The event, scheduled for 1 to 5 p.m. at Augusta’s Calumet Club, spotlights what organizer Bob Elston calls “classic country.” Elston, who is president of the 2-year old-organization, said there will be music by a variety of performers in addition to the announcement of winners in such categories as Living Legend, Living Pioneer and Unsung Hero. Top vocalists, instrumentalists and bands will be named and several deceased performers will be given a place on the MACM’s Hillbilly Heaven roster.

Elston said he and five other longtime performers and patrons of country music founded MACM and the organization has rapidly grown to nearly 400 members. This is the second year for awards, but the first year for what’s expected to be an annual show for the presentations.

Music at the show will be performed by several nominees, including Brian Wardwell, a popular preteen singer who is up for the Rising Star award. Other performers are Bob Elston and the Road Rangers with Marlene Carpenter and Jeff Clark, Everard Dodge and Roseanna Rogers (two of the MACM founders), Vicky Michaud and Wendell Austin.

Jerry Lindsey, another founder, is master of ceremonies. Rick and Doreen Genthner were other founders.

Nominees for the awards came from a 30-member committee which did not include any professional artists.

Inductees into the MACM’s Hillbilly Heaven are Mellie Dunham, Florence Rich, Ken and Simone MacKenzie, Yodeling Slim Clark, Dick Curless and Hal Lone Pine.

Dunham, a native of Norway, was born in the mid-1800s. He won the title of Champion Fiddler of Maine and went on several vaudeville tours. Dunham was seen as the embodiment of the typical Maine farmer. He made four recordings for Victor Records in 1926.

Florence Rich was born near Milo in 1897. Mostly self-taught, she played piano at shows and dances in many small Maine towns for decades. Her first paying job was a New Year’s Eve show with the Happy Valley Cowboys. The entire band was paid $5.

The other inductees had more extensive regional fame and exposure on radio and television. Curless achieved long-term national fame after winning the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout Show in 1957. He was best known for his recording of “Tombstone Every Mile.”

Hal Lone Pine, born Harold J. Breau in 1916, lived in Auburn for a while. With his wife, Betty Cote, he was known throughout New England and Canada, and they eventually became stars on West Virginia’s WWVA Wheeling Jamboree. He died in 1977.

Betty Cote, who still resides in Lewiston, and Hal Lone Pine are parents of four sons: internationally famed jazz guitarist Lenny Breau, now deceased; Denny Breau, a prominent country guitarist on regional and national stages; and Dick and Bob Breau, both of whom chose careers outside of music.

Elston, who has been a country music performer for nearly 50 years, said the Maine Academy of Country Music raises funds for scholarships and benefit causes through several shows a year, including a Christmas party for elderly fans.

Tickets for the show are $10, $8 for members.

Membership in the Maine Academy of Country Music is $10 and includes a newsletter and 10 percent discount for shows. The group has its own meeting building in Albion. The mailing address is P.O. Box 477, Clinton, ME 04927-0477.