Golden Hammers Nominated for “Niagara Music Awards”!

The Golden Hammers, music students at Rysons Studio of  Music, have been nominated for a Niagara Music Award!

The Hammers were formed for the Kiwanis  Music festival at Rysons  Studios under the direction of  myself and instructed by Dave Tufford. Tim Popek , and Torry Doyle.

The Members of the Golden  Hammers are:

• Evan Dim, 8 years old
• Dexter Sonier, 8 years old
• Lucas Venneri, 9 years old
• Trent Gilmour, 12 years old
• Jared Gilmour, 15 years old

and special Guest Natalie Vurro, Port Colborne Junior Vocal Idol winner. Also, model Nikki Kent (singer) and occasionally  keyboard player Bazil Sonier.

What a wonderful year for the Hammers;

• Kiwanis Music Festival performance  for  Old Time Rock and Roll gave them a score of 98  and the audience loved them. Concerts began immediately for them.
• Out to lunch concerts for the Downtown Association in July and August, Fiddlefest.
• Concert for the out in the cold, Santa Claus parade, Pen  Centre.
• Christmas concert  at Silver Spire.
• Knights of Columbus anniversary.
• Brock University audition for out in the soil, yes they were chosen!
• St. Catharines Library  on April 18.
• St. Theresa  School for kids helping kids and have been asked to play in Welland in June for kids day.

Niagara Golden Hammers have been nominated for a Niagara Music Award in the “Children’s Group of the Year” category.

We would really appreciate your support by  going on Niagara Music Award site and voting  for  the Golden Hammers  to help them with their careers.   Winning this award would be such a thrill for these young guys and there’s no doubt that it would further enhance their popularity in the Niagara Region.

I’d like to pass on a special thanks to Mike Zutel who wrote about the Golden Hammers, Larry Davidson of D’ADDARIO Canada who’s been very supportive with promotional materials for the Hammers, dedicated parents  and grandparents, and special thanks to Murray McFadgen of  www.WebTrafficSolutions.ca who gave us his time to film and put the videos together for the Hammers for our web site.

So once again, we’d really appreciate if you would  please go here Niagara Music Award and show your support with a vote for the Golden Hammers.

As always, your comments are always appreciated.

Happy Easter From The Hippity Hop Staff at Ryson’s

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