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- Victorian & National Country Music Awards
- Presentation 6th February 2004
- Open to all Professional Country Music Artists
- Entries close Friday 7th November 2003
- Phone 03 5422 1329 Fax 03 5422 6201 Email mgillis@netcon.net.au
- College of Country Music
- Applications invited for the College of Country Music - Telephone 02 6766 1577 email projects@cmaa.net.au
- Toyota Starmaker 2004 Quest
- Toyota Starmaker 2004 Quest 18 yrs. or older, professionly involved in Country music - Phone 0267 622 399 Fax 0267 622 350 email capitalnews@ruralpress.com Entries close 31st October
- GRANT RICHARDSON
DARREN COGGAN'S
LIVE AT - COUNTRY IN THE (JENOLAN) CAVES
SATURDAY, 13TH SEPTEMBER 2003
WITH FELICITY & PETER DENAHY
SHOW TIMES AT 2.15PM AND 8.00PM (90 min shows)
TICKETS ARE $34.50 ADULTS, $22.00 CHILD/CONCESSIONS
& $89.00 FAMILY
For further information: Jenolan Caves Trust 02 6332 5888
Rob Potts CMA International Appointment
The prestigious Country Music Association of America (CMA) has appointed Rob
Potts as the international representative on the Nashville-based CMA Board.
As Co-CEOs Allied Artists Australia, Rob and his partner Marius Els have been at
the forefront of the international development of Australian and American
country music.
Rob Potts said today " I am thrilled to be representing this country on such a
powerful and long established music industry organisation."
The appointment is effective immediately and Rob will be attending his first
meeting in Chicago next month.
Fifteen-year-olds Katrina Burgoyne from Gunnedah and Ben Hazell from Tamworth have been selected for inclusion in the prestigious NSW Talent Development Project (TDP). Previous TDP success stories like Felicity, Brooke McClymont, Darren Coggan and The baileys.
CMAA Country Music Achiever Awards finalists
announced
Finalists have been announced for industry
categories of the 2003 Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA) Achiever
Awards.They are...
For Industry Achiever... Ron Adsett, John Arnold, Arthur Laing, Dobe Newton and Grenville Turner.
For Record Company of the Year, Major... ABC Music, Compass Bros Records, EMI/Capitol Records, Sony Music and Universal Music.
For Record Company of the Year, Independent... ACMEC Records, LBS Records, Little Fish Records, Shoestring Records and Steer Records.
For Publishing Company of the Year... ABC Music Publishing, EMI Music Publishing, Jimmy Forty Music, Universal Music Publishing Australia and Warner/Chappell Music.
For Producer of the Year... Lindsay Butler, Roger Corbett, Herm Kovac, Rod McCormack and Graham Thompson.
For Video Director of the Year... Rachel Dunn, Lindsay Frazer, Cori Hopper, Chris Tangey and Ross Wood.
For Media Achiever of the Year... A Little Bit Of Country, Country Music Capital News, Country Music Channel (CMC), Country Update and Mike Smith.
For Retailer of the Year... The Country Music Store, Golden Guitar Gift Shop, HMV Brisbane, St Maryıs Sound Centre and Don Tuckwell Audio.
Voting forms are currently being distributed to CMAA Professional Members.
Pro Members and Associate Members also receive a voting form to determine CMAA Country Music Entertainer of the Year and Independent Entertainer of the Year.
Winners will be announced at a gala function
to be staged at Sydneyıs Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club on Monday, September
15. Ticketing details can be obtained from the CMAA office on 02 6766 1577,
email projects@cmaa.net.au.
Rob Hall Promotions will be bringing Kevin Welch back to Australia in October/November and venues wanting to book a gig can contact them at rhppl@iprimus.com.au
FIONA KERNAGHAN has married her long time partner, record engineer, Daniel Kresco on Friday March 28 in a small, private ceremony in Los Angeles.
John Williamson has announced that "Pixie" Jenkins and Warren H Williams will be joining him in "this very special reunion tour".
The 2004 Tamworth Festival dates are 16th January - 26th January (Countdown starts 9th January)
Raymond Edward Schloeffel one of our greatest fiddle players passed away September 2002. He will be sadly missed . Tamworth Rage Page would like to extend condolences to Ray's family and all his fellow musical companions. especially the Sydney and Australian fiddle fraternity.
Barry Thornton the pioneer guitar legend passed away Sunday 28th July.2002 whilst on tour in Tasmania. Tamworth Rage Page would like to extend condolences to Barry's family.
The Toyota National Country Music Muster Gympie main day dates 29th August - 31st August 2003.
AUSTRALIA'S KING of Country Music Slim Dusty is to have a major road from his hometown of Kempsey (NSW) named after him. "The Slim Dusty Way."
Loretta Lynn has published a new book titled Still Woman Enough. This follows her best-selling autobiography published in 1976 which led to the 1980 movie Coal Miner's Daughter based on that book starring starred Sissy Spacek as Lynn and Tommy Lee Jones as her husband Mooney Lynn.
Elvis died of heart failure on August 16, 1977, at the age of 42. Last August was the 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death.
It's now Dr. Loretta Lynn, The singer received an honorary doctorate of arts from the University of Kentucky
Peggy Lee, 81, singer; died January 21st in Bel Air, CA from a heart attack
ABC have published COUNTRY MUSIC funnyman Jim Hayne's new book "The Great Australian Book Of Limericks" with more than 1,100 entries!
DARWIN BASED Attitude Productions released a video documentary on the legendary Tex Morton (The Father of Australian Country Music) it traces the career of the pioneer of Australasian country music during the period of 1916 to 1983 including his international successes. The video is available from Attitude Productions, PO Box U233 Darwin NT 0815.
Nash Chambers is a popular producer since the success of Kasey's Album "The Captain". He is producing for Troy Cassar-Daley, Ross Wilson and rocker Dave Gleeson from the Screaming Jets.
Glen Campbell is recording an album of his classic hits. It will be an instrumental album with jazz arrangements.
"The Pub with No Beer " written by Gordon Parson and recorded by Slim Dusty was listed number 5 as the most significant Australian songs in the last 75yrs. Ross Wilson's "Eagle Rock" came in at Number 2
- Loretta Lynn has now written a sequel to her autobiography "Coal Miner's Daughter".
- In recognition of the exceptional contribution made to Australian Country Music over more than half a century, the title Honorary President for Life of the Country Music Association of Australia be bestowed on David Gordon Kirkpatrick otherwise known as Slim Dusty.
