New Day Wins New Excelling Artist Award at SGM FanFair

MESQUITE, Texas - Texas based trio New Day was awarded Favorite New Excelling Artist at last week's SGM FanFair Awards.

The SGM FanFair Awards are awarded by the readers of Christian Voice Magazine and fans of the SGM FanFair. The category of New Excelling Artist honors new artists who have seen a significant increase in their ministry over the past year.

New Day's Kelley Matthews said, "WOW! We are still in shock! We are so grateful to everyone who has believed in our ministry since day one and all those who have supported us in the process. Thank you to everyone for voting for us! We are so honored!"

Winners for the 4th Annual SGM FanFair Awards were announced during SGM FanFair at the Chattanooga Convention Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee this past Thursday, April 3, 2008.

New Day scored their first charting single this past year. The single, "Soul Searchin'", debuted at #69 on the November issue of the Gospel Music News Top 100 chart. "Soul Searchin'" was written by John Robinson and is the title cut on the group's latest release.

New Day's latest album, Soul Searchin', was produced by Jessica Harrison. The new album also features brand new songs written by heavy hitting songwriters like Rebecca J. Peck, Tim Parton, John Robinson, and Dottie Rambo. Jessica Harrison also contributed to the songwriting efforts as well as group members Kelley Matthews and Pam Reeves.

The group currently has tracks from the new album streaming on their MySpace. Fans are encouraged to listen for the group's new single - "Livin' For Today" - at Southern Gospel radio all across the country.

Fans can visit New Day on MySpace by visiting www.myspace.com/newdayministries.