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Shannon Whitson, winner of GMA Artist Solo 2008 and Centricity Music recording development deal. Photos by rosephotography, courtesy of the GMA The 34th Annual Music in the Rockies announced their winners recently. Shannon Whitson of Estes Park, Colo., Maggie Erickson of Frisco, Texas and Shelly Johnson of Franklin, Tenn. were the big winners of the event held in Estes Park, Colo. The national competiton held by the GMA Academy is considered one of the Christian and gospel music community’s premier talent competitions for unsigned artists and songwriters. Past years entrants like “American Idol” champion Jordin Sparks and fellow finalist Chris Sligh, Chris Tomlin, Matthew West and BarlowGirl go on to have very successful music careers. Hundreds of artist and songwriting contestants from 40 states and six foreign countries... [read full story]
