MECHANIC FALLS – More than 20 awards were presented Oct. 19 before a large crowd at the 26th annual Maine Country Music Awards show held at the Silver Spur Club. Recipients are as follows:
Senior Entertainer of The Year: Perley Curtis, now in Gatlin, Tenn.
Female Vocalist: Diana (Dee Dee) Record of Oxford
Male Vocalist: Bobby Reed of Boothbay
Gospel Artist: Country Jim Palmer of Corinna
Senior Most Promising Artist: Tim Sprague of Boothbay
Instrumentalist: drummer Burt Hopler of Howland
Vocal Duo: Elton & Diana Record of Oxford
Vocal Group: Record Family Band of Oxford
Modern Country Band: Gloria Jean & The E Z Riders of Scarborough
Traditional Country Band: Bobby Reed & Wildhorse of Boothbay
Bluegrass Band: The Gelina Family of Gardiner
Solo Artist: Jewell Clark of Bethel
Folk Artist: Jewell Clark & Country Jim Palmer
Comedy Artist: Miss Petunia of Corinna
Junior Entertainer Of The Year: Patrick Libby of Livermore Falls
Junior Male Vocalist: Patrick Libby
Junior Most Promising Newcomer: Travis Pinkham of Farmington
Junior Vocal Duo: Cliff Randall & Mandy Garnett of Gardiner
The following special awards were also presented:
Gospel Songwriter for “Little Girl”: Tim Sprague of Boothbay
Bluegrass Song for “Sweet Strawberry Wine”: Country Jim Palmer of Corinna
Modern Country Song: “Never Been This Blue,”Country Jim Palmer
Traditional Country Song for “Thank God For Heroes”: Tim Sprague
Country Album of the Year: “Thru The Years,” Slim Andrews & The Cumberland Valley Revue
Barry Dean Award: Diana Record of Oxford
Marie Adams Award: Romeo Langelier of Chesterville
Fiddling Harold Carter Award: Burt Hopler of Howland
Hal Lone Pine Memorial Award: Elton Record of Oxford
Duke Knight Award: Gary Leet of Winthrop
Lifetime Membership Award: Elwood Yeaton of Paris
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