To All: Thanks to all who wrote offering congratulations. We sincerely appreciate the support and encouragement of everyone on the lute list. Best wishes, Ron & Donna www.mignarda.com > Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 21:10:12 +0100 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: A win for us all > > Congratulations! It confirms that there's an absolutely huge audience > out there, if only we could reach them... > > I hope this gives your excellent work a higher profile, both in and out > of "our world". > > Martin > > Ron Andrico wrote: > > To all: > > We are pleased to announce that our CD Divine Amarillis: Airs De Court > > 1570-1640 has won first place as best album at the 2009 Just Plain > > Folks Awards ceremony in the category of Classical Voice/Opera Solo. > > We have no idea who nominated us for the award, and are generally > > stunned at winning first place when looking at the considerable > > competition in this category. Here is what we found on their website: > > Just Plain Folks is the world's largest grassroots music organization > > of over 51,500 songwriters, recording artists and music industry > > professionals, and host to the world's largest independent music > > awards. Just Plain Folks recognizes the other 98% of indie artists the > > world rarely hears. This year the JPF Music Awards received forty-two > > thousand albums, and five-hundred-sixty thousand song submissions in > > the largest music awards of any kind in world history. The JPF Music > > Awards took place in Nashville August 29, 2009 at the Wildhorse Saloon > > in Nashville, Tennessee. > > The Classical Voice/Opera Solo category was wide open and we were > > really the only early music performers. And there can be no mistaking > > the era of our music since the dates were in the CD title. This award > > really means something for the entire lute world: Our concerted effort > > to reach the mainstream listening audience with passionately performed > > music for voice and lute is working. Hopefully, this means that > > audiences will dig a little deeper and more people will discover our > > music. > > Best wishes, > > Ron & Donna > > [email protected] > > [1]http://www.mignarda.com > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > > Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. [2]Try Bing > > now. -- > > > > References > > > > 1. http://www.mignarda.com/ > > 2. http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_ BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1 > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > __________________________________________________________________
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