CCMA Awards

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The past month featured the Canadian Country Music Awards from Calgary and the 2002 CCMA Award Winners were as follows: Fans' Choice Award - Terri Clark Female Artist of the Year -- Carolyn Dawn Johnson Male Artist of the Year - Paul Brandt Group or Duo of the Year - Emerson Drive Album of the Year - Small Towns And Big Dreams, Paul Brandt Single of the Year - I Don't Want You To Go, Carolyn Dawn Johnson SOCAN Song of the Year - Ten Million Teardrops, Jason McCoy, Tim Taylor CMT Video of the Year - I Don't Want You To Go, Carolyn Dawn Johnson Roots Artist or Group of the Year - Jimmy Rankin Chevy Truck Rising Star Award - Emerson Drive   It is interesting to note that out of those ten awards, eight went to Alberta recording artists. The one notable exception was Jimmy Rankin, who you should be hearing more from as time goes on. It was also great to see D’arcy Scott, a long time announcer in Calgary, Elmer Tippe, one of the legends out of CKWX in Vancouver and our old buddy Bev Munro, the former morning man on CFCW, being elected to the Hall of Fame.  Mike Growney, the manager at the Gold Coast Casino in Las Vegas tells me that Las Vegas was home to a lot of cowboys again last month. Mike also informed me that a fellow named Roger Moore, a bulldozer operator out of Loon Lake, Saskatchewan became the first ever winner of the Las Vegas Stampede, a chuckwagon race. Chuckwagon racing, a uniquely Canadian sport is virtually unknown in the U.S. The Las Vegas races, however, will be broadcast to a potential audience of 90 million viewers in two airings on U.S. cable networks.  Later, Fustuk