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Starfield is a multiple Covenant Award winning Christian Music Worship group from Winnipeg , Manitoba . Starfield was originally formed by brothers Tim and Jon Neufeld, both from Winnipeg . Since then Shaun Huberts and Gordie Cochran, both of Victoria , British Columbia , have joined the band. Prior to Gordie, Johnny 5 was the drummer until he left around 2004. Shaun Huberts left the band 9 August 2006, after his last performance at the DCLA Convention in Anaheim, CA. His replacement is Dave Crisp. The band moved back to Canada ( Abbotsford, British Columbia ) in the fall of 2006 after several years of living in Nashville . ALBUMS Tumbling After Starfield's debut album (Canada only) was released through CMC Distribution in 2003 and featured the hit "Filled With Your Glory". ''Starfield'' Starfield's first international release was a self-titled album ''Starfield'' on Sparrow Records in 2004. The album contained a re-recording of "Filled With Your Glory". The song "Tumbling After" appeared on season two of the television show Joan Of Arcadia . ''Beauty in the Broken'' Their second album, '' Beauty In The Broken '', was released on Sparrow Records on May 16, 2006. Their first single from the album, ''My Generation'', rose the United States R&R Christian charts. It includes one song recorded with Chris Tomlin ("Son of God"). The album immediately soared to the top of the Canadian Christian music sales chart and remained at the #1 position for three months. 2006 Year End charts placed the album at #2 for the year in Canada at Christian retail stores. The album peaked at #31 in the United States on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart, and at #45 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. Charts at Allmusic.com CURRENT MEMBERS
GMA CANADA COVENANT AWARDS
TOURS The group toured with youth ministry Dare 2 Share , a youth conference tour, for the 2005-2006 campaign. The group also appeared at X-fuge, a five day Christian youth camp that took place in the summer of 2006 at Panama City, Florida . The group is also touring with Dare2Share on the 2006-2007 GameDay tour as the worship leaders. Starfield played at Resurrection 2007 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee both weekends (January 12-14 and January 19-21). The combined crowd was over 30,000. Starfield played at NYC 2007 Water Fire Wind in St. Louis, Missouri , as the worship band for around 10,000 youth and youth workers from the Church Of The Nazarene July 10-15, 2007. Starfield also played at another X fuge camp in Riverside, California. EXTERNAL LINKS
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