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CCMA
AWARDS ON TRACK FOR SEPTEMBER 12
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTS
STARS
CONFIRMED FOR "FIRST OF ITS KIND"
STAGING PRESENTATION
(August
22, 2005) - The Canadian Country Music Association released
today an initial list of performers for the CCMA Awards to
be held September 12 in Calgary at Pengrowth Saddledome. The
show will be broadcast on CBC with encore airings on CMT,
and continues to be the only Canadian awards show to air live
in the U.S. (this year on GAC or Great American Country).
For the first time the show will also air in Australia (on
CMC or Country Music Channel).
Host Paul Brandt, nominated for six 2005 CCMA Awards
will perform his self-penned new release "Alberta Bound"
in a special tribute for Alberta's Centennial year which will
include two of Canada's and Alberta's most unique artists,
Ian Tyson and Corb Lund. Also up for six CCMA Awards,
first time nominee The Road Hammers is onboard, along
with multi-nominated stars George Canyon, Terri
Clark, Carolyn Dawn Johnson and Manitoba band Doc
Walker.
In addition,
producers announced that one of the hottest new international
stars on tour, Dierks Bentley, will present and perform. Bentley
has hit it big with the songs "Lot of Leavin' Left to
Do" and "What Was I Thinkin' "both of which
include Canadian star Deric Ruttan in the writing credits.
Staging
for this year's show at Pengrowth Saddledome will be one of
the most ambitious undertakings in the production's history.
Audiences will have tremendous sight lines with multiple performance
stages on the arena floor, along with visual effects and camera
shots reproduced on a giant, 360 degree projection surface
encircling the Saddledome's lower bowl. Producers are calling
the design "a first" for an awards show presentation,
and are promising viewers and ticket holders "a one-of-a-kind
experience".
Tickets
to the CCMA Awards are selling briskly and can be purchased
online at www.ticketmaster.ca
or at (403) 777-0000. More information at www.ccma.org.
The Canadian Country Music Awards will be
broadcast Monday, September 12 on CBC at 8 p.m./9 p.m. AT/9:30
p.m. NT from Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary with encore broadcasts
at a later date on CMT in Canada. The show will also be aired
live in the U.S. on GAC, and for the first time in Australia
on CMC.
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For
information on this release please contact:
Aimée Hill, Publicist
2005 CCMA Awards & Country Music Week
780-497-4548
hilla@macewan.ca
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