Edmonton police Const. David Pedersen and Alberta RCMP officer Stirling John have earned this year's Juno nomination for Country Gospel Album of the Year.
Stirling John performed at H.E. Beriault’s school talent show in Edmonton on Friday, March 22, 2024, before flying to Halifax for the Juno Awards.John, the lead singer-songwriter, is an Alberta RCMP officer. Guitarist and backup singer David Pedersen is a constable and school resource officer with the Edmonton Police Service.
“It’s definitely a feeling of pride and excitement,” Pedersen added. “It’s cool to be acknowledged in that way. It feels like a huge privilege.” “He was like: ‘What’s your schedule like?’ We talked about four-on, four-off shift schedules. He said: ‘Are you police, fire or EMS?'” “The more that we connect, the more that we journey through, it definitely seems like it was meant to be.”and it was really a debriefing moment for me,” John said. “To write to the seriousness of the call but also how it affected myself and also the other first responders.really became an anthem for a lot of police officers that couldn’t really speak what was on their mind and how the job affected them.”The song resonated with a lot of other first responders.
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