Important Information Regarding Voting for the 2013 Americana Honors & Awards

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ATTENTION AMERICANA MUSIC ASSOCIATION MEMBERS:   The nominees are set and a ballot will be sent to ACTIVE Americana Music Association members.     VOTING WILL BEGIN TODAY, THURSDAY, MAY 16, and will continue until midnight, FRIDAY, MAY 31.  A ballot will be sent to you from awards@americanamusic.org.  Please make sure that this email address is 'white listed' for your email server to accept.  If you do not receive the ballot, please search in your SPAM folder first to locate it before contacting the AMA Office.     If you have trouble clicking through on the links within the ballot email then we have recommended, in these cases, that you close out your browsers and restart you computer.  In each of the cases where there had been problems in the ballot links, they were resolved when following these simple steps.   ONLY ACTIVE MEMBERS CAN VOTE, so please do not forward the ballot to others.  IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER AND WANT TO PARTICPATE IN THIS PROCESS YOU MAY JOIN NOW BY CLICKING HERE.  YOU MUST BE A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING BY WEDNESDAY, MAY 22.    The Americana Honors & Awards show will take place on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at the historically cool Ryman Auditorium.  Once again, Jim Lauderdale will be our host and Buddy Miller will be our band leader of the critically acclaimed program.    A recap (our Press Release) of the Nomination Ceremony which took place last Tuesday, May 14 in Los Angeles may be viewed HERE.   Described by Emmylou Harris as "the shining star of Nashville and music everywhere," and Paste Magazine as "the worlds best awards show," the event has featured many amazing moments over the years including Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash's last live performance together, as well as show-stopping appearances by Bonnie Raitt, Gregg Allman, Lyle Lovett, Rosanne Cash, The Avett Brothers, Solomon Burke, Old Crow Medicine Show, Emmylou Harris, Alabama Shakes, Rodney Crowell, Mavis Staples, Robert Plant, Patty Griffin, Guy Clark, Levon Helm, and so many more.     At this time tickets for the show are NOT ON SALE to the general public.  THE ONLY WAY TO GUARANTEE A SEAT AT THE HONORS & AWARDS SHOW IS TO PURCHASE A FULL FESTIVAL AND CONFERENCE REGISTRATION. Members receive a $100 discounted rate and can be purchased on our website here.   Thanks for all your support and look forward to seeing you all in September!   Best,   Jed   Jed Hilly Executive Director Americana Music Association Americana Music Association | P.O. Box 628 | Franklin, TN 37065 | 615-386-6936 www.americanamusic.org

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