S.D. Country Music Hall Of Fame Awards Ceremony Sunday, August 31
The South Dakota Country Music Hall of Fame will gather at the South Dakota State Fairgrounds in Huron, SD, on Sunday August 31st 2014 for the 11th annual awards ceremony. The awards will be presented on the Dakotaland Stage at Gate 3 starting at 6 p.m.
The honored inductees are: Virginia Feekes Spoonemore from Huron, James Anthony Rose (Dennis Brown) Flandreau native, Ricky Artz – Onida native, Perk Washenberger from Aberdeen, Jack Engel from Rapid City, Edean Landmark from Watertown, Chad Peterson – Skip Johnson – Lee Schaffer (Clay Creek Deaf Cowboy Band 35th anniversary 2013) from Vermillion and Elk Point, Kenny Putnam of Rapid City, Jake & Arlene Vilhauer of Highmore, Freeman and Mary Howard of Yankton, and Richard Danielson from Sioux Falls. The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Wilbur and Elizabeth Foss of Scotland. They have over 180 years of musical performances to their credits. The HoF will also debut its new logo and give updates on the progress of getting the museum at Lennox open to the public. CD of the year will also be selected during the ceremony and Janice Gilbert 2013 winner will be presented with her award. Musicians submit autographed professionally recorded CD’s of which one will be selected for one of the newest awards.
The house band will be comprised of prior inductees: Roy King, Wilbur Foss, Paul Engebretson, Elaine Peacock, and special guests Sam Tulio and Whitey Boettcher helping out with drum duty.
The South Country Music Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization and all work is done on a voluntary basis. The organization relies primarily on donations for its support. South Dakota merchants and Vendors are used for the business needs whenever possible, and is the organizations way of supporting South Dakota. It is also important to recognize the venues that have hosted our events, without them, none of this would be possible.
The SDCMHoF also helps support music programs for elementary schools in the state of South Dakota. Support has been given in the past to elementary school music programs. That program was on hold during 2014 with efforts being directed to the purchase of property for the South Dakota Country Music Opry House and Museum. Some of the youngsters have performed on stage with the Hall of Famers and there is a group of youngsters who will be performing on Saturday night with Elaine Peacock and friends, also on the Dakotaland Stage beginning at 6pm.
For details visit us on the web at http://southdakotacountrymusichalloffame.org/ or contact the South Dakota Country Music Hall of Fame at 605-310-2441 or email us at: sdcmhof@southdakotacountrymusichalloffame.org.
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