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Monday, October 23, 2006

CCMA Awards Show wins award

The 2005 Canadian Country Music Awards Show,from Calgary’s Pengrowth Saddledome has won a Gemini Award honouring Canadian television.
Canada’s Gemini Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the television industry.
This is the second Gemini Award for the CCMA Awards show. The 2007 show will be held in Regina, Saskatchewan as a part of Canada’s Country Music Week event, from September 7 to 10.

Cheryl Dunn's No.1

Congratulations to Cheryl Dunn on her recent No.1 on the USA Country Gospel charts.
with "Last Train" .

Eli Barsi wins Will Rogers Award

Eli Barsi is the recipient of the 2006 Will Rogers Award for Western Female Vocalist, presented to her by the Academy of Western Artists [ AWA]in Dallas,Texas.
She was also the recipient of this award in 2002.
Eli is a true prairie girl that was raised on the southeastern plains of Saskatchewan, Canada. Before relocating to the Branson area of Missouri, she spent several years honing her craft as a singer, songwriter, musician, & yodeler in the province of Alberta near Stony Plain.