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‘“‘Live,..from the
Canadian Room in Toronto’s
Royal York Hotel, it’s the
Juno Awards!” With that
introduction Canadian
viewers will be ushered into
what has become one of
Canada's biggest and most
prestigious recording in-
dustry events ever to be
televised. And CBC-TV's got
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The Juno Awards will
celebrate its third year on
CBC television Wednesday,
March 16 from 9 to 11 p.m.
(EST). Host of the 90 minute
special will be Canadian
comedy star David Stein-
berg and will include such
popular performers as
Patsy Gallant, Ian Tyson,
Carroll Baker, Keath
Barrie, Andre Gagnon, The
THP Orchestra and special
guests The Four Lads, Other
stars who will perform will
be announced shortly.

Starting aut as a music
poll conducted by Canada’s
RPM Magazine at the end of
the awards for
that year presented in early
1965), the annual event is
now celebrating its 13th
birthday, though the name
Juno Awards came later.
Now in its third year on
nationwide television the

, duno Awards promise again

to be the most widely-
viewed showcase of
Canadian recording talent.

Over the past few years
Canadian audiences have
done an about face when it
comes to. accepting
Canadian performers and
recording stars, and as a
result an expectant country
will tune in to see Canada’s
top talent vying for a total of
21 awards. ‘These include
Male and Female Artists of
the Year, Best Single, Best
Album, Folksinger of the
Year and Best Composer
‘categories. The list of
nominees will be made
available February 15 by
the Canadian Academy of
Recording Arts and
Sciences (CARAS).

The television broadcast

of The Juno Awards will be .

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filled with talent both on
stage and in the audience,
making this 90 minute
special] a must evening for
anyone interested in where
Canadian recording talent is
headed.

Producer of the television
special is Paddy Sampson,

ector is Ron Meraska,
with the Jimmy Dale Or-
chestra directed by Jimmy
Dale.

One of the men most
credited with starting the
Juno Awards is Walt
Grealis, publisher and

.editor of RPM Magazine,

which also happens to be one
of Canada’s first regular
recording industry trade
journals. RPM held its first
music poll in late 1964,
canvassing the industry to
find out who rated and how
they trated, Artists and
companies were quick to see
value in this kind of poll and
by 1970 Grealis and com-

ny decided to have the
irst formal award
presentation. Though this

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was strictly an industry
event, it was quickly
heralded as better than the

‘Grammie Awards or the

Oscars making them look,
according to the Toronto
Star's Marci McDonald,
‘* like amateur night at the
high school gym.”

It was time to share that

of Canadian recording
artists. Because
nominations and voting on
this scale is quite complex,
CARAS has set down a
definite outline of rules and
regulations. Voting is
handied under utmost
secrecy through a firm of
chartered accountants. As a

wards March 16 —

result the build up of
suspense adds immensely to
the success and excitement
of the show.

Wednesday night, March
16 from 9 to 11 p.m. will be a
night for remember -~ both
for those who make the
records and those who enjoy
them, _

knowledge and the awards
with the rest of Canada. It
became prime-time TV fare
in 1975 on CEC-TV and last
year an estimated 3 million
Canadians tuned in to see
and hear the winners.

The Canadian Academy of
Recording Arts and
Sciences (CARAS) was
originally formed when the
Juno Awards gathered
together representatives of
the indusiry to assist in
advising Jumo on future
presentations. The
Academy, which is a non-

rofit organization, grew
yom those meetings and
now assists in bringing the
awards to public attention,

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