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NOVA SCOTIA COUNTRY MUSIC
HALL OF FAME NEWSLETTER
NSCMHF is located In the Hank Snow Country Music Centre Liverpool, Nova Scotia Mailing Address: 100 High Street Box 230, Bridgewater, NS B4V 1V9 President: Roger Bleasdale 902-275-4142 E-mail: [email protected] See us on facebook Website: www.nscmhf.ca Webmaster: Jeff Vanderwal Newsletter Editor: Bev Cheverie 902-431-5218 or 902-410-4890 [email protected]
April 2018
Volume 12 - Issue 2
*Ceremony Dinner
Tickets* *Membership News*
*2018 Inductees* *CD Announcement*
*Upcoming NSCMHF Shows*
*News from Inductees*
*Mission Statement* *NSCMHF Objectives*
*Board of Directors* *Raffle Winner*
*Sponsors*
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IN THIS ISSUE
NSCMHF Meetings The Board of Directors meet every month. All NSCMHF members are wel-comed and encouraged to attend our meetings. Please contact any of the Directors to find out when and where our next meeting will take place.
Announcing the 2018 NSCMHF
22nd Annual Induction Ceremony and Dinner
Best Western Glengarry Hotel Truro, Nova Scotia
September 15, 2018.
Tickets: $42.00
For tickets contact Floyd Spicer 902-462-0694 or any board member
Doors open at 4:00 Dinner at 5:00
To make reservations for overnight accommodations contact: The Best Western Glengarry,
150 Willow St. Truro, NS B2N4Z6 1-902-893-4311
www.bestwestern.com
Membership Fees Due As noted in the last newsletter, renewal for membership will be $10 per year or $25 for three years. Please remember to always have your mem-bership card with you at all NSCMHF shows to receive your discount at the door on the day of the show. (Exception: Induction Ceremony) Any new members and all members who renew on or before September 15th,
have a chance to win $100 gas gift card!
New or renewed members please contact Carol Penney by phone
@ 902-644-3135 or email [email protected] or
mail to 750 Barss Corner Rd., RR#1 New Germany, N.S. B0R 1E0
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Aaron C. Lewis
Aaron is a professional singer/songwriter from Sydney and has been performing since the age of 16. Aaron has travelled the world as part of The Carlton Show Band led by his father
Bobby Lewis. He has shared the stage with some of the big-gest names in the industry such as Joe Diffie, Alabama, Tom-my Hunter, The Osmonds, Prairie Oyster and Charlie Pride.
Aaron continues to record and perform his own music in Cape Breton. In 2017, his national single “Put a Little Love on It” sold over 10 000 copies in a three month period.
Bill Guest
Halifax is home to this multi-talented instrumentalist. Bill is well known for his musicianship on the fiddle and piano. He plays a host of other instruments as well. Bill’s involvement in
music ranges from an early musical promise and local per-former to a music teacher in Halifax and performing interna-tionally. He has shared the stage with country stars such as
Ray Price, Don Messer, Anne Murray, and Doc Williams, to name a few. Bill has composed over 375 tunes for the fiddle and has written various music books.
Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the following 2018 Inductees
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the completion of : First Edition Showcase CD. The first Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame CD in-cludes music from 16 of our 91 current In-ductees of the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame. With so many talented induc-tees, we are hopeful this will be an ongoing music project for years to come. Please sup-port the work of the NSCMHF by purchas-ing your own copy of the CD. It will be available at all upcom-ing NSCMHF spring shows and at the 22nd Annual NSCMHF Cer-emony and Dinner on September 15, 2018. The cost of the CD is $15.00
Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations of individuals/groups to be considered for induction into the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame. We are looking forward to our upcoming in-
duction ceremony and gala celebration to honour the selected nominees.
Matt Balsor
Matt is a vocalist residing in Hantsport. He has been a popu-lar performer in Nova Scotia for the past twenty years. With his unique style, Matt brings Classic Country to many appre-
ciative audiences around the province. Matt has recorded 12 albums to date and has shared the stage with country stars Larry Gatlin and Carroll Baker. He has performed with many
Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees. In 2012, Matt took on a large recording project which includes duets with 25 other artists from around the province.
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First Edition Showcase CD Launch St. Michael’s Church, 6 St. Michael’s Ave. Halifax
Sunday April 29, 2018, 2:00pm (doors open at 1:00) $10.00 at the door
Performances by NSCMHF Inductees
Vic Mullen*, Jo-Ann Newman* Floyd Spicer*, Don Haggart*
Larry Boutilier*
Halifax
Port Williams Country Music Special Port Williams Community Centre
May 6, 2018 2:00 $10.00 at the door Performances by
Rob Brown, John Snyder, Chet Brown*, Gordie Giles, Graham Moorehead, Floyd Spicer*, Paul Mou-
laison*, and Natural Sound- Pam & Ray Gray
Inductees News and Reviews...
Upcoming NSCMHF Shows… NSCMHF First Edition Showcase CD will be available at all shows for $15.00
Things have been moving along at a good pace for me. I'm still performing at concerts and shows locally and beyond. On November 4, 2017 I released a new CD Music For Life, My Journey at the Osprey Arts Centre in Shelburne. This project took years to complete and covers a lot of ground. The 15 track recording was a combined effort be-tween 2 studios: Matt Swim of Clarks Harbour and Alex Buchanan at Harbour Tone Productions in Shelburne. The first song on the CD is the first one I ever sang in pub-lic as a toddler. The last song is the last one I wrote to date. The recording is a collection of traditional, spiritual, folk, and up beat country. The songs represent the many influences along my journey! I'm still doing what I love and loving
what I do, wherever and when-ever I can! Hope to meet you along the way as I continue my jour-ney!
Chester Legion Country Music May 27, 2018 1:00 pm $10.00 at the door
Special guests include:
Chet Brown*, Matt Balsor, Joyce Seamone*,Wendy Lynn, Neil Brown, Gordie Giles, Scott Redden,
Floyd Spicer*, Andy Quinlan
Vintage 1930’s photo of Tex Cochrane at CFCY radio, Charlottetown, PEI. Hailing from Sweets Cor-ner, near Windsor NS, Tex Cochrane got his start in 1934 at CHNS Halifax. Western attire was popular with ‘cowboy’ singers as they were called before country came into vogue. Singers always dressed western for radio shows for live audiences or await-ing fans. Souvenir photos were often sold by the per-formers themselves, or used as giveaways by radio stations or sponsors. Tex recorded for RCA from 1937-39. In 1940, he joined the Canadian Army. Tex Cochrane retired with rank of Major in 1963. He lived in Fredricton NB until his death in 1995.
Tex (Gordon) Cochrane Inducted 1998
“Mother’s Own” Tea was a CFCY radio sponsor
Thank you to Associate Director, Dianne O’Brien for organizing and hosting a wonderful night of country music on April 7th at the Best Western Glengarry Hotel in Truro.
Lynne
Crowell
Inducted in
2007
Tusket Country Music Special Salle Père-Maurice-LeBlanc Theatre
Tusket, Yarmouth County Sunday June 17, 2018, 1:00–4:00 pm $15.00 at the door
Performances by
East Coast Acadians, Jamie Cotter*, Wilfred Saulnier Ruth Manning, Blain Henshaw*, Dave Coggins House Band includes Paul Moulaison*, Mike Surette, Gary Greene*, Jim McRae, Paul Fitzpatrick
Make note: The * after a name indicates Inductee
Volume 12 - Issue 2
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2017-2018 PRESIDENT- Roger Bleasdale
VICE– PRESIDENT- Ruth Manning
PAST PRESIDENTS– Floyd Spicer /Carol Penney
SECRETARY – Vina Moses
TREASURER– Marilyn Robertson
DIRECTORS
Bill Corkum Bev Cheverie
Blain Henshaw Bruce Innes
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Region 1- Hants, Colchester & Cumberland Counties - Dianne O’Brien
Region 2- Pictou, Antigonish & Guysborough Counties - Don Haggart
Region 3– Cape Breton - vacant
Region 4- Halifax & Lunenburg Counties - Wendy Manning
Region 5– Queens, Shelburne, Yarmouth Counties - Jim MacCrae
Region 6- Kings, Annapolis & Digby Counties - vacant
MISSION STATEMENT THE NOVA SCOTIA COUNTRY MUSIC HALL
OF FAME
• To establish and maintain a permanent Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame.
• To develop and promote public interest in old time fiddling, and country and blue-grass music in Nova Scotia.
• The preservation and the public display of artifacts and memorabilia of those induct-ed into the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame.
• To encourage nominations for induction into the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall in Fame
Editor`s Note
I hope you enjoy
reading the news in
the second issue of
the NSCMHF news-
letter for 2018! Con-
gratulations goes out
to our three well-
deserving 2018 in-
ductees! To all induc-
tees of NSCMHF,
please note my re-
quest for your music
highlights that you
might like to share
with the member-
ship. We would all
love to know how
and what you might
be doing these days.
As always, it is my
pleasure to provide
you with the news
from the Nova Scotia
Country Music Hall of
Fame.
Time is flying by fast-
er for me since I’ve
retired! You all
should have warned
me!
Yours in country music, Bev Cheverie bevcheverie
@yahoo.com 902-410-4890
902-463-5393
Vernon DavisTrucking Limited
38 Etter Rd., Mount Uniacke, N.S.
Phone: (902) 866-2717
1801 Hollis Street, Suite 1540 Ph.one: 902-492-1119 Halifax, Nova Scotia Fax: 902-492-9494 B3J 3N4 Toll Free: 1-888-878-
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* NSCMHF Inductees *
NSCMHF would like to feature you in an upcoming edition of the newsletter.
Please forward a picture and/or infor-mation (limit 200 words) about your past and/or present involvement in country
music. I look forward to hearing from you very soon.
Bev Cheverie Editor, NSCMHF Newsletter
[email protected] or see mailing ad-dress on front page of the newsletter
For information on a variety of monthly shows
please go to: http://
www.jerrysnews.com
Don’t forget these upcoming events this
summer!
69th Maritime Fiddle Festival 47th NS Bluegrass Festival
28th Hank Snow Tribute Weekend
Congratulations to NSCMHF member Ralph O’Connell (R) of Dartmouth, recent winner of the NSCMHF gift basket. Tickets were availa-ble at local country jamborees with the ticket being drawn on March 25th at Blair’s Country Jam in Beaverbank. Pictured with Ralph is NSCMHF board member Bruce Innes (L).
