THE 22ND ANNUAL CANADIAN REGGAE MUSIC AWARDS

For Immediate Release
NOVEMBER 04, 2008

22ND ANNUAL CANADIAN REGGAE MUSIC AWARDS
THE DOUBLE TREE BY HILTON HOTEL
655 DIXON ROAD, TORONTO, ONTARIO
SATURDAY MARCH 28, 2009 – 8:00PM


TORONTO, CANADA - Plans for the twenty second (22nd) Annual CANADIAN REGGAE MUSIC AWARDS Presentation and After Party are now underway. This gala Presentation will take place on Saturday March 28th 2009 at the beautiful and Luxurious DOUBLE TREE BY HILTON HOTEL, 655 DIXON ROAD, TORONTO, ONTARIO. The festivities will commence at 8:00pm with the AWARDS Presentation. The After Party will begin immediately following the AWARDS Presentation. Both events will feature some of Canada’s top reggae stars along with some well known, and anticipated, International reggae superstars.

Special AWARDS include the Bob Marley Memorial Award, The Peter Tosh Memorial AWARD and AWARDS of Merit will be presented to some of the outstanding individuals who have contributed to Reggae Music in Canada and Internationally. In continuing the tradition of showing the CRMA organization’s commitment to diversity, this year’s Presentation will include a Canadian Soca/Calypso, Reggae Oriented Gospel category with the Caribbean Oriented Jazz category returning for another year.

For the past 21 years the AWARDS Presentation has been a tremendous success, each show has been sold out and we expect this year to be the same. Sponsored in part over the years by Heineken, Air Canada, Air Jamaica, Guinness, Ralph’s bakery, Pilly’s Bakery, Labatt’s Brewery, Bright’s Wine, Sun-light Bakery, Golden Beauty Supplies, Hair Plus, Jamaica National Building Society, Western Union, Tipper’s Fast Food, Molson Brewery, Radio Stations IRIE FM, RJR, CHRY, CIUT, CJIQ, CKLN, FLOW, CKUT, Galaxie, The Jamaica Star/Gleaner, Share Newspaper, India/Africa Grocers, Nicey’s Food Mart, City TV, Much Music, Rogers Cable TV and a host of other Caribbean oriented businesses from across Canada and the U.S.A.

If you have released a Reggae and/or Soca/Calypso recording including Gospel and Caribbean Oriented Jazz in 2008 (in Canada), please send two copies along with a biography on/or before January 10th, 2009 to the CANADIAN REGGAE MUSIC AWARDS, 7205 Goreway Dr. P.O. Box 59176, Mississauga, Ontario, L4T-4J1. Recordings must have been released on or between January 1st, 2008 and December 31st 2008.

A list of nominations will be released on JANUARY 28th, 2009.

For more information write to the CANADIAN REGGAE MUSIC AWARDS at the above address or eMail info@canadianreggaemusicawards.com.

To advertise in this year's program/posters/flyers/etc, call (905) 270-8675 or eMail winprods@aol.com

Thank you for your continued support of the Annual CANADIAN REGGAE MUSIC AWARDS.


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