National Quartet Convention

The National Quartet Convention featured all the major gospel groups at a three-day event at the Ellis Auditorium in Memphis.

In 2014 the convention moved to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, which is the home of the Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame.

A main attraction is the exhibit hall with approximately 500 booths where artists, record labels, CD duplication plants, media entities, booking agents, Christian bookstores, and other industry related organizations display their products and offer their services.

The week is largely attended by the older generation but lately due to the popularity of groups such as the Booth Brothers, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound, Legacy Five, The Collingsworth Family and the Gaither Vocal Band, the fans are becoming younger.

In addition to the events for the fans, industry members routinely schedule meetings and even recording sessions to coincide with the convention.

Record labels court radio and media by feeding them meals, taking them on riverboat cruises and facilitating access for interviews with the artists.

He performed "I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone" at the request of George Younce, his singing partner from The Cathedral Quartet.

2005: Lauren Talley, Jason Crabb, and several other young Southern Gospel vocalists joined to record an album called "The Torch".