Fee Hedrick Family Entertainment Group

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn., March 23, 2007 – The Triumphant Quartet ushers in its second season at The Miracle Theater with a new Southern Gospel show and eight Top Ten nominations for Singing News magazine’s prestigious Fan Awards.

Produced by the Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Group, the new “Triumphant Quartet Southern Gospel Show” features the group’s biggest hits and new crowd pleasers—complete with all-new theatrical enhancements.

The four-part harmony vocal group includes tenor David Sutton, lead Clayton Inman, baritone Scott Inman, and bass and show host Eric Bennett. Pianist Jeff Stice completes the group with his soulful accompaniment.

Year after year, the award-winning quartet has been recognized for their success in the Southern Gospel community, both as individuals and as a group. This year is no different with Triumphant receiving eight Top Ten nominations for Singing News Fan Awards—one of the top honors awarded to Southern Gospel artists as selected by Singing News magazine subscribers.

The group has received 2007 nominations for Group of the Year, Favorite Album for its self-titled “Triumphant,” and Favorite Song for “Hey Jonah”. In addition, individual nominations have gone to Scott Inman for Best Songwriter and Young Artist, Jeff Stice for Best Musician, and Eric Bennett and David Sutton, both up for Best Male Vocalist.

“We are happy to have such an influential Southern Gospel group bring back their award-winning talent to The Miracle Theater for a second season,” says Russ Hollingsworth, general manager of The Miracle Theater. “We heard very positive feedback about Triumphant’s new show from audiences during its opening week. People really like that such high-quality Southern Gospel entertainment is readily accessible on the Pigeon Forge Parkway.”

The quartet opens the show with tunes like, “Don’t Let The Sandals Fool Ya”, the group’s No. 1 hit on the US Gospel News top 80 chart in 2006, and their newest radio single “He Rescued Me,” currently being played by gospel radio stations around the world.

Quartet member Eric Bennett explains, “Our show is always grounded in the tradition of Southern Gospel music, but this year we are including songs that feature bluegrass, patriotic, and contemporary influences in our sound.”

Each group member performs a crowd-pleasing moment in the show. Stice dazzles the audience with his piano solo segment featuring tunes by two of his biggest musical inspirations, Floyd Cramer and Ray Charles, as well as a standing-ovation rendition of Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus”.

Sutton begins the Patriotic Act of the show by flexing his musical chops playing the “The Star-Spangled Banner” a cappella on the harmonica, which is followed by the group singing their version of the Southern Gospel classic, “Statue of Liberty”.

The father-son duo of Clayton and Scott Inman sing an inspirational duet in, “He Is”, and Bennett gets the crowd going with his “how-low-can-you-go” vocal runs performed throughout the show.

In addition to new music, the Southern Gospel show also features new theatrical highlights such as a new lighted backdrop curtain, new costumes, and new video interludes of the group.

Bennett explains about the new show, “Our new bluegrass segment is really fun for us to perform. We get to take a departure from our traditional matching suits and wear overalls while singing one of our favorite songs in the show, ‘Old White Flag’.”

The song features Clayton Inman singing the melody part up front on stage with the rest of the group singing backup. Bennett adds, “It’s a lot like being one of those actors in the hit movie ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’. We like adding the comedic element to the show, and the audience really gives us a reaction that lets us know that they like the humor.”

In addition to the inspirational testimonials customary to any Southern Gospel show, the quartet also includes behind-the-scene video segments that depict group members going about their everyday lives. Bennett says, “It’s all about showing the audience that we are all real people serving Christ in our daily tasks.”

Bennett points out that the quartet aims to offer a variety of Christian music in their show performances. “We like to sing old hymns, new songs off our albums, popular contemporary Christian hits, as well as the traditional Southern Gospel classics. Even though the same music styles are represented in each show, the individual songs performed can change daily.”

Triumphant Quartet, under the Daywind Records label, has also just released a new album entitled, “You Gotta Love It.” Bennett says the quartet will incorporate their new songs into the show. “The shows will evolve throughout the entire season at The Miracle Theater as we release new songs and find new musical inspirations. We like that our fans can come see us many times throughout the year and hear new music every time.”

Triumphant Quartet performs at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday and at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday at The Miracle Theater, located at 2046 on the Parkway in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Adult tickets are $19.95, plus tax. Children ages 2 through 11 are $9.95, plus tax. Tickets are available by calling (865) 428-SHOW(7469). Groups of 20 or more qualify for group rates, available by calling 1-866-492-6972.

In addition, The Miracle Theater annual season pass gives repeat patrons the most economical way to receive unlimited admission to Triumphant’s show, as well as the $15M Broadway-style, faith-based production “The Miracle,” also playing at the theater. Other benefits of the season pass include $2.00 off additional full price admission tickets to any Fee/Hedrick show in Pigeon Forge, and 10 percent off your meal at the Country Legends Grill, located next to The Miracle Theater. The season pass is available for $89.95, plus tax, by calling (865) 428-SHOW(7469).

Other shows in the Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Group include “The Miracle”, “The Comedy Barn”, “The Black Bear Jamboree” and “The Blackwood Brother’s Variety Show”. As one of the largest entertainment conglomerates in the Southeastern U.S., Fee/Hedrick upholds the company’s mission to offer clean, wholesome family entertainment in all of its shows.

Open for its second season, The Miracle Theater became a ministry in 2007 with a mission to present faith-based family entertainment through live theatrical productions revealing the person of Jesus Christ as The Living Word of God.

For more information about the company or any of its shows, visit www.feehedrick.com. For more information about Triumphant Quartet, visit www.triumphantquartet.com.