IBMA Special Awards nominees for 2006

One other set of award nominees were announced at today’s IBMA press conference, the ones officially designated as "Special Awards."

The following awards are determined by special procedures and committees are enlisted to review recommendations, consider nominations related to the criteria and determine recipients. Finalists will be recognized and winners will be announced at the Special Awards Luncheon, scheduled for Thursday, September 28 at The Renaissance Hotel in Nashville.

The nominees for Bluegrass Broadcaster Of The Year for 2006 are:

Kyle Cantrell Bluegrass Junction
XM Satellite Radio, Nashville, TN
web site
Terry Herd Sirius Satellite Radio/Bluegrass Radio Network
syndicated program, Nashville, TN
web site
Red Shipley WAMU, Washington, DC web site

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The nominees for Bluegrass Event Of The Year for 2006 are:

26th Annual Bluegrass
& Chili Festival
Claremore, OK – September 2005 web site
21st Annual Joe Val Festival Framingham, MA – February 2006 web site
Florida State Bluegrass Festival Perry, FL – April 2005 web site

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The nominees for Print Media Person Of The Year for 2006 are:
Dan Miller editor, Flatpicking Guitar Magazine web site
Chris Stuart freelance writer, Bluegrass Unlimited and Bluegrass Now web site
Bob Black author of Come Hither To Go Yonder
Playing Music With Bill Monroe
web site

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The nominees for Best Graphic Design for a Recorded Project for 2006 are:
Elevation Creative Studios
(designer)
The New Kentucky String Ticklers, Generations, Gennett Records web site
Spencer Walts, Eyeworks Studios &
Sarah Lainie Smith (designers)
Uncle Earl, She Waits For Night, Rounder Records web site
Heather & G. Carr
(designers)
The O’Brien Family, The Official O’Brien Family CD & Board Game web site

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The nominees for Best Liner Notes for a Recorded Project for 2006 are:
Jim Mills
(liner notes)
Jim Mills, Hide Head Blues, Sugar Hill Records web site
Gary B. Reid
(liner notes)
The Stanley Brothers, The Stanley Brothers, Earliest Recordings –
The Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s (1947-1952),
Rounder Records
web site
Tom Adams
(liner notes)
Michael Cleveland, Ler ‘Er Go, Boys, Rounder Records web site

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