NQC 2007: Follow-Up Suggestions My first National Quartet Convention was one of the most amazing events I’ve ever been a part of. It would be hard to improve something this good, but I did keep an eye out for ideas throughout the week. Here are a few ways in which NQC could possibly be improved: Move the vendors’ hall closer....

Announcing SoGospelBlog.com I’ve acquired the domain name SoGospelBlog.com, since it was pointed out that some people type that domain when trying to get to this blog. It should now refer you directly. Many of you bookmark the site or use RSS feed, and you don’t need to change anything, since I will keep both the...

Hear me Live on the Radio Once in a while, I post about my writing and speaking here in addition to my daily Southern Gospel posts. Some of you may be interested to hear that I’ll be doing quite a few radio interviews on my most book (The Faith of America’s Presidents) over the next couple of weeks. I believe that all of...

SouthernGospelBlog.com celebrates its first birthday! One year ago today, I launched SouthernGospelBlog.com with this post: Other bloggers have considered that their position as a commentator gives them the platform to post harsh criticism or unsubstatiated malicious rumors. I disagree. This blog is to inform Southern Gospel artists and fans about current...

Random Thoughts: God Leads Us Along Has anyone noticed that the first and third lines of the verses of “God Leads Us Along” and “I Won’t Have to Cross Jordan Alone” are virtually...

Louisville Courier-Journal on NQC Here’s the Louisville Courier-Journal NQC article. I was happy to see that my friend Sony Elise was quoted. I didn’t care for the article’s ending, but at least there were no pick suits this...

NQC 2007: Photos from Bloggers’ Conference Courtesy of Aaron Crisler, here are two photos from the 2007 NQC Bloggers’ Conference. He has many more NQC Photos posted at Gospel Music Update. From left to right: Kathy Jackson, Paul Jackson, Adam Edwards, Aaron Swain, Lottie Squires, Doug Harrison, Daniel Mount, Kyle Boering, Daniel Britt, Chuck...

NQC 2007: Wrap-up I intentionally wrote my blog posts before reading what other commentators said, so that my opinions were genuinely my own. (I did talk a few things over with Adam Edwards, but I still wrote my posts before reading his.) With that in mind, with an event of the magnitude of NQC, there are untold dozens of...

NQC 2007: Saturday: Evening Concert After songs from the winners of the solo and group talent contests, Kim Collingsworth got the final night of the convention under way with a rendition of what appears to be becoming her signature song, “How Great Thou Art.” She received a standing ovation. The Perrys came on a little later,...

NQC 2007: Saturday: Pianorama This year marked Gerald Wolfe’s first time to moderate the Pianorama / Parade of Pianos, a position previously held by Roger Bennett and by Anthony Burger. He did a superb job during the first half; Dino moderated the second half. The first half of the program had songs by several of the most notable...