We are so pleased to find out that we have been nominated for our new Hymn project under the category “Southern Gospel / Country Album of the Year”. The nomination came from GMA Canada for the 38th Covenant Awards to be held in Edmonton on Thursday January 26th 2017. This makes 5 of our 6 CD’s to have been nominated under this category with us winning the coveted award in 2008 for our album “I Believe”. It is an honour to be nominated and we are excited to see the outcome.
Three and Company has a unique product to accompany their cd’s at their product table, a tape, no not a cassette tape, or an 8-track tape, but a BMImeter tape. It is a useful and unique tape measure that is handy to have in the vehicle or in the home. Come check it out at the product table.
Recording in the booth 2016
We finished up in the recording studio this past weekend. With the time change and the late nights, it was tiring but exciting getting the vocals recorded.
Cory Bitner from Calgary is doing the recording for us and we were very happy to be working with him. Cory is Dianne’s nephew and so with some family to visit, meals to share, and a lot of takes to get it just right, we finally have it recorded. Now it is in Cory’s hands to put it all together. Look for the new hymn project to be out by the end of April or early May.
“One shade of grey” is the comment made by Duane Roset who took the photo of us this year at our booth in Red Deer. New suits and ties for a new year.
A very full house for the Canadian Showcase this year is an encouragement for southern gospel music in Canada! Another great event put on by the folks at the Canadian Gospel Music Celebration. Hope to see you there next year.
Three and Company is one shade of grey at their booth in Red Deer
Dale and Dianne Johnson celebrate with their daughter Kristin and her husband Chris Cooknell of Edmonton, AB on the birth of their first born son. And he shall be called Clive Edward Cooknell.
Clive was born on March 4th of 2015 and is a healthy baby boy. As a grandparent, I can identify with a newborn. We like to eat a lot, don’t sleep much, and don’t have a lot of hair, although when born, Clive had a full head of hair. Where did that come from? I always say, hair today – gone tomorrow. Congratulations to the happy couple as they begin another chapter in their lives as being parents.
Recent sales of the GMA award winning CD “I Believe” has resulting is us having to duplicate another run of this popular cd. This has been our most popular with Even In The Valley and Living In Grace coming in a close 2nd and 3rd.
Thanks to all of you that have purchased this cd, and the many comments about the cd. We are blessed just to be able to sing and share what we believe.
Regina’s Promotions of Praise Don Miller is bringing together for one night only, October 6th, in Regina, Nashvilles Three Bridges and Canada’s Three and Company from Edmonton AB.
Three Bridges has been a big influence in the styling of Three and Company music. Several years ago I travelled to Alabama where Elliott McCoy and Three Bridges were in concert. Elliott was very kind and spent some time with me and allowed me to get some soundtracks from him. Then when Three Bridges were in Regina for a New Years Eve celebration, we met again and shared a meal and the stage.
It will be our privilege to be on the stage with Three Bridges in October. Link to Promotions of Praise website.
Dale singing with Three Bridges in Regina SK
West Edmonton Christian Assembly in Edmonton hosted the 2014 Gideon’s fundraising banquet on April 12. Three and Company were the musical guests to provide music during the event.
Paul Dunk from Ontario was the keynote speaker challenging the 350+ people in attendance to support the work in Brazil. Contact your local Gideon member for more information.
Three and Company will be in Slave Lake, AB working with Food For The Hungry this month. They will be with the Rwanda Country Director at the Alliance Church challenging the Slave Lake Alliance Church to help with the poor in that country.
“It’s about thriving communities, not dependency”
Back a couple of years ago, during the cold cold winter in Alberta, Dale & Dianne took a vacation to Arizona and ended up singing a song with Jimmy Fortune formerly of the Statler Brothers.
Jimmy wrote the song we recorded called “I Believe” and the album with the same title went on to win the Canadian Gospel Music Association award for Southern Gospel Album of the Year.
Here is a video I took of us singing with him, its okay if he called me Dave, I saw his notes and the words were really small. An amazing man with a testimony that he is not afraid of sharing to a group of vacationers.
Check out the video, he is such a great singer.
