GMA Dove Awards Saturday

GMA DOVE AWARDS TO BE TELEVISED ON KABC IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND

The “Grammys” of Gospel Music Features Exciting Performances and Big Winners

WHEN: Saturday, June 23, 2007; 1:00 p.m.

WHERE: KABC – Channel 7 in Los Angeles

The 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards were held in Nashville at the end of April and are currently airing in national syndication. The Doves is gospel music’s biggest night of the year, where top artists from every style of gospel music come together for a night of music and celebration as the GMA bestows gospel music’s highest honor -- the Dove Award.
And, while the awards are the reason for the show, music performances definitely take center stage at the Dove Awards. During the two-hour show hosted by Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell, Female Artist of the Year Natalie Grant and gospel great Donnie McClurkin, some of gospel music’s hottest and most diverse artists perform at Music City’s famed Grand Ole Opry House.

Some of the show’s highlights include:
· A rousing opening performance of “Lose My Soul” by TobyMac, Kirk Franklin, American Idol finalist Mandisa and a gospel choir
· An equally show-stopping closing and farewell performance by The Crabb Family
· A stirring performance by Chris Tomlin accompanied by Christy Nockels, Ayiesha Woods and others in an harmony-heavy arrangement of "Amazing Grace"
· Aaron Shust’s simple, acoustic rendition of "My Savior, My God" which was named the Song of the Year
· Brian Littrell, Steven Curtis Chapman, Third Day’s Mac Powell and Casting Crown’s Mark Hall, four of Christian music’s leading men, took the stage to perform “By His Wounds”
· Gospel a Capella group Take 6 offers their breathtaking combination of R&B, jazz and pop
· Brian Free & Assurance showed why Southern Gospel performances always elicit standing ovations
· The Doves also showcased some of Christian music’s up-and-coming new bands – Family Force 5, Decemberadio, Leeland and Red – in live performances from Michael W. Smith’s Rocketown club

MORE INFO: www.doveawards.com; www.gospelmusic.org