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      -
      The
      Panther
      Prints
      January
      16,
      1996
     
    
   
   
    
     
      East
      Coast
      Music
      Awards
      Nominees
     
    
   
   
    
     
      FIRST
      NATIONS
      RECORDING:
     
     
      -The
      Champion
      Returns:
      Lee
      Cremo
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      nominations
      for
      the
      1996
      East
      Coast
      Music
      Awards
      were
      announced
      at
      a
     
     
      media
      conference
      on
      Wednesday,
      January
      3
      here
      in
      Charlottetown.
      Winners
      are
     
     
      chosen
      by
      a
      vote
      of
      the
      East
      Coast
      Music
      Association
      and
      will
      be
      announced
      on
      -Mi’kmaq
      Chants:
      Denny
      Family
     
     
      February
      11
      at
      the
      ECMA
      ceremonies.
      Awards
      will
      be
      presented
      in
      the
      following
      -No
      Boundries:
      Eagle
      Feather
     
     
      categories:
      -Flowers
      In
      Bloom:
      Sarah
      Michael
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -Wapna’kik.
      Sons
      of
      Membertou
     
    
   
   
    
     
      FEMALE
      ARTIST:
      MALE
      ARTIST:
     
     
      -Holly
      Cole
      -Ron
      Bourgeois
      CELTIC
      RECORDING:
     
     
      -Rita
      MacNeil
      -Bruce
      Guthro
      -The
      Thunder
      God’s
      Wife:
      Adshade
      Cafe
     
     
      -Doris
      Mason
      -Dave
      Maclsaac
      -Ancestral
      Voices
      -
      Celtic
      Christmas:
      The
      College
      of
      Piping
      and
      Celtic
      Arts
     
     
      -Kim
      Stockwood
      -Bob
      Snider
      -Up:
      Great
      Big
      Sea
     
     
      -Laura
      Smith
      -Al
      Tuck
      -Nimble
      Fingers:
      Dave
      Maclsaac
     
     
      -Endless
      Seasons:
      The
      Rankin
      Family
     
     
      RECORDING
      GROUP/DUO:
      COUNTRY
      ARTIST:
     
     
      -Great
      Big
      Sea
      -Cindy
      Church
      ENTERTAINER
      OF
      THE
      YEAR:
     
     
      -Irish
      Descendants
      -Stompin’
      Tom
      Connors
      -Great
      Big
      Sea
     
     
      -Modabo
      -Bruce
      Guthro
      -Ashley
      Maclsaac
     
     
      -The
      Rankin
      Family
      -Rita
      MacNeil
      -The
      Barra
      MacNeils
     
     
      -Sandbox
      -The
      Rankin
      Family
      -The
      Rankin
      Family
     
     
      -Laura
      Smith
     
     
      POP/ROCK
      ARTIST:
      INSTRUMENTAL
      ARTIST:
     
     
      -The
      Barra
      MacNeils
      -Lee
      Cremo
      VIDEO:
     
     
      -Great
      Big
      Sea
      -Tracey
      Dares
      Title
      Artist
     
     
      -Sloan
      -Ray
      Legere
      -’’You
      Feel
      The
      Same
      Way
      Too”’
      -The
      Rankin
      Family
     
     
      -Laura
      Smith
      -Dave
      Maclsaac
      -’’Reel
      and
      Roll’’
      -Rawlins
      Cross
     
     
      -Kim
      Stockwood
      -Richard
      Wood
      -’’People
      of
      the
      Sky’’
      -Sloan
     
     
      -’’Shade
      of
      Your
      Love’’
      -Laura
      Smith
     
     
      CLASSICAL
      RECORDING:
      -”’Darn
      Folksinger”’
      “Bob
      Snider
     
     
      -Haydn:
      Piano
      Sonatas:
      Peter
      Allen
     
     
      -S.L.
      Weiss:
      Michel
      Cardin
      ALBUM:
      i
     
     
      -Sigismund
      Thalberg:
      Ian
      Hominick
      Album
      Artist
     
     
      -Organ
      Works:
      David
      MacDonald
      _
      -Up
      -Great
      Big
      Sea
     
     
      -Glazunov/Shostakovitch:
      Saint
      John
      String
      Quartet
      -Modabo
      -Modabo
     
     
      -Endless
      Seasons
      -The
      Rankin
      Family
     
     
      ALTERNATIVE
      ARTIST:
      JAZZ
      ARTIST
      -Bionic
      -Sandbox.
     
     
      -Hardship
      Post
      -Jeri
      Brown
      -B’'tween
      The
      Earth
      and
      My
      Soul
      -Laura
      Smith
     
     
      -jale
      -Goodspeed/StaplesQuartet
      :
     
     
      -Rebecca
      West
      -Jerry
      Granelli
      SOCAN
      SONG:
     
     
      -Sloan
      -Kirk
      MacDonald
      Song
      Artist
     
     
      -Super
      Friendz
      -Maritime
      Jazz
      Orchestra
      -’’Peter’s
      Dream’’
      -Lennie
      Gallant
     
     
      -’’You
      Feel
      The
      Same
      Way
      Too’’
      -The
      Rankin
      Family
     
     
      CHILDREN’S
      ARTIST:
      BLUEGRASS
      ARTIST:
      -’’Long
      Night’’
      -Rawlins
      Cross
     
     
      -Les
      Habitants
      -Bluegrass
      4
      -’’Curious’’
      -Sandbox
     
     
      -Heather
      &
      Eric
      -Crooked
      Stovepipe
      -’’Shade
      of
      Your
      Love’’
      -Laura
      Smith
     
     
      -Razzmatazz
      for
      Kids
      -Exit
      13
     
     
      -Roland
      &
      Johnny
      -Ray
      Legere
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -Duncan
      Wells
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -Rustic
      Harmony
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Music
      fans
      have
      an
      opportunity
      to
      vote
      for
      the
      1996
      Entertainer
      of
      the
      Year.
     
     
      FRANCOPHONE
      RECORDING:
      The
      East
      Coast
      Music
      Association
      has
      set
      up
      a
      1-900
      line
      that
      will
      accept
      calls
     
     
      -Le
      Vieux
      Hippy:
      Cayouche
      from
      anywhere
      in
      Atlantic
      Canada.
      The
      public
      is
      invited
      to
      call
      1-900-870-3262
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -River
      of
      Love:
      Annick
      Gagnon
      As
      (ECMA)
      up
      until
      4:00
      pm
      Atlantic
      time
      on
      February
      8
      to
      vote
      ($1.49/minute
     
     
      -Pays
      De
      Barbarie:
      Isabelle
      et
      la
      Bete
      charge).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -Musique
      De
      La
      Nouvelle
      Acadie:
      Various
     
     
      -Contes
      du
      Coude
      -
      Tales:
      Zero
      Celsius
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Panther
      Prints
      would
      like
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Also
      at
      this
      year’s
      ceremony,
      the
      late
      Gene
      MacLellan
      will
      be
      posthumously
     
     
      awarded
      with
      the
      Dr.
      Helen
      Creighton
      Lifetime
      Achievement
      Award.
      Representa-
     
     
      tives
      of
      Mr.
      MacLellan’s
      family
      will
      accept
      the
      award
      during
      the
      ECMA
      show.
     
     
      They
      will
      join
      others
      in
      a
      tribute
      to
      the
      singer
      songwriter
      who
      made
      his
      home
      here
     
     
      in
      PE}.
      MacLellan
      is
      best
      known
      for
      writing
      two
      of
      the
      most
      popular
      songs
      ever
     
     
      written:
      “‘Snowbird’’
      and
      ‘‘Put
      Your
      Hand
      In
      The
      Hand.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      congratulate
      all
      of
      the
      ECMA
      nominees