2012 AUSTRALIAN CLUB ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS SPONSORS
Press Release
The 15th Annual Australian Club Entertainment Awards
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Glenn Shorrock awarded LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT & Darren Carr Named Club Performer of The Year AT THE 15TH Annual ACE awards.
In a star studded night of entertainment and awards some of Australia's best entertainers were recognised for their outstanding performances in clubs. Glenn Shorrock was recognised for his stellar career, being honoured with the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. Shorrock has had a long and illustrious career most notably with Australian supergroup Little River Band who paved the way for many other Australian performers in the overseas market.
Other major awards went to Darren Percival for MALE VOCAL, The McClymonts for COUNTRY GROUP, Jack Vidgen for RISING STAR and Daryl Braithwaite for ORIGINAL MUSIC PERFORMER.
Stand-out performances on the night were aplenty with The McClymonts, Darren Percival, Christine Anu, Casey Donovan, Mark Williams & The Robertson Brothers to name a few of the stellar cast on the night who all added to the celebration of the club entertainment industry.
Any press enquiries can be directed to info@aceawards.com.au or Executive Producer Brad Stanford 0418 961 798
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The 15th Annual Australian Club Entertainment Awards 2012
Welcome to the new ACE year as we work towards acknowledging the 2012 Ace Award winners in the Australian Club entertainment industry.
The 15th Annual Australian Club Entertainment Awards Night will be held at The Juniors-Kingsford on Wednesday March 20,2013. Tickets to the event will be available from February 1,2013. The online booking link and direct phone contact will be published here shortly.
Once again the major sponsors of the awards will be the Club Managers' Association Australia and ClubsNSW.
Voting has already commenced for the 2012 Awards with the 1st round closing on December 14 this year. The Final Round voting opens on January 7,2013 and concludes on February 15,2013.
If you are not already part of the voting panel but would like to be, just go to contact link above and register your interest.
We have added two significant categories to the 2012 Awards with the ClubsNSW Venue Award for Excellence and Commitment to Entertainment and the Touring International Artist Award. Submissions for the Venue Award will be made directly by Clubs and judged by an independent voting panel. Touring overseas artists have long been part of club entertainment programs and are still an important ingredient to the longeity of the industry.
The ACE Event Management Team look forward to another exciting event in March 2013 to acknowledge the contribution and high standard of Australian entertainers.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2011 WINNERS
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ACE Awards Spectacular: Oh what a night!
THERE'S NO better feeling in the entertainment business than to see the "House Full" sign hanging on the main door.
And it was a "house full" entertainment spectacular for the Australian Club Entertainment (ACE) Awards at The Juniors @ Kingsford on March 21.
The theme of the 14th annual presentation dinner was "Playing To Win" with the winners, entertainers and guests playing long and hard into the night in celebrating of the contribution that entertainers make to Australia's Club Industry.
The Juniors Auditorium was jumping with a world-class line-up of entertainers. Diva Fever opened the bill with "Lady Marmalade", followed by Simon Brook McLachlan with Lance Strauss and Greg Bonham. Dancing With The Stars headliners Luda Kroitor and Csaba Szirmai added more fancy steps with Elvis to the Max, Wendy Matthews, 1927, Tom Burlinson and The Boys In The Band rounding out the entertainment with a Jersey Boys medley.
Master of Ceremonies Darren Carr, who picked up two awards, kept the night flowing smoothly and threw in his own feature spot.
Chairman of the ACE Awards and CMAA Federal President Bill Clegg, ACCM, extended the Official Welcome to more than 500 guests, thanking the people who made the event possible ... the ACE Awards Organising Committee, including Nigel Lampe and Anita McMillan, Ralph Kober and Shannon Donato from the CMAA, Maria Pena from ClubsNSW, Doug May from major sponsor Lion, and Brad Standford from the host club.
"For more than 100 years, the Club Industry has been an integral part of Australian society ... a focus of social, community and sporting support for millions of Australians," Mr Clegg said. "A major part of that appeal to members and guests is the live entertainment that clubs provide, whether through world-class shows at the big venues in metropolitan centres, or the single and duo acts in the corner of a regional club recreation area. Australia's entertainers provide a special ingredient to the successful recipe for club members.
"Special thanks to our sponsors and supporters, particularly Lion and Doug May who have staunchly supported the ACE Awards since its inception. The support and commitment of our sponsors makes the night possible. Many are clubs that have an ongoing commitment to providing opportunities to artists."
It's the first time the black-tie event has moved away from Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club and Bill paid special tribute to The Juniors management and events organising team, led by CEO Geoff Knight and Marketing & Entertainment Manager Brad Stanford for a spectacularly successful event.
The CMAA and ClubsNSW teamed up with the ACE Awards Committee to co-ordinate the 2012 event with major sponsor Lion heading the list of category sponsors.
Nominations in the 25 categories closed on December 31 and the major award winners were Tom Burlinson (Male Vocal Performer & Club Performer of the Year), while Rhonda Burchmore received the award for Female Vocal Performer.
Guest Presenters included Lucky Starr, Anita McMillan and Denis McNamara, The Williams Brothers, Lesley and Bruce Scott and Greg Bonham.
The "timeless" Brian Henderson, Channel 9 news presenter and host of Bandstand appropriately had the honour of presenting the ACE Awards Lifetime Achievement Award to The Delltones.
- CMA Magazine will carry a special feature on the 2011 ACE Awards presentation dinner in the May edition.
The following link from Friday March 23rd's Daily Telegraph demonstrates how successful and popular the awards were: The Daily Telegraph - March 22, 2012
Photos from the night can be seen by clicking on this link: : 2012 ACE Awards
PRESS RELEASE
The 14th Annual Australian Club Entertainment (ACE) Awards Night will be held on Wednesday, March 21,2012, at The Juniors- Kingsford.
The ACE Awards recognise excellence in entertainment within nominated categories for the 2011 calendar year.
While 12 of the previous 13 ACE Awards presentation dinners have been staged at the Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club, the awards move to The Juniors - Kingsford next year.
Event Organising Committee Chairman and Club Managers' Association Australia (CMAA) Federal President Bill Clegg said Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club's support has seen the ACE Awards grow to become the most prestigious level of success for Club Industry entertainers. "We will always be indebted to the Board of Directors the management teams and the staff at the club for their generous and loyal support and for their major contribution to first starting, then building the ACE Awards to the status they enjoy today," Mr Clegg added.
The ACE Awards Organising Committee welcomes the contribution of ClubsNSW - through Sponsorship and Events Coordinator Maria Penn - in planning and preparing for the 2012.
There is more new blood on the Committee with the CMAA's Marketing and Sponsorship Manager Shannon Donato joining the Committee.
Voting for the first round of nominations for the 2012 ACE Awards starts on November 12, 2011.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2010 WINNERS
We would like to congratulate our 2010 ACE Awards winners and to say good luck to each of you for next year.
Click here to see a full list of the Nominees and the Categories.
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
The ACE (Australian Club Entertainment) AWARDS commitee are pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached with the CMAA (Club Managers' Association Australia) to continue to present annual awards for excellence in club entertainment.
The ACE AWARDS were founded in 1998 and since that time significant changes have taken place in club entertainment and it was time to reflect those changes in the organisation and structure of these major awards.
The next ACE AWARDS presentation night will be held on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL. These awards will be for achievements in the 2010 calendar year and not for a fiscal year as previously designated in the qualification process.
The ACE commitee is most appreciative of the sponsors who have played a significant role in the success of these awards since their inception. Their support has been invaluable.
As the Awards are totally club based it is envisaged that the association with the CMAA will facilitate more involvement of registered clubs and their management in the nomination and voting procedures.
Without the continued support of entertainers and entertainment business organisations the awards would have no base.
All those who have contributed their time and efforts are gratefully acknowledged.
A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY!THE 2010 ACE AWARDS
PROUDLY PRESENTED BY THE CMAA
MARCH 9, 2011
CANTERBURY HURLSTONE PARK RSL
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL
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2002 - STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
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