SPBGMA Awards/Band Champs/Preservation Hall of Fame

SPBGMA Awards at Nashville's Sheraton Music City on Feb. 12-15, 2009

Promoter: Bertie Sullivan (way to go, Granny Bertie!)
Radio Station: WDVX FM Knoxville, TN
DJ: Brenda Lawson WBBC FM
Club Newsletter: 'Bluegrass Express' by Oregon Bluegrass Association
Songwriter(s): Tom T. and Dixie Hall
Album: Keep on Walkin' by The Grascals
Bass: Darrin Vincent
Dobro: Phil Leadbetter
Guitar: Josh Williams
Mandolin: Alan Bibey
Banjo: Kristin Scott Benson
Fiddle: Hunter Berry
Vocalist (F-Contemp): Rhonda Vincent
Vocalist (F-Trad): Jeanette Williams
Vocalist (M-Contemp): Jamie Dailey
Vocalist (M-Trad): James King
Gospel Grp (Contemp): Dailey & Vincent
Gospel Grp (Trad): Paul Williams & The Victory Trio
Vocal Grp of Yr: Dailey & Vincent
Instr Grp of Yr: The Grascals
Band of Yr (Overall): Dailey & Vincent
Song of Yr: "By the Mark" by Dailey & Vincent
Entertaining Grp of Yr: Nothin' Fancy
Entertainer of Yr: Rhonda Vincent

SPBGMA 2009 International Band Championship Winners
1st: Brand New Strings--Knoxville, TN
2nd: Wilson Creek--Wayne, WV
3rd: Stone County Connection--Dyersburg, TN (way to go, SCC!)
4th: New Dixie Storm--Greenwood, SC
5th: Fast Lane--Hickman, KY
6th: Crosswind Bluegrass--Olive Hill, TN
7th: Hagar's Mountain Boys--Roxboro, NC
8th: The Jason Boone Band--Hattiesburg, MS
9th: Men of the Week--St. Louis, MO
10th: Jim & Valerie Gabehart--Hamlin, WV

SPBGMA Preservation Hall of Greats Inductee 2009
The Whites (way to go, Buck, Sharon, and Cheryl!)

Congratulations, everybody!

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