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03 Dec 06 - 03:55 PM (#1899059) Subject: Review: The 2006 Trad music Awards From: GUEST,Snapper The 2006 Trad Music Awards, this year in Fort William, were their usual roaring success. Congrats to all who attended/won/were nominated. Checkout some of the winners and players at www.folkmusic.net/awards/ |
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03 Dec 06 - 09:44 PM (#1899279) Subject: RE: Review: The 2006 Trad music Awards From: Effsee The Scottish Traditional Music Awards were as follows:- Album of the Year: Heart of America - Donnie Munro Club of the Year: Wick Accordian and Fiddle Club Community Project of the Year: Feisean nan Gaidheal Composer of the Year: Donald Shaw Event of the Year: World Pipe Band Championships Gaelic Singer of the Year: Kathleen MacInnes Services to Industry Award: Johnny Mowat (Orkney Folk Festival) Instrumentalist of the Year: Aidan O'Rourke Live Act of the Year: The McCalmans Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year: Sylvia Barnes Scottish Dance Band of the Year: Marian Anderson Scottish Dance Band Scottish Folk Band of the Year: Anna Massie Band Scottish Pipe Band of the Year: Kintyre Schools Up & Coming Artist of the Year: Jenna Cumming Strathspey & Reel Society of the Year: Banchory Strathspey and Reel Society McEwans Sessions Venue of the Year: The Lismore, Glasgow Hamish Henderson Award: Robbie Shepherd. Hall of Fame Inductees: Jock Duncan, Kenna Campbell, Fergie MacDonald, Donald MacPherson, Aly Bain. Posthumous Inductees - Jeannie Robertson and Sir Jimmy Shand Whilst being entirely ambivelant to "Awards" in general, I was delighted to note that Johnny Mowat has recieved acknowledgement for the wonderful job he and his team have carried out over the best part of quarter of a century for the Orkney Folk Festival! |