2003 Smooth Jazz Awards - Online Voting Now Open

Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 18:03:10 +0900
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Voting for the US-based National Smooth Jazz Awards is taking place now
online. To participate, point your browser to
http://www.nationalsmoothjazzawards.com
As the press release below notes, however, this year's ceremony has been
cancelled. The awards, though, will be presented to all the winning
artists.
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http://www.nationalsmoothjazzawards.com./news.html
THE NATIONAL SMOOTH JAZZ AWARDS' CEREMONY VICTIM OF UN-SMOOTH TIMES
April 18, 2003
Press Release
Los Angeles
ShoCorp International announced today that the previously scheduled National
Smooth Jazz Awards ceremony at The Wiltern on June 18 has been cancelled for
this year. The online voting and notification of winners for the National
Smooth Jazz Awards will still take place as planned.
Tim Goodwin, ShoCorp's President and Executive Producer stated, "To properly
organize an awards ceremony of this magnitude requires a myriad of things to
fall in place. Due to our current world climate, several of the valuable
participants in this endeavor are apprehensive about rising to the
commitment level that is required to make this event a success. We regret
that we will not be doing the ceremony as envisioned, but feel that it is
still important to recognize the achievements of the nominated artists and
we will proceed in presenting the Awards that the fans bestowed upon them."
Nominations are currently being tabulated by Radio & Records, Inc., which
will be announced on April 22. Online voting will begin immediately by the
public at www.nationalsmoothjazzawards.com. Voting will end one week prior
to the June 18 awards announcement.
Goodwin continued stating, "as we move towards next year, our plans are to
continue the tradition of hosting an awards ceremony for the public."