Di Anne nominated for prestigious award in Nashville
Local country music artist Di Anne, has recently been nominated for the prestigious "Silver Artistic Trial Blazer" award. Award ceremony to be held September 28, 29 and 30th in Nashville, Tennessee.
Di Anne, born in Poplarville and raised in Picayune, was nominated by Airplay International's panel of judges after being submitted by independent disc jockeys who are members of the ICMA, following the release of her new CD entitled "Are You An Angel." The CD was released in January of this year. The release, written by Di Anne and 60's recording artist Skip Easterling, was recorded in Bogalusa, La., and is on the current playlist of country music stations in France, Sweden, Denmark and other European stations. The awards will be presented by Airplay International, at the Eighth Annual King Eagle ICMA Awards, and Governor Don Sundquist of Tennessee, the Speaker of the House, and the President of the Tennessee Senate joined together in issuing an official proclamation declaring this event to be the "largest and most important independent music event in the history of Nashville."
Di Anne will also perform during the awards festival on Thursday, September 28.
Di Anne is currently performing in various locations throughout Mississippi and Louisiana and in recent years has preceded such stars as LeAnne Rimes, Sawyer Brown, Mark Chestnut and Bryan White at the Franklinton Fair and Southern Festival Grounds respectively. Di Anne is currently in the process of completing her first CD album which is scheduled to be released later this year. For more information you may contact Di Anne at www.dianne1.com where clips of her music can be heard on line, or dianne@datastar.net or by calling C.L. Shaifer at (601) 749-9890.
