Following four RIAA certified Gold videos, comedienne Chonda Pierce crosses the 100,000 units sold threshold with her 1998 Word Entertainment (Myrrh) debut, Havin’ A Girls’ Night Out, marking her first RIAA certified Platinum-selling DVD.

Chonda Pierce receives a plaque commemorating her RIAA Certified Platinum DVD award on the Victory Theatre stage in Evansville, IN. Pictured (l-r) are: Matthew Kroeker, Second Row, Inc., Booking Agent; Dan Posthuma, Former A&R Myrrh/Word Entertainment; David Pierce; Michelle Mitchell, EzLu Entertainment Group, Manager; Chonda Pierce; Doris Courtney, Pianist; and Rick Altizer, Fuseic Marketing

Recorded live at First Church of Christ in Burlington, KY, the DVD was produced by Chonda Pierce and directed by two-time Emmy® Award winner Stan Moore. Drawing on her Southern upbringing, Pierce sings songs and tells stories on the DVD that are woven with down-home humour and messages of faith. It includes the segments, “Men & Duct Tape”, “Mother Cracks Me Up!”, “A Mother’s Prayer”, “Take My Life, Please!”, “You In Me” “I’ll Tell The World” and the title cut, “A Girl’s Nite Out”. The DVD captures hilarity, inspiration, music and comedy for women of all ages and in all walks of life.

In addition to Havin’ a Girls’ Night Out, Chonda has received RIAA Gold certifications for Chonda Pierce… On Her Soapbox (1999), Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid (2002) and Have I Got A Story For You (2003).

One of the nation’s best loved comediennes, Chonda continues to make audiences nation-wide laugh out loud as she continues to tour the country in support of her successful new DVD, Stayin’ Alive… Laughing! On the new DVD, Chonda dances her way through topics from the empty nest to group therapy, from two steppin’ to twelve-stepping; and shows audiences a side of Adam and Eve never seen before. Released in November by No Whining Records, Stayin’ Alive… Laughing! features more of what Pierce’s audiences have come to know and love – side-splitting humour and hilarious real-life stories delivered with her own signature, off-kilter wit and style.

Stayin’ Alive… Laughing! and other hilarious DVDs from Pierce are available at Christian retailers across Canada. For more information on Chonda Pierce, visit her YMZ artist page.