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2009 NATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

Experience the latest talent in New Zealand music at the 2009 National Country Music Awards, Saturday 15th August, 7:30 pm.

Founders Theatre, Hamilton

Award winning artists performing:

Ashley Cooper, Cameron Clayton, Melissa Partridge,

Hayley Smith alongside legends Eddie Low, Marian Burns

and Jodi Vaughan.

....plus the 2009 Telstra Road to Tamworth winner

Peter McWhirter.

Hosted by Classic Hits announcer Jason Reeves.

Five awards presented in 2009 will include:

Country Music Horizon Award (non-voting category)

Country Music Legend Award (non-voting category)

Country Music Female Artist of the Year

Country Music Male Artist of the Year

Country Music Duo/Group of the Year

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Contact Heather Holland

tripleh@ihug.co.nz

“Country Circuit Tours”

Already this year, I have had three separate queries from overseas artists about coming to sing in New Zealand.

We play their music on TLC radio and I consider them VERY good artists. Of the three, one has already mentioned paying her own travel costs.

LIASON PEOPLE

I envisage a circuit to be put in place for such artists to come and perform at. So it would need a liason person in any centre where they can establish a willing relationship with a venue – eg. the club entertainment officer - willing to pay a decent fee for good entertainment.

VENUES

At this stage I would assume that the smaller provincial Cozzie clubs, RSAs and similar wouldn't want to be involved because of artists needing a good return. But that would be for them to say, and not for me to assume.

ARTISTS' PACKAGE

No one can expect any venue to take on someone they have no knowledge of. So a “promotion package” would have to be either put together, or provided by a touring artist. This would need to include some of their music, of course. And the liason person in that area would be responsible for getting it to the right places!

PROMOTION

Of course, if we want people to attend artists' concerts, then of course, the public has to be made aware of who, when, and where. And how much!

Promotion costs would need to be taken into consideration from the fee collected.

ACCOMODATION

Similar to trying to pick up the bigger, suitable venues, I envisage suitable motels, close to the venue if possible, being selected, and asked to become involved and be the motel of choice for each visiting artist on the circuit.

'Scene' and Heard

Around Taranaki ...and further afield

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ANN PASCOE'S 'ON THE MENU' CHARTS AT #5

ON THE ECMA TOP 100 Sept 14/05

On charts after 15 weeks at # 61 December 23/05

"Love is Where You Leave Your Heart" (Roy G. Ownbey)

#4 on the charts and stayed on Top 100 for 20 weeks. Hillcrest Simply the Best!

Attention artists wishing to record albums...Please Note...

Recently a few albums received for airplay on TLC radio have no AMCOS Clearance showing on them.

There seems to be some misconception about the need to register recordings with APRA/AMCOS.

Everyone making a CD of cover songs has to go through APRA / AMCOS and get a licence.

Even if it is non profit it still has to be done as the songwriters should get royalties from their songs being used.

Any song that is used without the songwriters' permission or not through AMCOS could be facing a very large fine and possibly a legal fight.

It is in your best interest to licence all of your recordings the proper way as to not result in this.

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Australasian Performing Right Association

Unit 113, Zone 23, 21-23 Edwin Street, Mt Eden 1024

PO Box 6315, Auckland 1141, New Zealand

DDI: (09) 623 4711 or 0800 69 2772 Ext 711

F: (09) 623 2174

www.apra.co.nz

MORE CHARTS Check out Joyce Ramgatie's Top 200

CHECK THE INDIES' CHARTS HERE!

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Another interesting website for country music lovers!

Click here

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Country Music Net Work

For airplay consideration

send your CD for to

NZ Country Music Network Ltd

PO Box 352

Stratford

Taranaki 4770, NZ

Stratford, Otahuhu,

Te Atatu, Huntly,

Napier and Marton

The Little Country Radio station with the BIG Heart!

Ann Pascoe

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In return for cheaper rates, the motel would be offered promotion on any material put out, advertising shows.

Home hosting isn't out of the question either, but it's not always convenient, for either party.

TRAVEL

FreewheelingNZ has offered some assistance.

SOME ONE

If anyone knows of some person who loves country music, and shares our desire to get good country artists travelling NZ, is prepared to work for nothing, but has an ability to carry out aspects of getting such tours working, please GRAB him/her and put this idea to him/her.

With someone who is knowledgeable spear-heading this idea, that would make it easier for everyone to carry out their part of it.

IN CONCLUSION

I realise there are aspects I have not raised, or indeed not yet thought of. And as I said at the start, talk is easy. Putting it all into practise is a lot harder. But we need to start somewhere.

I feel New Zealanders miss out on a lot of good Independent artists, simply because the promotion vehicle to help them get to and around NZ is non-existent.

There is nothing to stop us taking on NZ artists in this way, either.

I have to admit to feeling rather ashamed to say when asked about trips to New Zealand, that there is nothing on the level they are thinking about, to link up with here and bring their talent to our country!

Please pass this one to anyone you think would be interested to help.

Reply to me with your responses.

Ann Pascoe annpascoe@xtra.co.nz

14 th February 2008

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Gail Russell, Wellington, Sean Pawson, Palmerston North,

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Mark Corbett, (Ann) Noddy Curd, and (not shown) OLDOG

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Wed 04 Nov 2009 8:00p.m.

TSB Theatre,

New Plymouth,

Taranaki

The 10th Annual Hokianga

Country Music Festival

2009 October 2nd, 3rd & 4th

$20.00 per person covers the day or the weekend. More on this later.

Contact pakanae_bunty@hotmail.com

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OCTOBER

HE'S BACK!

Joe Martin is back in New Zealand and ready to party! Ready for music gigs!

Contact him

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2010!

Check out the all NEW Marton Festival site!

Hermann Lammers Meyer in New Zealand

Topp Twins National Tour 2009

New Zealand’s favorite entertainers, Jools and Lynda Topp, are celebrating 25 years in show business, and a double half-century as twin sisters. To celebrate 100 Years of the Topp Twins, our “untouchable girls” are touring a brand-new theatre show based on their extraordinary life-story.

The show tells the very funny and clever story of the twins’ metamorphosis from dairy farmers’ daughters to national comedians, and will involve many of the twins characters New Zealanders have come to love over the years, as well as multi-media, yodelling and the twins’ trademark style of audience participation.

This is the show to Topp all others! So don’t miss out on an irreverent hilarious romp through different eras of New Zealand fashion, politics and music with the world's only comedic, singing, dancing, cross-dressing, yodeling twin sisters with a penchant for gingham skirts and pink toweling pantsuits.

The Topp Twins are “a comedy act to treasure “ The Times, London.

NOVEMBER