music association type private genre christian headquarters pigeon forge tennessee united states website sgma.org the southern gospel music association sgma is a non profit corporation formed as an association of southern gospel music singers songwriters fans and industry workers . membership is acquired and maintained through payment of annual dues . the sgma was formed in 1994 and states that its primary goal is to preserve protect and promote southern gospel music its history and heritage . the southern gospel music association operates the southern gospel museum and hall of fame in pigeon forge a popular tennessee tourist town and also hosts the southern gospel music awards . the hall of fame and museum was opened at the dollywood theme park in 1999 . leadership of the sgma is vested in a 23 member board of directors . the sgma is responsible for the nomination selection and induction into the southern gospel music hall of fame . see also edit gospel music association gospel music hall of fame external links edit sgma.org official website this southern gospel related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title southern gospel music association & oldid 647150417 categories southern gospelgospel music associationsprivately held companies based in tennesseeunited states southern gospel stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 20 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view