{"id":692,"date":"2016-10-11T15:52:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T19:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/reelfaith\/?p=692"},"modified":"2016-10-12T13:53:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T17:53:15","slug":"live-dove-awards-blog-gospel-musics-biggest-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/reelfaith\/2016\/10\/live-dove-awards-blog-gospel-musics-biggest-night.html","title":{"rendered":"LIVE Dove Awards Blog: Gospel Music’s Biggest Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Tonight I\u2019m in Nashville covering the 2016 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. It\u2019s my 12th time doing this but the first time for this Reel Faith blog, so I\u2019m going to try and periodically update on the winners with comments, pictures and video. Stay tuned for more and you can also follow me on Twitter for the latest \u2013 www.twitter.com\/dewaynehamby.\u00a0 $\"loveamplified\"$ <\/p>\n

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2:53 \u2013 The pre-telecast awards show is going on now. Winners have been announced and the Bowling family is currently performing. Danny Gokey just won for Christmas album. He\u2019s in the press room now sharing a Christmas memory.<\/p>\n

3:05 \u2013 Lauren Daigle wins Pop\/Contemporary Song of the Year award for her song \u201cTrust In You.\u201d What a great song!<\/p>\n

Danny Gokey wins a Dove Award for Christmas Album of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
3:14 \u2013 William McDowell just won Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year.<\/p>\n
The red carpet ceremonies took me mobile and I couldn\u2019t update as I wanted. Now I am so far behind.<\/p>\n
**CHECK OUT RED CARPET PICTURES HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n**
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Mark Lowry with your humble writer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
8:00 \u2013 Chris Tomlin has come into the press room. He just won the Sound Exchange digital award for more than 1 billion plays. He\u2019s promoting Worship Night In America.<\/p>\n
8:11 \u2013 SONG OF THE YEAR \u2013 \u2018Good Good Father\u2019 \u2013 Well deserved! I spoke with cowriter Pat Barrett earlier tonight and pretty much told him we\u2019d have to do a recount if it didn\u2019t win. Is there any other song that came close to the popularity of that one?<\/p>\n
Cool to have Chris Tomlin backstage when it happened. The writers onstage were saying \u201cWhere\u2019s Chris?\u201d and we were all pointing to him back in the media room.<\/p>\n
8:23 \u2013 Christian supergroup DC Talk just reunited on the Dove Awards for the first time in\u2026.? A decade or more? Very cool.<\/p>\n
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Here\u2019s some of the @dctalkofficial<\/a> reunion that happened tonight at the @GMADoveAwards<\/a>! Awesome! pic.twitter.com\/HicSg38yv2<\/a><\/p>\n
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