Dan Dúet: News

Two-Twelve Ministries announces that the Fall Concert Tour for Dan Dúet is essentially in place. Dan will begin a 26-day Concert/Ministry Tour on September 8. The tour will include West Texas, northern New Mexico, Glendale (AZ), and Southern California. The first stop will be St. Pius X in El Paso, TX. There was a great turnout for his concert there last year and he expects the same this year. In fact, St. Pius has already tentatively booked Dan for October 12 of 2011.

There will be at least 14 concerts during this span of 3 1/2 weeks, with most of those taking place in northern New Mexico. (There are two more concerts that might be added within the next day or two) See the Calendar for all of the dates, times, and locations.

Accompanying Dan for the majority of the concerts will be guitarist/vocalist Ben Maes of Albuquerque. Ben is the Parish Administrator and Music Director at St. Anne's in Albuquerque and has performed with Dan in the past. The two met last year when St. Anne hosted a concert for Dan. Ben has performed with Dan in Albuquerque, Las Cruces (NM), and San Antonio (TX).

In addition to the concerts, Dan will host four "Men's Prayer Breakfast" sessions with the details still to be announced. The sessions will be held in El Paso, Phoenix, Albuquerque, and Santa Fe.

There are other ministry events planned as well; some will be made public and some will be low-key affairs.

Overall this tour will be Dan's most exhaustive and exhausting since he began a full-time ministry of word and music 2 1/2 years ago. Immediately following his return to San Antonio on October 4, Dan will prepare to emcee and speak at the San Antonio Young Adult Conference on October 9. No rest for the weary!

Please keep this ministry tour in your prayers!

The Catholic music “Unity Awards” are fast approaching… August 28. Dan Dúet and Matt Di Filippo will be there in Calgary to participate and to formally announce that the 2011 Awards will be hosted by Two-Twelve Ministries in San Antonio.

All seven of their respective nominations made it to the Final Ballot for the members of the United Catholic Music and Video Association (UCMVA) to vote on. The final nominees in each of their categories are:

(All nominees are listed in alphabetical order)

Artist of the Year: Ceili Rain, Dan Dúet, Brian Flynn, Mark Forrest, Matt Maher, Fr. Charles Mangano

Song of the Year: “I’ll Find You” (Ceili Rain), “Transform Us” (Dan Dúet), “You Are a Priest Forever” (Brian Flynn), “I Will Carry You” (The Love Movement), “Hold Us Together” (Matt Maher), “The Padre Pio Song – Touched by His Love” (Susanna), “Tune of Ignorance” (Greg Walton)

Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year: “I’ll Find You” (Ceili Rain), “Transform Us” (Dan Dúet), “Come True Light” (Sarah Hart), “What I Gotta Say” (Janelle), “I Will Carry You” (The Love Movement), “Alive Again” (Matt Maher), “I Choose Life” (Sal Solo)

Songwriter of the Year: Dan Dúet (“Transform Us”), Brian Flynn (“Father God”), Bob Halligan, Jr. (“I’ll Find You”), Rebecca Peck and Thomas Peck (“I Will Carry You”), Susan Stein (“The Padre Pio Song – Touched by His Love”), Greg Walton (“Tune of Ignorance”)

Male Vocalist of the Year: Dan Dúet, Brian Flynn, Mark Forrest, Denis Grady, Matt Maher, Fr. Charles Mangano, Greg Walton

Devotional Album of the Year: “River of Grace” (Matthew Baute), “Without Words” (Matt Di Filippo), “Mother of Mercy Scriptural Rosary” (Vinny Flynn and Still Waters), “Saint Songs” (Sarah Hart), “Adoration for the New Springtime” (Paul Hilts), “Harmony” (The Priests), “Mended” (Katrina Rae)

Album Packaging: Rhadica Boyce, Matt Di Filippo / Raul Santiago, Franklin Flitton, Skylar Gorrell, Donna Lee/Spirit Graphics and Printing, Zora Puskacova / Alyson Bleistine, Jacob Souva

To review all of the final nominees in each category, visit: Heartbeat Distribution and scroll down the left side of the screen to the link to the UCMVA / Unity Awards 2010. Click that link and scroll to the bottom of the page it takes you to.

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Check out the newest addition to the Spotlight Artist links: Nick Cardilino. His original song, "Discover the Way", was the theme song for the 2007 NCYC in Columbus, OH. He offers his song, "No Room for Hate", as a free download for you!! Check him out in the Music section, Spotlight Artists link.

The United Catholic Music and Video Association (UCMVA) has just released the nominees for the 2010 "Unity Awards". The Unity Awards are the highest honors given out to those involved in the Catholic music and video industry.

Two-Twelve Records recording artists Dan Dúet and Matt Di Filippo have been nominated in seven categories. Dan is a past recipient for his 2007 song, “Traces of Jesus”.

This year Dan is on the initial ballot for: Artist of the Year, Song of the Year (“Transform Us”), Songwriter of the Year (“Transform Us”), Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year (“Transform Us”) and Male Vocalist of the Year.

Matt is on the initial ballot for: Devotional Album of the Year (“Without Words”) and, along with Raul Santiago, for Album Packaging of the Year (“Without Words”).

The Unity Awards will be held on August 28 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Two-Twelve Ministries will host the Awards in 2011 in San Antonio. We'll keep you posted!

June 19 was a Spirit-filled day at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in San Antonio where Dan Dúet and 70+ other Catholic men participated in the 2^nd and 3^rd Degree ceremonies of the Knights of Columbus. Not only will being a 3^rd Degree Knight benefit Dan personally in his spiritual journey, but this growing faith will guide him as he begins to develop an evangelical outreach specific to Catholic men. What an exciting time for Dan to be a Lay Evangelist!

Margo B. Smith is the current featured "Spotlight Artist". She is a Spirit-filled, gifted singer/songwriter in the Baltimore area that you want to get to know! Learn about her ministry and hear a sample of her music by going to the MUSIC page, then to "Spotlight - Various Artists". 

Actually, the headline should read in the plural... "Announcements"...

Pertaining to the 2010 Catholic music "Unity Awards" to be held in Calgary, Alberta CANADA... Dan Dúet and Matt Di Filippo are planning to be there and we will soon announce news regarding their involvement.

The other news item is in relation to the 2011 Unity Awards... check back!!

On Thursday, May 20, Dan Dúet joined several other men from his parish, Holy Trinity Catholic Church, in a First Degree ceremony as the newest members of Knights of Columbus Council 9967. The Holy Spirit has been leading Dan toward developing an evangelical outreach specific to Catholic men and this seemed like a logical, yet Spirit-led, choice to make. Dan is looking forward to deepening his faith as a Catholic man.

Several Brother Knights from Holy Trinity attended, including Matt Di Filippo who is with Council 10624 (at St. Mary's, Texas A&M University). Both Dan and Matt are planning to receive their 2nd and 3rd degrees at a ceremony at Holy Spirit Catholic Church on June 19. They are wasting no time in deepening their relationship with such an incredible organization.

If you are a fan of the EWTN program, "The Faithful Traveler", you may have heard some of Matt Di Filippo's music playing in the background of three episodes. His song, "Jubilee", is used during Episode 6: The National Blue Army Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In Episode 9, featuring the National Shrine of St. John Neumann, they used "Melting Ways of Fallen Men". St. Patrick's Cathedral was aired as a two-part episode. Matt's song "Grace in Motion" was used in Episode 12, the first part of this one.

This was quite an honor for Matt's music to be selected for a television network that airs in 144 countries and territories. Be watching to see if EWTN repeats any of these episodes!