Scots Trad Music Awards 2005
Principal Sponsor - McEwan's Sessions.

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2005 WINNERS ANNOUNCED

READ ABOUT WHO HAS BEEN NOMINATED.

Hands up for Trad, in association with BBC Scotland Interactive, will be hosting the third ‘Scots Trad Music Awards’ Celebrations on the 3rd December, 2005 at The Queen’s Hall, South Clerk Street, Edinburgh (Box Office 0131 6682019 - Tickets available now). The aim of these Awards is to highlight Scotland's wonderful traditional music in all its forms and to create a high profile opportunity which will bring the music and music industry into the spotlight of media & public attention. Many thanks to all our sponsors who with out their help this event would not go ahead. Please support them.

Acts playing 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 and The Occasionals. Our comperes this year are BBC Scotland's Mary Ann Kennedy and Iain Anderson.

The Awards, which give recognition to excellence within Scotland's thriving musical culture, encompass all aspects of traditional music from Gaelic Song, Folk, Scottish Dance music, to Pipe Bands and a host of others in between.

Read about the Scots Trad Music Awards 2004
Read about the Scots Trad Music Awards 2003

Timetable 2005

Stage 1: Nominations 3rd - 22nd October
Anybody can nominate their favourite band/organisation etc. You can also get a form by emailing us at info@handsupfortrad.co.uk or by writing to us at this address and we'll send one out to you.

Stage 2: Voting 1st - 25th November
Again everybody is able to vote for their favourite act/organisation etc. Online voting will be taking place as usual on BBC Scotland's Celtic Roots web site or you can download the 2005 voting form from this website (PDF, Word file). You can also get voting forms by emailing us at info@handsupfortrad.co.uk or by writing to us at this address.

2005 Awards (available for voting)

Album of the Year sponsored by Birnam CD
Club of the Year sponsored by Living Tradition Magazine
Community Project of the Year
Composer of the Year sponsored by Distil
Event of the Year sponsored by VisitScotland
Gaelic Singer of the Year sponsored by Macmeanmna
Services to Industry Award sponsored by Scottish Arts Council
Instrumentalist of the Year sponsored by Temple Records
Live Act of the Year sponsored by Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
Media Award sponsored by Greentrax
Scots singer of the Year sponsored by Traditional Music and Song Association
Scottish Dance Band of the Year sponsored by National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs
Scottish Folk Band of the Year sponsored by Foot Stompin' Records
Scottish Pipe Band of the Year sponsored by The National Piping Centre
Up and Coming Artist of the Year sponsored by Wellington Consultancy
The McEwan’s Sessions Venue of the Year Award 2005

2005 Special Awards (not for voting)

Scots Traditional Music Hall of Fame sponsored by BBC Radio Shetland
For the first time we are inducting 6 performers into our inaugural Hall of Fame. Each entrant has to have been performing for over 20 years. The list will be announced shortly however the make up is 5 Scottish musicians and one international performer.

Hamish Henderson Award for Services to Traditional Music
This will be awarded to someone who's contribution to traditional music has been invaluable over the last few years. In 2003 we awarded it posthumously to Hamish Henderson and in 2004 The McCalmans after 40 years in the traditional music business.