ATTENTION ALL NAMA MEMBERS

The 2010 Advisory Board Ballot has been finalized and all music players on our website have been uploaded with mp3s of all artists who have submitted material for nomination consideration for the 12th Annual Native American Music Awards. Advisory Board Members are now casting their votes and selecting five finalists in each category to become the nominees for the 12th Annual Awards program.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Winnipeg, Manitoba (August 25, 2010) -- The Manito Ahbee Festival is pleased to announce the nominees for their annual music awards. The full list of nominees is located at the end of this media release.

The 5th annual Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards (APCMAs) are handed out in Winnipeg over two nights. The First Night Awards take place on Thursday November 4th. The Awards gala happens Friday November 5th at MTS Centre, and is broadcast live on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).

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Winnipeg, Manitoba (August 24, 2010) -- Production recently began on the third season of Cashing In, the popular television series that airs on APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network).

ABOUT THE SERIES

Through elaborate love triangles, merry mix-ups and ever-twisting plot lines, Cashing In exposes the high-stakes, winner-takes-all world of First Nations gaming. The half-hour drama is set on the fictional Stonewalker First Nation in Southern Manitoba. Nestled comfortably beside an affluent beach community, the North Beach Casino is a successful gaming facility jam-packed with sharp executives, smooth dealers and rising stars. In other words: sex, money and power.

August 23, 2010

Head to The Forks this week and you might see something a little different happening on the waterfront. The inaugural River Barge Festival is docking for five days of free music and enteratinment starting August 25. Featuring over 30 artists playing everything from roots to rock to cajun to country, and just about everything in between, the festival celebrates popular culture, diversity, and the performing arts in Winnipeg.

NEWS RELEASE
August 23, 2010

Artist Travel Grants New for 2011

(Charlottetown, PE) – Award and showcase submissions for 2011 East Coast Music Week being held in Charlottetown, PEI April 13-17, are now open. The East Music Association (ECMA) is thrilled to once again be continuing its partnership with Sonicbids this year. Submissions can be made through www.ecma.com. Deadline for all submissions is Friday, October 1, 2010.

New Zealand’s Second Highest Grossing Film, Berlin’s Grand Prix for Best Feature Film

BOY

A Film By Taika Waititi
Canadian Premiere
Opens the 11th Annual
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival

October 20, 2010
Five days of Indigenous film, video, radio, new media, art, entertainment, and more. October 20-24, 2010
www.imaginenative.org

(Toronto) – Winner of the Berlin Film Festival’s Grand Prix for Best Feature Film, Taika Waititi’s BOY will open this year’s imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival on October 20, 2010 at 7:00pm at the Bloor Cinema.

Montreal, Aug. 19 - Telefilm Canada, in partnership with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), is delighted to announce that 13 projects have been selected under the 2010 edition of Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program (FASP). Twenty-one projects from all regions of the country were submitted for consideration.

The 2010 Advisory Board Ballot has been finalized and all music players on our website have been uploaded with mp3s of all artists who have submitted material for nomination consideration for the 12th Annual Native American Music Awards. Advisory Board Members are now casting their votes and selecting five finalists in each category to become the nominees for the 12th Annual Awards program.

This year, N.A.M.A. is inviting previous Advisory members and individuals within our industry to partake in the process by logging into our website, visiting the VOTE NOW page, paying a $2.00 registration fee, and registering to vote. A special voting link will be sent directly to your email address upon registering.

Smoky Lake (August 11, 2010) - If you want to play at Métis Crossing, you don’t necessarily need a fiddle in the band. But it wouldn’t hurt.

To commemorate and celebrate the Year of the Métis, the Métis Nation of Alberta, Métis Crossing and Calnash Trucking Ltd invite all bands to compete for a grand prize of $5,000 at Métis Crossing during Voyage Days on August 28.

August 10, 2010

When the envelopes are opened at the Western Canadian Music Awards this fall, Manitoba artists and industry will have 34 chances to hear their names called. The annual awards gala heads to Kelowna on October 24, when winners in 28 artistic and industry categories will be announced. Manitoba accounts for 34 nominations in 22 different categories, 20 of which are artistic awards. For first time in its eight-year history, the WCMAs will be broadcast nationally on CBC Television and Radio Canada.