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NEWS: Monday June 02 - 2008
 
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KASEY AND THE SEGOS?
KEMP AND HORNER PLAY THE NAME GAME
 
DIAMOND AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
OFFICIAL BALLOT ONLINE
 
GENE McDONALD GUESTS ON XM RADIO
 
DOYLE LAWSON AT KENNEDY CENTER
 
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KASEY AND THE SEGOS?
KEMP AND HORNER PLAY THE NAME GAME
According to reporters at the Christian Voice Magazine (www.christianvoicemagazine.com),. former Segos members, Kasey Kemp and Judson Horner, have informed Naomi Sego Reader that she can no longer use "The Segos" as part of her group name.  Naomi says she received a letter from Kemp and Horner stating that they now own the name.
 
The magazine says their investigation indicates that the x-Segos jointly registered "the Segos" as an LLC (Limited Liability Company). Public records show that the paperwork was signed by Kasey and Judson on April 28, 2008, and filed in the state of North Carolina, on May 7th.  Additionally,.. Horner registered the web domain, www.thesegos.com, on April 15th.  The following month (May, 2008).. the pair resigned their positions with Naomi and the Segos.
 
Naomi told the Christian Voice.. that she has hopes for a peaceful resolve and desires the prayers of her friends and supporters.
 
*see the actual public record here: www.southerngospelreporter.com/segospublicrecord
 
 
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DIAMOND AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
OFFICIAL BALLOT ONLINE
Allen Smith, editor of SGN Scoops Magazine, has announced the nominees for the 2008 Diamond Awards. The official Top 5 online ballot is now available for fans to view. The winners will be honored at a special awards program.. scheduled for Friday, September 12, in Louisville, Kentucky.. during National Quartet Convention week. The awards show will be hosted by Karen Peck Gooch (Karen Peck & New River) and Johnathan Bond (Young Harmony).
 
Here are the top five nominees in just a few of the categories:
 
J.D. SUMNER LIVING LEGEND AWARD: 
Brian Dockins, Eva Mae LeFevre, Lulu Roman, Peg McKamey Bean, Ronnie Hinson

GROUP OF THE YEAR:
Brian Free & Assurance, Gaither Vocal Band, The Hoppers, The Isaacs, The McKameys

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
Ronnie Booth (Booth Brothers), Brian Free (Brian Free & Assurance), Dean Hopper (The Hoppers), Dennis Humphries (HisSong), Guy Penrod (Gaither
Vocal Band)

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR:
Kelly Bowling (Mike & Kelly Bowling), Sheri Easter (Jeff & Sheri Easter), Karen Peck Gooch (Karen Peck & New River), Kim Hopper (The Hoppers),
Sonya Isaacs (The Isaacs)

SONG OF THE YEAR:
“Even On Monday” (Amazed), “Garden of Grace” (Kirk Talley), “I Can Pray” (Dove Brothers), “I Still Have It All” (HisSong), “The One I’m Dying For” (The Isaacs)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Big Sky (The Isaacs), Journey of Joy (Karen Peck & New River), Mercy Answered (The Pathfinders), On the Way Up (HisSong), The Old Path (The
McKameys)

visit: www.diamondawardsonline.com
 
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GENE McDONALD GUESTS ON XM RADIO
Gene McDonald, formerly of the Florida Boys, is the special guest on the next broadcast edition of Daniel Britt & Friends. During the show,.. Gene talks about changing from tenor to
bass,.. and about traveling as a featured performer on the Gaither Homecoming Tour. The program will also feature Gene's new solo CD, "In Times Like These."

Daniel Britt & Friends is heard each week on XM Satellite Radio's enLighten 34. (check www.enlighten34.com for air dates and times) After the broadcast, fans can download the
extended interview from www.danielbritt.com.
 
 
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DOYLE LAWSON AT KENNEDY CENTER
Multi-award winning vocal group, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver performed on the Millennium Stage of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. last week. The east Tennessee native and his band are riding high on the success of their current recording, Help Is On The Way, from Crossroads Entertainment. Quicksilver delighted the audience at the Kennedy Center with several songs from the recording, including the title cut and an a cappella tune, “He Made It Alright.”
 
 
 
 
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Attention artists and record promoters:  The best way to let fans preview your new single release,.. is by having your song featured on our new FRONT PAGE MUSIC PLAYER. Fans will preview the entire song, not just a clip.  With some advertising packages.. your new song will be made available to radio DJs for air play.
 
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Birthday
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS 
 
Martha Washington
1731–1802, wife of George Washington, b. New Kent co., Va.
 
SG b'days today - Debra Shepherd (Shepherds)
belated b'day: Cliff Cerce (May 31)
 
SG Anniversaries today - None to report.

Also Born on June 2

 
 
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Today in History 

1886

Grover Cleveland became the first U.S. president to get married in the White House.

1924

Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians.

1941

Baseball great, Lou Gehrig died of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, ALS, a rare type of paralysis now referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.

1946

In Italy, a plebiscite rejected the monarchy in favor of a republic.

1953

Queen Elizabeth II of Britain was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

1997

Timothy McVeigh was found guilty of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City.

2003

The European Space Agency launched the Mars Express probe. Contact with the lander Beagle 2 was lost in December.