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Title: The Hancocks 2007 Post by: Nick on November 18, 2006, 06:17:44 PM <Hancock> The Hancocks 2007 <Hancock> Also known as Not The Radio 2 Folk Awards Ladies and Gentlemen, Talkawhile, the Folk Corporation Forum, is proud to commence The Hancocks 2007. With these polls we celebrate the best folk music that we have seen and heard over the course of the last year. As you will know, The Hancock Awards are named in honour of our dearly loved and much missed friend and colleague Carey Hancock. Carey was long the life and soul of Talkawhile and a tremendous character of the folk scene. We are proud to commemorate his work through this board in these awards. This year awards shall be given in the following categories:
As before, some of the nominations for each category will come from a 'certain other' set of awards. the remaining nominations will be chosen from those proposed and seconded by Talkawhile members. The choice shall be according to the wit and wisdom with which the proposals are discussed. To ensure some variety in the awards process we shall have a rule that last year's winners will not be eligible for nomination in the same category this year. As a reminder the winners of the 2006 awards can be seen here (http://www.talkawhile.co.uk/yabbse/index.php?topic=15141.0). Each award has its own thread in which we can view and discuss the nominations and propose our own candidates. At the end of December we will close the discussion on nominations and in the new year the voting will begin. Once again, each winner will be presented a Hancock, the fine, much prized and sought-after stained-glass trophy that is the envy of other, lesser award ceremonies. These awards and these trophies reflect the collective opinion of the Talkawhile board members for 2007. They will demonstrate that we, as a community, like our Folk music and we honour those who perform and play and contribute. Cheers! Title: Re: The Hancocks 2007 Post by: YaBB Master (Colin) on December 26, 2006, 06:31:31 PM On Thursday (28th) the Hancock 2006 topics will be closed to nominations and the posts cut back to just those that give reasons, rather than just 'seconded' or 'me too'. You then have a few days to add any further comments, before the final voting starts on 2nd January. Please remember that the TalkAwhile nominations are selected on the basis of both the level of support for a nominee and how well it reasoned it is. Title: Re: The Hancocks 2007 Post by: YaBB Master (Colin) on December 28, 2006, 11:54:31 PM No more nominations!
Please read through all of the posts in each category and give your opinion as to the most appropriate nominations. Remember that some will not be eligible and we want to include people who are sadly neglected by the BBC list. |