PRESS CONFERENCE SET FOR: Friday, February 6,
2015 at 1:00 PM
at RIMHOF Museum space located at Hope Artiste
Village, 999 Main St., Pawtucket, R.I.
Re:
Announcement of 2015 Inductees and Ceremony date
Event will include photo and interview
opportunities
Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame to announce 2015
inductees, ceremony date
PAWTUCKET – The
Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame (RIMHOF) will
hold a press conference announcing its 2015
inductees and the date of its Awards Ceremony
and concert on Friday, February 6, at 1:00 p.m.,
in the RIMHOF Museum space located at Hope
Artiste Village, 999 Main St., Pawtucket. The
group will be honoring the fourth class of the
Hall of Fame at a two-day spring event to be
held at Bovi’s Tavern, 287 Taunton Avenue, East
Providence and The Met, located in Hope Artiste
Village, Pawtucket.
RIMHOF, formed
in 2011, is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to celebrating, honoring, and preserving the
legacy of Rhode Island musicians, educators and
industry professionals who have made significant
contributions to both the national and Rhode
Island music scene. The Hall of Fame's inaugural
inductees in 2012 were John Cafferty & the
Beaver Brown Band, Roomful of Blues, Dave
McKenna, Eileen Farrell, Oliver Shaw, Ken Lyon,
Anders & Poncia, and Gerry Granahan. 2013
inductees were Steve Smith & The Nakeds, The
Cowsills, Paul Geremia, Eddie Zack & The Hayloft
Jamboree, Bobby Hackett, Jimmie Crane, Bill
Flanagan, Sissieretta Jones, and George M.
Cohan.
At last year's
sold out induction/concert event, the public saw
nine more displays unveiled honoring the
inductees in the museum space located in the
hallways of Hope Artiste Village. The 2014
inductees were Tavares, Duke Robillard, Cheryl
Wheeler, Paul Gonsalves, The Castaleers, The
Mark II (Winston Cogswell & Ray Peterson),
Freddie Scott, Francis Madeira, and Randy Hien.
The February 6
press conference will take place in this museum
space which provides excellent photo
opportunities for the announcement of the 2015
Inductees. On hand will be several members of
the Classes of 2012, 2013, and 2014 as well as
many of the 2015 inductees and members of the
RIMHOF Board of Directors. Information about the
spring induction ceremony and concerts will also
be made available for the first time at the
press conference.
This ongoing
initiative," says Rick Bellaire, vice chair of
RIMHOF, "provides a great opportunity to not
only acknowledge Rhode Island's musical greats
and celebrate their achievements, but to finally
have an organization whose primary goal is to
promote and preserve Rhode Island's rich musical
heritage in all its forms. With actual exhibit
space, coupled with our online archive, we have
in place the tools to curate and showcase the
best of Rhode Island's musical talent."
For questions
concerning the Feb. 6 press conference contact
Russell Gusetti at 401-374-6899.
For more information, visit
www.rhodeislandmusichalloffame.com