Announcing: The 10,000 Comment Contest
This site is nearing 10,000 comments. More precisely, we’re a little over 100 comments away. I mention this primarily because I had so much fun with the 3rd Anniversary concert that I thought this would be a fun excuse for another contest.
- Grand Prize (10,000th comment):
- Liberty Quartet’s brand new CD The Journey—which hasn’t yet been reviewed here yet (but I can already tell you it will get 5 stars. It’s that good.)
- Voices Won’s brand new CD Something For Everyone
- Dixie Melody Boys Vintage (cassette – with Harold Reed, Devin McGlamery, Derrick Selph, and Ed O’Neal)
- The Wilburns’ Where He Leads (cassette – with Loren Harris on lead)
- The Greenes And The Walls Came Down Live with Orchestra (cassette)
- Gold Prize (10,001th comment)
- Dixie Melody Boys Heading Home (cassette)
- Paid in Full In All I Do (cassette)
- Silver Prize (10,005th comment)
- The Wilburns Blessings (cassette)
- Bronze Prize (10,010th comment)
- N’Harmony Keep On (cassette)
All titles are either sealed or played once before I realized they were duplicates.
A couple of rules:
- If one of the prize-winning comments is made by one of the staff of this site (that’s a fancy term for Sony and me, who are volunteers!) or members of their immediate families, the next qualifying post will be the winner of that prize.
- Inconsequential posts such as “Lol,” “Yeah,” “I agree,” or “great post” will not be counted. The next qualifying post will win. (Edit: If you post a number of identical posts on different threads, they will be counted as inconsequential posts!)
And if you’d like post suggestions, here are a couple of posts that didn’t get the attention they deserved:
- Publicity in a Post-Radio Genre
- A Conversation with Kim Collingsworth
- An Interview with David Ragan
- An Interview with Randy Byrd
- Blackwood Brothers Sign with Daywind
- Singer/Songwriters in Southern Gospel
- An Interview with Libbi Perry Stuffle
- I Buy a Dixie Echoes CD
And here are a few more that did spark interesting discussions:
- Re-branding Southern Gospel Music?
- What Should We Call Regional Groups?
- DVD Review: Nashville Homecoming
Blame it on whatever you like! Fact is, my reason is simple enough: I have no interest in any secular music. 
(jealous pout)
Comment by Diana (October 6, 2009, 7:56 am)
This should be very interesting, Daniel!!
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Comment by Matt Paasch (October 6, 2009, 7:59 am)
I’ve been reading your blogs through Google Reader, and don’t always pop on to the actual site to comment. I guess I should!
I think you’ll be hearing more from me!!
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Daniel J. Mount Reply:
October 6th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Great!
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Comment by Dean Adkins (October 6, 2009, 9:28 am)
Cassettes? No 8-tracks?
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Daniel J. Mount Reply:
October 6th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Sorry!
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Comment by Paul the Concert Guy (October 6, 2009, 10:48 am)
Someone broken into my car and installed an 8 track player…what a dirty trick! Just kidding!
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Comment by Staclynn Faulknor (October 6, 2009, 11:33 am)
Tell you what Daniel, if you’ll send me the address of the winner VW will send them a copy of “Something For Everyone” it will even be on CD!!
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Daniel J. Mount Reply:
October 6th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Neat! I’ll edit the post accordingly!
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Comment by bwarner (October 6, 2009, 12:35 pm)
I read almost all of your blogs but only comment to a few, in fact this is the one blog I go to first every morning and evening.
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Comment by David J. Stuart (October 6, 2009, 2:15 pm)
Well, i’ll make a comment and hope it is me!!!
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Daniel J. Mount Reply:
October 6th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Sorry, we’re not that close yet!
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Comment by Nathan Stainbrook (October 6, 2009, 3:03 pm)
Hmmm great Idea Daniel…
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Daniel J. Mount Reply:
October 6th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Thanks!
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Comment by Daniel J. Mount (October 6, 2009, 8:43 pm)
Less than 100 to go!
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Comment by Amy Rogers (October 6, 2009, 9:16 pm)
Well, you would pick while I’m out of the country! Now I am never gonna be able to keep up reading the comments when I’m online about once a day! Can’t post as often either.
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Daniel J. Mount Reply:
October 6th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Hey, it wasn’t me who picked how fast readers were going to comment!
And who knows–maybe some weird time will be the time that grand prize comment is made!
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Amy Rogers Reply:
October 8th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Hey, maybe it’s even right now. Or not. You sure aren’t lacking for commenters right now! I need to write another post on my blog … we’ll see when that happens.
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Comment by Aaron Swain (October 7, 2009, 6:11 am)
And maybe that weird time is here!
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Daniel J. Mount Reply:
October 7th, 2009 at 6:12 am
No – we’re less than 75 away, pushing 50, but not there yet.
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Comment by Donna (October 7, 2009, 7:22 am)
Daniel, this is a very neat idea!!!! And, congratulations in advance for #10,000!!!! You have worked very hard and I salute your efforts!!!
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Comment by Ellen (October 7, 2009, 8:17 pm)
I was so happy to find Liberty Quartet’s “The Journey” in the mail when I got home from work a few minutes ago. I am on Track 5 on my first time through… I am lovin’ it, and can see why you are going to give it five stars. There’s not a lot of straightforward southern gospel so far, but I am still REALLY liking what I am hearing. It’s totally top notch! I would love to have the 10Kth comment, also, as I have a LOT of places I could put another copy of that CD!
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Comment by Daniel J. Mount (October 7, 2009, 8:18 pm)
Well, we have less than 50 to go!
Who knows. Maybe you will be the one.
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Amy Rogers Reply:
October 8th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Keep giving hints!
(I am reading the blog for content as well, BTW.)
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Comment by Daniel J. Mount (October 8, 2009, 7:57 pm)
We’re significantly less than 50 now.
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