Nova
Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame
The 2006 inductees
to the Nova Scotia (Canada) Country Music Hall of Fame are Chet
Brown, Jim & Don Haggart, instrumentalist the late Leonard (Len)
McDonald and Rita MacNeil.
 The
2006 induction ceremony will be held on August 17 in Bridgewater.
Singer/songwriter
Chet Brown has hosted and performed on a number of radio shows and
has appeared on television and has recorded five tapes and four CDs.
He has performed at more than 475 benefit shows since 1993.
Don & Jim Haggart
are brothers who toured extensively across Canada during the ’70s,
writing their own material and doing most of their own promotion.
During their career, they had three number one hits in Canada and
another seven in the top 10. They appeared on the Grand Ole Opry
three times, were guests on the Tommy Hunter Show and made numerous
radio and TV appearances.
Leonard (Len)
McDonald, who died in 2004, was known far and wide for his expertise
as a steel guitar player. He worked as a sideman on many local and
national radio and TV shows and behind many well-known Canadian
artists. He has been awarded a Lifetime Membership in the American
Federation of Musicians Unions and was honoured with an Achievement
Award for his contribution to the music industry from the Halifax
Regional Municipality.
Singer/songwriter
Rita MacNeil (pictured) recorded her first album, Born a Woman,
in 1974 and has gone on to record many albums, tapes and CDs since
that time. Among the many honours she has received are four Juno
Awards, the Order of Nova Scotia 2005, the Order of Canada 1992, the
Dr Helen Creighton Lifetime Achievement Award 2005, 10 East Coast
Music Awards and four Canadian Country Music Awards.
The Nova Scotia
Country Music Hall of Fame (www.nscmhf.ca)
has inducted 27 individuals and four groups since its formation in
1997.
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