HOLLA BACK GOSPEL AWARDS

WRITTEN BY MIN. CHE'RI HUMPHREY, FNDR/PRES OF DITR WEDNESDAY, OCTOVER 11, 2017.   

THE HOLLA BACK GOSPEL AWARDS TOOK PLACE ON SAT. OCT 7, 2017 FOR ITS 12TH SEASON.  IT'S PRODUCED BY JERRY GREEN, PRODUCER AT WYBC 94.3 FM & ELDER ERNEST RICHARDS AKA "PREACHER 7.19."  

THE EXPERIENCE WAS AWESOMELY FANTABULOUS!!  I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING AWARDED MULTIPLE TIMES; ONCE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE WITH DITR, AND IN THE CAPACITY FOR "PLAYS"(DITR EVENTS) & AS A RADIO PRODUCER ON T2M.  ONE THING I CAN SAY IT JERRY OUTDOES HIMSELF EACH TIME.  SOME OF THE GOSPEL ARTISTS THAT HAVE GRACED THE HB AWARDS HAVE BEEN DEIDRICK HADDON, ERICA CAMPBELL OF MARY MARY, AND MANY MORE.  

IT'S ALWAYS A HIGH TIME IN THE LORD WITH SINGING PRAISES TO GOD, WORSHIPING JESUS CHRIST; HONORING THOSE WHO'VE SELFLESSLY GIVEN TO THEIR CHURCHES, COMMUNITY, AND OTHERS. ALSO, THOSE WHO'VE MADE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS. THE HIGHLIGHT FOR THIS YEAR WAS PASTOR DR. SHIRLEY CAESAR WHO TOOK THE STAGE BY STORM!  SHE EVEN SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HERSELF.   THEN COMEDIAN, CHRIS CLARKE WHO MADE THE AUDIENCE GRIN FROM EAR TO EAR-HAVING THEM IN STITCHES.  MANY PEOPLE CAME FROM ALL OVER THE TRI-STATE, THROUGHOUT CT, AND FROM OUT OF STATE TO PARTAKE IN THIS JOYOUS TIME!  

SOME OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED WERE: FORMER WINNER R. PATRYCE BRYANT, PRODUCER KENT BARETT AT WNHU; BUSINESS OWNER ROBERTA HOSKIE, ENTREPRENEUR EVANGELIST ARLENE HENRY; PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF WYBC 94.3 JUAN CASTILLO; NOMINEE KEVIN MONROE OF KEVIN MONROE AND DEVOTION; FIRST LADY DENSMORE, PRODUCER KIMMIE ROBINSON OF ELATION RADIO; RED CARPET PERFORMER LISA FOSTER WILSON; LADY FREE OF WNHU, PASTOR STEVEN BENJAMIN, PRODUCER OF THE BLESSED NETWORK, PASTOR RHONDA BELLO, AND MANY MORE.  IT WAS A BLESSING TO BE APART OF THIS GREAT TIME IN THE LORD ONCE AGAIN AS MEDIA PRESS.  THANK YOU JERRY AND CONTINUE GIVING BACK TO OUR CT REGION WITH THIS HEARTFELT EVENT.

​​​THANK YOU TO VOLUNTEER TEAM MEMBER, JAMILIA JAMES OF NEW HAVEN, CT FOR ASSISTANCE & CONTRIBUTION TO FOOTAGE FOR THIS EVENT.  I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

T2M History

CHE'RI HAS BEEN WRITING SINCE THE AGE OF 5, CREATIVE STORIES SINCE AGE 7 FOR SCHOOL AMONG HER MANY TALENTS & GIFTS.  CHE'RI STARTED TALK 2 ME COLUMN WRITING HER COUSIN ALLEN AKA "RAMBO," IN CHOCOLATE CITY NEWS IN 2005.  THEN SHE BEGAN WRITING FREELANCE IN 2007 COVERING THE MCDONALD'S GOSPELFEST FOR HARLEM MAGAZINE. IN 2009, CHE'RI BEGAN REPORTING UNDER DITR & POSTING TO PREVIOUS WEBSITE.  IN JAN 2010, THE EXAMINER ACCEPTED HER SAMPLE WRITING TO WRITE FOR THE BRIDGEPORT CHRISTIANITY EXAMINER WHICH SHE DID FROM 2010 TO 2015.  ONCE LEAVING THEM SHE STARTED WRITING FOR STACKSTREET.COM ON OCCASION AFTER COVERING JAZZ FESTIVALS, THE MCDONALD'S GOSPELFEST FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND MANY OTHER EVENTS-CELEBS AND NON CELEBS ALIKE.  SHE'S INTERVIEWED LIL JON, DAMIAN MARLEY, ELEPHANT MAN, BOBBY VALENTINO, VICKIE WYANS, DONNIE MCKIRKLIN, PASTOR SHIRLEY CAESAR, THE MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY, FAITH EVANS, JENNIFER HOLIDAY, & MORE FOR HER ARTICLES ALONE WHICH DOESN'T INCLUDE RADIO INTERVIEW SHE'S GIVEN WITH HER ONLINE BROADCAST REACHING OVER 10 IN PAST 7 YEARS OF WHICH SHE'S INTERVIEWED JJ HAIRSTON, MELBA MOORE, CECE PENISTON, TROY OLIVER, NATALIA SONGBIRD, DR. JAMAL BRYANT, BERNARD JACKSON OR SURFACE, THE PRODUCER OF THE MCDONALD'S GOSPELFEST MR. CURTIS A FARROW, ETC.; TOTALING OVER 250 PEOPLE SHE'S INTERVIEWED BY GOD'S GRACE AND LOVE FOR WHAT SHE DOES.