TRAD MUSIC AWARDS ON 3RD DECEMBER 2005

SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED – PUBLIC TO VOTE

THIRD AWARDS AT QUEENS HALL, EDINBURGH

TO BE PRESENTED BY MARY ANN KENNEDY AND IAIN ANDERSON

The short list for this year’s Trad Music Awards has been announced with voting open from 1st-25th November. The winners will be announced at the awards, which will be held at the Queens Hall in Edinburgh on 3rd December 2005. The hosts will be Mary Ann Kennedy and Iain Anderson. This is the 3rd year that the awards have been staged and acts performing will include Blazin' Fiddles, Maggie MacInnes Band, Jim Malcolm, Plockton National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music, Kirkwall City Pipe Band, Stuart Cassells, TMSA Young Trad Musicians (featuring all the finalists of the 2005 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award), Anna Massie Band, The Occasionals and more.

In addition to live music and the 17 Awards there will be 6 performers inducted into the newly created Hall of Fame. Postal voting forms are available from PO Box 8774, Biggar ML12 6WZ or can be down loaded from www.handsupfortrad.co.uk and online voting in conjunction with BBC Scotland’s Celtic Roots website (www.bbc.co.uk/celticroots) and media sponsors, The Scotsman.

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Tickets for the Trad Music Awards are now on sale at the Queens Hall,
QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH, 7.30PM TICKETS £15 (£12) Tel. 0131 668 2019

For further information contact:
Fiona Duff/Natalie Biggs www.handsupfortrad.co.uk
Duff Publicity - 0131 558 1199