NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
June 11, 2009
East Coast Music Association Announces 2009-2010 Board of Directors
(Sydney, NS) - The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) is pleased to introduce its 2009-2010 Board of Directors, elected at the association's Annual General Meeting in Sydney, Cape Breton, on June 6, 2009.
"We have assembled a committed and well-versed group of people from across Atlantic Canada to represent our membership," says Wade Pinhorn, Chair of the Board of Directors, who secured his third term in the role. "This group will continue to work hard toward the ECMA's mandate of promoting, fostering and celebrating East Coast music locally, regionally, nationally and internationally."
The 2009-2010 ECMA Board of Directors include:
Representing mainland Nova Scotia
Heather Frantsi (2nd Vice Chair)
Michael Kennedy (Treasurer)
Representing Cape Breton
Mike "Sheppy" Shepherd (Executive Member at large)
Albert Lionais
Representing New Brunswick
Hilary Mombourquette (1st Vice Chair)
Lynn Daigle
Shawn Bostick
Representing Prince Edward Island
Doug Gallant (Secretary)
Ray Brow
Representing Newfoundland & Labrador
Wade Pinhorn (Chair)
Rik Barron
ECMA's Honourary Directors are Sheri Jones, Heather Ostertag and Sam Sniderman.
The ECMA 2010 Event Committee Chair is Ian McNeil.
The 2010 East Coast Music Awards, Festival & Conference will take place March 4-7 in Sydney, Cape Breton, NS.
The East Coast Music Awards, Festival & Conference is an annual event organized by the ECMA as a critical part of its mission statement. The ECMA is a not-for-profit organization whose mandate it is to foster, promote and celebrate East Coast music locally and globally. The ECMA currently has 1,000 members.
Media Contact:
B.J. Grechuk
The Joseph Scott Entertainment Agency
bj@josephscott.ca
902.577.5115
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