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| From the program
aired the weekend of June 27th & 28th, 2009: |
 Our Featured Artists on this program were the
Mark Trammell Trio with songs from their current "Always Have A
Song" CD. Included, of course, was the very popular song, "Loving
The Lamb." As you heard Mark mentioned, this song is over five minutes
in length, which is unusually long for a song that is sent out for featured
radio play. (That's because DJs generally prefer shorter songs so they can
fit more different songs into the allotted time.) Nevertheless, the message
of this song is so powerful that it easily overcomes that handicap, becoming
very popular.
Mark Trammell and Dustin Sweatman remain as two-thirds of this
trio, but Eric Phillips is leaving. So they're presently looking for
a replacement.
 The Mark Trammell Trio CD featured on this program,
"Always Have A Song," is available from our mailorder service, Springside.
Just call 1-800-38-MUSIC to order. You can order easily from our webstore
by using
this link to go directly to this item. (Orders over $40 in the USA
qualify for free shipping.)
The Mark Trammell Trio homecoming is coming in late July. More info
can be found at
www.marktrammellministries.com.
More about the Florida Boys reunion July 10th in Pensacola, Florida
(mentioned on the Headline Update) can be found at
www.dixieechoes.com.
 Congratulations
to Ralph Edwards of Lilburn, Georgia. (Most people, he says, call
him "Doug.") He's the winner of the Three-Day Vacation Package
at the National Quartet Convention this September in Louisville, Kentucky.
As you heard him mention on the air, he's always wanted to go to the NQC
— and this makes his first trip there possible. Thanks to all of you
who entered and to Clarke Beasley and the National Quartet Convention for
making this great prize available. Info about the NQC can be found online
at www.natqc.com.
 This was
our official Singing News Top 20 Countdown Edition, covering the top
20 songs on the chart published in the magazine's new July issue. Our monthly
countdown edition is normally heard the final weekend of each month, reflecting
the published chart carrying the following month's date.
From everything we're hearing, Southern Gospel concert attendances have been
on a par with what they've been in recent years — perhaps better. That's
despite the current economic downturn we keep hearing so much about. You
heard comments to this effect from Mark Trammell (who sees it as an
artist) and, on the Headline Update, from Jim Heffner, head
of the Southern Gospel Promoters Association. We've seen this before.
In difficult times, people find reassurance in the encouraging message of
the Gospel.
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