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HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!

to see the list of winners follow the link www.blues.org

check back soon for pictures from this years event!

If you missed the Blue Star Connection Fund Raiser last Thursday at Uncle Bo’s you missed a great show for a good cause.  We raised over $3,100 for Blue Star Connection with the door receipts, silent auction and guitar raffle.  The music was fantastic and everyone connected with the charity event praised the Topeka Blues Society for the great job of pulling it all together!  We hope to do it again next year with more lead time and a greater effort at fund raising.  In addition to the $$ raised, several slightly used instruments were donated to be given to the organizations helping kids with cancer.  The organizers were estatic!
News from the Blues Foundation:

The Blues Music Awards will take place next month in Memphis, and Blues Radio International will be there as your “backstage pass” to all of the great music.
ON OUR NEWEST SHOW, SUNDAY 9PM EDT (0100 GMT MONDAY), WE WILL FEATURE A LIVE PERFORMANCE BY THE STEVE MILLER BAND AT THE BLUES MUSIC AWARDS.
**Please see the attachment to learn how you can listen to great live performances from the Blues Music Awards on our shortwave broadcasts anytime, 24/7.
Looking forward to May in Memphis!
WWW.BLUESRADIOINTERNATIONAL.NET   (click the player on the right side of the page)

RIP Michael Burks you will be truly missed

http://www.arktimes.com/RockCandy/archives/2012/05/06/rip-michael-burks

Mark your calendar for the 3rd Spirit of Kansas Blues Festival July 4th at Shawnee Lake put on by Topeka Blues Society,  I will just drop some names, Allman ,Zito, Neville, Fowler, Soars, Wainwright, Fish, Wooton, Smith, and we have more to go. If you’re coming from out of town make your reservation now at the Ramada Convention Center.

Headliners include Royal Southern Brotherhood, Samantha Fish, Southern Hospitality and Biscuit Miller and The Mix.

NEWLY added sample videos posted under the video tab  SOK 2012!

The winner of the band competition is: The WIRED! Band (Washington Blues Society)
The other winners are: Band-2nd place: The Bart Walker Band (Nashville Blues Society and a TBS favorite); Band-3rd Place: Paula Harris (The Golden Gate Blues Society); Solo/Duo-2nd Place: Dr. Don’s Double Dose Sydney Blues Society

The winner of the solo/duo competition is: Ray Bonneville (Ozark Blues Society of Northwest Arkansas)

The Gibson Guitarist Award went to: Bart Walker (insert the crowd goes wild here….WOO HOO!!) ; and the Lee Oskar Top Harmonica Player was awarded to: Randy McQuay .

The Best Self-Produced CD was judged to be: Where I’m Coming From… – Dave Keller