm sure to many others. His songs and his voice are an amazing gift, and he's sure to stay a favorite artist of mine for a long time. Congratulations again, and may God bless you!
There were a lot of amazing artists that I saw yesterday, including three of my favorites, tobyMac, Mandisa, and Third Day.
Did any of ya'll who saw the Dove awards notice that when Mandisa was singing towards the end, the camera shot a lady talking and she said, "She's lost a lot of weight!"...
I don't know if it's embarrasing to say that or anything, but it's true, and Mandisa looked so good yesterday! She was, is, and will be beautiful inside and out! She recently released a CD entitled "Freedom", and I ♥ the songs on there!!!
Anyone heard of Tenth Avenue North before??? They sang last night, and won the award for new artist of the year. I love their song "By Your Side"! It sounded different yesterday, and I started wondering if they were really nervous or something, but the meaning of the song and its lyrics just touch my heart every time.
The ending was good but I have to admit I liked last years ending better. Mac Powell (Third Day) Came out with the Seven Blind Boys from Alabama and sang some songs, and then a lot of people came out... It wasn't my type of music, but that's cool. Everyone likes different stuff..
One thing that disappointed me a lot was the ladies there. A lot of them wore clothing that showed off their shoulders, dipped low, or were a teensy bit too tight. That was really sad. What about standing out from the rest, being a beacon pointing the lost to Jesus, and only pleasing Him??? I thank God that they were more modest than most award shows, but I feel as if the standard has dipped down. Pun not intended... Please pray for the ladies out there in the music business that they won't compromise.
Have any opinions on anything that happened last night??? Feel free to comment!!!
God Bless and it's Great to Be Back,
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3 comments:
Cool post! I didn't watch the Dove awards.. I never even heard of them!
OMG I LOOOOOOOVE the song "Give Me Your Eyes"!! It ROCKS
I also like the band Tenth Avenue North. I've only heard like three of their songs though..
Can't wait to hear about ur trip!!
YEAH! Tenth Avenue North! YEAH! I had a similar crying thing last weekend. At the retreat at my church (which will be soon posted about), on the last night, a bunch of 8th graders were all crying because it was our last night of the last retreat. One boy (Nathan...) was like "Your crying!" and I was ll "Yeah...." and he was all "I've never seen you cry!". It was funny!
Ha ha. I'll admit it. When I watched an interview with Steven Curtis Chapman family and then listened to "Cinderella" I cried for the first time in a long time (but no one else was around);)
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