Gospel Dream Auditions

The Event Could you be the 2008 Gospel singing sensation? Gospel Music Channel wants to know! Auditions will be held in five cities across the U.S. where contestants will sing a capella from an approved song list in front of music industry talent scouts. Contestants from each city will advance to the semi-finals in Nashville for a chance to win an exclusive record and music video deal and a Royal Caribbean Cruise! 2008 Audition Cities Chicago – Sat. March 8 – Embassy Suites, Downtown Chicago, 600 North State Street, 866.451.3191 Los Angeles – Sat. March 29 – Radisson at LAX – 6225 W. Century Blvd., 310.670.9000 Phoenix – Sat. April 5 – Embassy Suites-Airport, 1515 N. 44th Street, 602.244.8800 Miami – Sat. April 12 – Hyatt Regency, 400 S.E. Second Ave., 305.358.1234 Atlanta – Sat. April 19 – Marriott Marquis, 265 Peachtree Center Ave., 404.586.6044Nashville – Gospel Dream Finals – May 2008 Eligibility Requirements You must sing from our approved song list without accompaniment (a capella).Ages 18–40 only. You must be age 18 by the day of your audition.Soloists only. No groups or duets.RegistrationRegister free online at www. gospelmusicchannel. com. Click on shows and the Gospel Dream. The deadline to register online is 5 PM ET on the day before the audition. If you do not register online, you may register on-site for a $25 fee from 9–11 a.m. local time on the day of the audition. You must register on-site by 11 a.m. local time to secure your audition slot. Event Details Doors open at 9 a.m.Registration is from 9–11 a.m. on the day of the audition. All contestants must register first by either registering online at gospelmusicchannel. com, printing and bringing all forms filled out and signed, or registering on-site.All contestants will receive a Gospel Dream 2008 t-shirt and audition pass.Auditions are private. Contestants will have :30 to sing a capella from the approved song list.Contestants may leave the audition area after they try out, but should return to the hotel at the end of the day (time TBA) to hear the announcement of the semi-finalists. Gospel Dream 2008 will air on Gospel Music Channel every Sunday at 9 PM ET beginning June 1st. Catch the 2005 and 2006 seasons of Gospel Dream on Sunday nights at 9 beginning February 17th

Why are there so many historical Christian Fiction releases?

Little Blythe on the Prairie,
originally uploaded by chromatography.

At my feet are stacks of historical Christian fiction romance novels. So far the reads are easy, but I wonder where are the other books? Are Christian readers gravitating back to more prairie romances and regencies or are Christian writers who write outside of those genres moving to ABA publishers?

Your thoughts.