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October 8, 2002

Contact: Kanchan Paser
Tel: 212-963-0343
Fax: 212-963-1395
e-mail: kanchan@sunshineawards.com

For Immediate Release

Sunshine Awards Releases More Nominees

Teaneck, New Jersey, USA, October 8, 2002….The SUNSHINE Awards™ organization today issued the following statement:

Producer of the Year

Producer   Song
Winston Bailey   Stranger
Carl Beaver Henderson   Nah Leaving
Pelham Goddard   Good News
Ming / élan parle   Spirit of Music
Ranjan Ramdass   Ye Dil Mein Rehne Wale
Nicholas Brancker   Vegetarian

Best Social Commentary

Artist   Song
Denyse Plummer   Nah Leaving
Sean Daniel   Numbers
Wayne Rodriguez   Heroes of A Nation
Shadow   HIV
Crazy   Together
Edwin Yearwood   Vegitarian

Arranger of the Year

  Arranger   Song
  Ming /élan parle   Spirit of Music
  Pelham Goddard   Good News
  CNIO   O Mere Dil Ke Chain
  Carl Beaver Henderson   Nah Leaving
  Winston Bailey   Stranger
  Fitz Melo Thomas, Carl Beaver Henderson, Nicholas Brancker   Vegetarian

Best Party Calypso

  Artist   Song
  Shadow   Stranger
  Traffic   Party Like We
  Burning Flames   Mud Dung
  T. C.   Kim
  Square One   Wine Back
  Krosfyah   Sak Pase

Best Humor

  Artist   Song
  Scrunter & Nikki Crosby   Gimme A Break
  Shadow   Looking for Horn
  Black Prince   It Done Happen Already

Best Soca / Chutney Parang

  Artist   Song
  Scrunter   Eat Something
  Traffic Man   Chutney Parang Sweet
  Drupatee   Chutney Parang

Male Vocalist of the Year

  Artist   Song
  Sean Daniel   Numbers
  Luta   Jamoo Woman
  Wayne Rodriguez   Heroes of A Nation
  Edwin Yearwood   Vegetarian
  Crazy   Together

Best Recording by A Group or Dance Band

  Group or Dance Band   Song
  Anthony Voisin & élan parle   Just Another F in Jam
  CNIO   Kabhi Aanson
  Traffic   Party Like We
  Burning Flames   Mud Dung
  Square One   Wine Back
  Krosfyah   Sak Pase

Best New Female Artist

  Artist   Song
  Margaret Woodroffe   Tomorrow
  Candice Alcantara   So Far Away
  Nicole Wilson   Declare

Female Vocalist of the Year

  Artist   Song
  Candice Alcantara   Spirit of the Music
  Denyse Plummer   Nah Leaving
  Marilyn Joseph   No Matter
  T. C.   Kim

Best Gospelypso Recording

  Artist   Song
  Margaret Woodroffe   Hold On To Your Family
  Noel Professor Richards   True or Lie
  Marilyn Joseph   Gimmie Room
  Nicole Wilson   Declare
  Sean Daniel   Numbers

Best Recording By A Steelband Orchestra

  Orchestra   Song
  Exodus   A Happy Song
  Desperadoes   Yur Looking For Horn
  Phase 11 Pan Grove   Freedom
  Skiffle Bunch   Stranger

Calypso of the Year

  Artist   Song
  Denyse Plummer   Nah Leaving
  T. C.   Kim
  Shadow   Looking for Horn
  Crazy   Together
  Luta   Jamoo Woman

Best Chutney Soca Recording

  Artist   Song
  TrafficMan   Ramragee
  Babla & Kanchan   Kahe Mare
  Rikki Jai   Dulahin
  JMC Triveni   Dr. Sampat

The Sunshine Awards Hall of Fame Nominees

  Calypso:   Sonny Francois (Mighty Power), McClean Emmanuel (Mighty Short Shirt), Garfield Blackman (Ras Shorty I)
  Steelband:   Edgar Pouchet, Jr., Clifford Alexis

The Lord Kitchener SUNSHINE Award

  Trinidad & Tobago 2002 Panorama Champions:   Neal & Massy Trinidad All Stars

The Fourteenth Annual SUNSHINE Awards is scheduled for Saturday, October 26, 2002 at the New York's Hotel Pennsylvania Penntop Ballroom, 401 Seventh Avenue (directly across from Madison Square Garden) New York, New York. The black-tie, Grammy style event will begin at 6:00pm and will include dinner, presentation of awards, entertainment and dancing.

All nominees planning to attend this year's SUNSHINE Awards program must contact the SUNSHINE Awards office at (201) 836-0799 or send a fax to (201) 836-4440 NO LATER THAN October 16, 2002.

The Fourteenth Annual SUNSHINE Awards is sponsored in part by Hennessey, BWIA, Angostura Ltd., Colonial Life Insurance Ltd. of Trinidad & Tobago, New York Carib News, Air Jamaica, Quaker Foods and Beverages, Calypsocity, Mistic All Natural Fruit Drinks. Go Bold, and KEYSPAN.

 


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