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      Lehigh Valley Music Awards 16 by The Reese Twins

   The LVMA’s 16 were held on Sunday March 8th inside Musikfest Café located in The Arts Quest building in Bethlehem PA.  Where it has been held for the past few years.  This year it was hosted by Rick Michaels of local radio station 99.9 “The Hawk” He also won for favorite commercial radio personality while his station 99.9 “The Hawk” won for favorite commercial radio station.

  
The evening got started when Liberty High School Grenadier Bagpipers took a loop around the café while playing. Than they had Rob Stoneback perform the national anthem on the trumpet. Children’s band No Pressure performed the tribute to this year’s youth honoree Wyatt Newhard who also along with the assists of Rock N Roll hall of fame drummer Vini Lopez played a snare drum also accompanying them on guitar was LVMA 15 winner Dave Fry. Other performances though out the night included The band Big Valley Bluegrass Jose Echeverria EZ, Thouzand, J Capitol P, Sharon Elizabeth & Jonathan Padilla performed a duet together they did a wonderful job because of technical problems they ended up doing so acappella, Hall of famer J.T. Carter song 16 candles in honor of the LVMA’s 16th “Birthday” he was accompanied on keys by June Thomas who also performered with Tower Suite who was honored this year for being a band for 40 years. ,The band Governing Murphy, also Sarah Ayers and Lou Franco joined James Supra and his band for the final performance of the evening. Special honoree Chubby Check who talked for a little bit also did a demotion of how to do “The Twist” and told the story behind it.

    The LVMA’s 16 seemed to be more organized than the previous couple of years it was also fast moving this year and the break was kept quick The performers all did a wonderful job and if you want to see some talented children go check out No Pressure these kids did a wonderful job on the performance in the show.

   The big winners of the night where Scott Marshall and Sara Ayers. Complete list of winners below.

                               Fan Category Winners

Outstanding Album of 2014- "These Wheels" by Scott Marshall

Outstanding Original Song of 2014- "These Wheels" by Scott Marshall

Outstanding Music Website of 2014-LargeFlowerHeads.com

Outstanding Industry Volunteer of 2013-Chelsea Lynn Meyer

Outstanding Club DJ of 2014-Cap Cee

Outstanding College/Community Radio Station of 2014-WDIY 88.1FM

Outstanding College/Community Radio Station Personality of 2014-A.J. Fritz - WLVR 91.3FM

Outstanding Commercial Radio Station of 2014-WODE "The Hawk" 99.9FM

Outstanding Commercial Radio Station Personality of 2014-Rick Michaels - "The Hawk" 99.9FM

Outstanding High School Marching Band of 2014-Liberty High School

Outstanding Band/Duo of 2014-The Large Flower Heads

Outstanding Singer/Songwriter of 2014-Sarah Ayers

Outstanding Female Artist of 2014-Sarah Ayers

Outstanding Male Artist of 2014-Craig Thatcher

Outstanding All Around Performer of 2014-Sarah Ayers

Outstanding Child Performer(s) of 2014-No Pressure

Outstanding Karaoke Venue of 2014-Tally Ho

Outstanding Performance Venue of 2014-The Sands Bethlehem Event Center

Outstanding Open Mic of 2014-The Wooden Match

Outstanding Open Jam of 2014-Grumpy's BBQ





        Industry Category Winners

Outstanding Music Store of 2014-Dave Phillips Music & Sound

Outstanding Music Supporter(Individual) of 2014-Val Chambers

Outstanding Music Supporter(Organization) of 2014-School of Rock

Outstanding Music Reviewer of 2014-Michael Pheonix

Outstanding Music Photographer of 2014-John Bedics(Showgun)

Outstanding Video Producer of 2014-Lisa Koza

Outstanding Youth Band Associated with a School of 2014-Liberty High School Grenadier Band

Outstanding Youth Band Not Associated with a School of 2014-A.D.D.

Outstanding Childrens Band of 2014-Little Wings - School of Rock

Outstanding New Band/Soloist of 2014-Zepplehem

Outstanding World Music Band/Soloist of 2014-Juan Carlos Sanchez

Outstanding Folk Band/Soloist of 2014-Steve Brosky

Outstanding Jazz Band/Soloist of 2014-Fusion Jazz Trio

Outstanding Blues Band/Soloist of 2014-James Supra Blues Band

Outstanding Country Band/Soloist of 2014-Scott Marshall & Marshall's Highway

Outstanding Bluegrass Band/Soloist of 2014-Big Valley Bluegrass

Outstanding Americana Band/Soloist of 2014-Scott Marshall & Marshall's Highway

Outstanding Polka Band/Soloist of 2014-Jolly Joe Timmer

Outstanding Urban/Hip-Hop Band/Soloist of 2014-The Chosen Ones

Outstanding Rhythm & Blues Band/Soloist of 2014-Charlie Brown's Notorious Groove

Outstanding Spoken Word Group/Soloist of 2014-Bright Fame

Outstanding Jam Band/Soloist of 2014-Dana Gaynor Band

Outstanding Punk Band/Soloist of 2014-Damn Dirty Apes

Outstanding Rock Band/Soloist of 2014-Large Flowerheads

Outstanding Loud Rock Band/Soloist of 2014-Cherry Bombs

Outstanding Metal Band/Soloist of 2014-MindMaze

Outstanding Contemporary Christian Band/Soloist of 2014-Franky Bells

Outstanding Gospel Group/Soloist of 2014-

Paula Brion and Franky Bells

Outstanding Classical/Opera Soloist of 2014-John Carelli

Outstanding Choral/Classical Group/Ensemble of 2014-Bach Choir of Bethlehem

Outstanding Child Audience Music Peformer of 2014-Dave Fry

Outstanding Singer/Songwriter of 2014-Scott Marshall

Outstanding All Around Performer of 2014-James Supra

Outstanding Female Vocalist of 2014-Sarah Ayers

Outstanding Male Vocalist of 2014-Tommy Zito

Outstanding Acoustic Guitarist of 2014-Craig Thatcher

Outstanding Electric Guitarist of 2014-Lou Franco

Outstanding Bass Guitarist of 2014-Scott Siska & Brian Bortz

Outstanding Drummer/Percussionist of 2014-Don Plowman

Outstanding Keyboardist of 2014-Tommy Zito

Outstanding Pianist of 2014-June Thomas

Outstanding Harmonicist of 2014-James Supra

Outstanding Wind/Brass Instrumentalist of 2014-Don Mickel

Outstanding String Instrumentalist of 2014-Nyke Van Wyke

Outstanding Recording Studio of 2014-Midnight Studios

Outstanding Music Producer of 2014-Andrew Chervak

Outstanding Sound Technician of 2014-Phil Forcelli

Outstanding Fusion Bluegrass Artist/Band of 2014-Whiskeyhickon Boys

Outstanding Spiritual Urban Artist/Band of 2014-Franky Bells


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