Courtesy of EURweb.com:
Don Jackson, Chairman and CEO of Central City Productions, announced that the “Most Notable Achievement Award,” a special Stellar Gospel Music Award for recognition of individuals doing outstanding work in the Gospel music community, will be renamed the “Thomas Dorsey Most Notable Achievement Award” in honor of the late Thomas Dorsey, the 1930s creator and “Father of Gospel Music.”
Stellar Awards veteran Vickie Winans (below) will be the first recipient of the award.
The 24th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards will be held, once again, at the historic Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville on January 17, 2009. The show will be co-hosted by comedian Sinbad and the iconic Dorinda Clark Cole.
Also just announced are some of the confirmed performers for the star-studded awards show which include: Deitrick Haddon, Heather Headley, Mary Mary, Tye Tribbett, Dionne Warwick, and Gospel rapper Da’ T.R.U.T.H., with more to come.
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Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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