Stephanie Mainville
Receives Covenant Award
Toronto
(October 22, 2005) -
Stephanie
Mainville presented four Covenant Awards and took home one of her own for "Instrumental
Song of the Year" at the Canadian Gospel Music Association's 27th
annual Covenant Awards ceremony. Stephanie received two nominations for
the 2005 Covenant Awards, one for each of the instrumental songs from Family.
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The gala awards show was
held at Canada
Christian
College's McVety Centre. Brian Doerksen picked up 4 awards and Thousand
Foot Krutch received 3. Several other artists picked up two awards
including Carried Away, Gaetz Ave, Manafest, Outside the Lines and Tabitha
Lemaire (Tabitha helped lead worship with Stephanie at the Acadian Gathering in
Moncton earlier this year). The CGMA worship event on Friday night was
also a real highlight, with Craig Douglas and the Meeting House Band leading
worship. Guest vocalists included Marlene O'Neill, Jon Bauer, Sean Dayton, Jody
Cross and Aileen Lombardo. Stephanie sang in the choir along with about 20
other artists. This was a great way to set the tone for the
weekend. The late night Launch event also went well --- and well into the
night!
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| Stephanie Mainville, winner
for Instrumental Song of the Year, receives her award from Ali Matthews |
Click
to hear the song: Ern’s Waltz |
Besides the regular awards, a
Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Tommy Hunter, which was a real highlight
of the evening. Shane Wiebe (from Canadian Idol) also paid special tribute to
Tommy Hunter during his time on stage. Other performers included: Hetti-Marie,
Master's Four, Shezza, Manic Drive, Amanda Falk, Cheryl Dunn, NIFTY, Patricia Shirley, Black Talon, Kristina,
Gaetz Ave, Carried Away and finale from Hiram Joseph and the Toronto Mass Choir.
Stephanie shared Ern's
Waltz and several other songs at
Brampton
West
Alliance
Church
on Sunday and again last night at a "House Concert" in
Brampton
with the support of her mom (keyboard/vocals) and special guest Kevin Fox
(cello/guitar/vocals) See www.KevinFox.ca.
On her way back home to New Brunswick Stephanie stopped in Belleville,
Ontario to co-host a noon-hour praise and worship radio program with Dana
Rogalsky at UCB_Canada_(102.3
FM). If you did not get
to hear the program, you can listen to a streaming audio archive by clicking
this link: UCB Canada
Noon Hour Praise & Worship - October 25, 2005.
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