For
Immediate Release
Webcast of Winery-Based Music
Competition’s Finals
Will Stream Live Over Internet October
7
Paso Robles, CA –September 25, 2007—The final concert of the summer-long
Winery Music Awards competition among independent music artists will be
broadcast live around the world on the Internet at 2PM Sunday, October
7. The show will originate at River Oaks Hot Springs & Spa in Paso
Robles and be the first central coast concert video-streamed live over
the Internet. A direct link to the live webcast will be on the Winery
Music Awards website,
www.winerymusicawards.com/watch_live.php.
Semi-final performances ran once a month from June to September at
various wineries in the Paso Robles region and were judged by a
panel of professionals in the music, entertainment and wine
industries in the categories of originality, musicianship and
marketability to the prime wine-consuming market. Of the pool of
twenty industry judges for the 2007 competition, some notable names
include Jon Anderson, of the legendary rock group, YES;
Antonia Bennett, jazz singer and daughter of the great Tony
Bennett; and Jake Hooker, composer one of rock’s greatest
hits of all time, “I Love Rock and Roll.”
Hosts Andrew Firestone, General Manager of Firestone Winery in Paso
Robles, and once featured on TV’s “The Bachelor”, and Janie Terrazas,
a Los Angeles-based TV personality and model, keep audiences
entertained at each show with their personable charm, quick wit and
engaging humor. The host for webcast interviews with judges,
artists, winemakers and audience members will be model and film
actress, Cheryl Dent.
Out of twenty semi-finalists of the 2007 competition among
independent artists from the US and Canada, the six artists who
qualified to perform on October 7 are: Shannon Curtis from Los
Angeles, CA; Dominic Castillo & The Rock Savants of San Luis Obispo,
CA; Amber Norgaard of Tucson, AZ; Debra Arlyn of Portland, OR;
Holiday & The Adventure Pop Collective of San Diego; CA and Machine
from Templeton, CA. A sample song from each artist can be heard by
visiting:
www.winerymusicawards.com/whos_next.php.
Tickets for the final concert competition of the Winery Music Awards
are available through
http://www.BrownPaperTickets.com
or by calling 1-800-838-3006. Tickets are $50.00, which
includes a $5.00 food coupon and logo wineglass.
The Winery Music Awards Competition: Founded and produced by
Kathy Kelly Productions, Inc., the competition was created out of
the growing popularity of quality musical performances at many
wineries throughout California. Attendees enjoy fine wine, gourmet
food and quality original music in a variety of genres surrounded by
rows of vineyards and stacks of wine barrels. The Winery Music
Awards competition is a Paso Robles, CA-based showcase open to
original music artists from the US and Canada, independent and
unsigned with major record labels. Its four monthly semi-final
concert competitions began in June. Twenty artists out of nearly 100
who entered the competition qualified to compete in the 2007
semi-final rounds.
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Winery Music Awards
Kathy Kelly Productions, Inc.
PO Box 5262.
Paso Robles, CA 93447
Media passes are available. Contact
Kathy Kelly or Len Napolitano
to make arrangements.
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Contact: Kathy Kelly, Producer
Phone: (805) 434-5100
Alternate Contact: Len Napolitano,
Co-Producer
Phone: (805) 434-5455
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