Stellar Awards Update

24th ANNUAL STELLAR GOSPEL AWARDS TALENT UPDATE: Dorinda Clark Cole added as co-host, plus a host of other entertainers to present awards.

The updated talent roster for the 24th Annual Stellar Awards was released recently with some additions to the show.

Evangelist/Singer and multiple Stellar nominee Dorinda Clark Cole is now on board as a co-host, Actress/Activist Sheryl Lee Ralph will be a presenter and show organizers have also added a special tribute to recording artist Rev. Timothy Wright who was critically injured in car accident earlier this year.

The full list of 2009 Stellar Award presenters and performers to date are as follows:

Co-Hosts
Dorinda Clark Cole
Donnie McClurkin
Sinbad

James Cleveland Lifetime Achievement Award
Darryl Coley

Thomas Dorsey Most Notable Achievement Award
Vickie Winans

Dr. Bobby Jones Legends Award
Rance Allen Group

Special Tribute
Rev. Timothy Wright

Performers
Da’ Truth
Kirk Franklin
Jessica Greene
Dietrick Haddon
Heather Headley
Terrell Hunt
Lee Williams and the Spiritual QCs
Mary Mary
Donnie McClurkin
Melody
The Murrills
Jai Reed
Tye Tribbett
Dionne Warwick

Presenters
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Eddie Baltrip
Vanessa Bell Armstrong
Regina Belle
Clifton Davis

DeLeon
James Fortune
Donald Lawrence
JD Lawrence
Jonathan Nelson
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Marvin Sapp
Sherri Shepherd

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The 24th Annual Stellar Awards will be held at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville , TN on Saturday, January 17. Minister Byron Cage, a former co-host of the Stellars and Chicago songbird Angela Spivey have been tapped to host red carpet festivities, which will be followed by the annual nominees dinner on Friday, January 16.

SOURCE: By Mona Austin on EURWEB.com