UPCOMING EVENTS JUNE 4TH & 5TH HEBRON PINES WEEKEND ________________________________________________ JULY 25TH ALL ORGANIZATIONS COMING TOGETHER SHOW SPONSORED THIS YEAR BY THE MAINE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC _____________________________________________________ AUGUST 08, 2010 BOOTHBAY COUNTRY SUNDAY TIME: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM PRICE: $10.00 OPERA HOUSE, BOOTHBAY HARBOR MAINE PUT ON BY THE "BOOTHBAY HELLIONS ______________________________________________________ AUGUST 22, 2010 BUD'S PICNIC AT GLORIA JEAN'S 4 DAWN REST WAY SCARBOROUGH, MAINE _________________________________________________ SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2010 COUNTRY SUNDAY LOBSTER BAKE & AUCTION PUT ON BY THE BOOTHBAY HELLIONS BOOTHBAY, MAINE _______________________________________________________ SEPTEMBER 10 & 11 HEBRON PINES CAMPGROUND FALL JAMBOREE __________________________________________________________ OCTOBER 17, 2010 MCMA 28TH ANNUAL AWARDS SHOW SILVER SPUR, MECHANIC FALLS, ME _________________________________________________________ OCTOBER 24TH JAY COUNTRY SUNDAY JAY COMMUNITY CENTER TIME 1:00 PM _____________________________________________________- DECEMBER 2010 MCMA CHRISTMAS SHOW, TBA _________________________________________________________ All dates subject to change ____________________________________________________
HISTORY OF THE MCMA In the Fall of 1976 The First Annual State of Maine Country Music Awards Show was held in the Ballroom of the Eastland Hotel in Portland.  Due to the tremendous response and success of that first awards show, Slim Andrews, Barry Dean, Gini Eaton, and Ed Hazen of WPOR began to discuss the formation of a new organization to bring the Country Music Industry together on a state wide basis, much like the CMA in Nashville. In January of 1977 after a number of phone calls and words of mouth among Bottle Club Owners, Bands, Musicians, Booking Agents, Promoters, Media Representatives and Other Interested People, a meeting was held at the old Single Spur Bottle Club in Windham, Maine.  A thorough discussion was held, a vote was taken and Slim Andrews was elected to be Acting President until regular elections were held in June of that year.  Gini Eaton was the Acting Secretary/Treasurer and Barry Dean headed up the Constitution & By-laws Committee. After much publicity and regular monthly meetings were held, Vi Moody of Norway was elected as the First President in June of 1977.  In August the MCMA was registered with the State and a list of the Charter Members accompanied the Incorporation Papers in Augusta.  Attorney Richard Steeves of Standish handled the Registration and Filing with Augusta and the Maine Country Music Association, Inc. was born! Since those early years a great deal has been accomplished within this great organization.  Although other Country Music Organizations have been created in the State of Maine, MCMA has been, and continues to be, the prime mover of the Country Music Industry within the State. Around 1984 or 1985, in order to obtain our Non-Profit designation from the IRS, we changed our admission requirements to include Fans into full membership, which continues to this day. In November, 2009 Maine Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum was established as a separate entity with Maine County Music Association's blessings. PLEASE CLICK ON OUR LINKS PAGE (above left) RESPOND TO OUR E-MAIL FORM. WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANK YOU!! ----------------------------------------------------------- (THE ARTISTS YOU HEAR PERFORMING ON THE SITE TODAY ARE NONE OTHER THAN BING & NANCY CROSBY--PRESIDENT AND FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MCMA. THE SONG IS FROM THEIR "ONE MORE TIME" ALBUM).
MAINE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME ESTABLISHED 1978	THE VERY FIRST HALL OF FAME INDUCTION/CEREMONY-1978 AT THE ITALIAN HERITAGE CENTER-PORTLAND, MAINE.  THERE ARE SEVERAL MEMBERS IN THE PICTURE WHO WERE SUBSEQUENTLY INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME SINCE.
MCMA created and established the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame, which encompasses the entire state and embraces all Maine Country Music Entertainers & Producers etc., and does not require membership in the MCMA. In April 1978 the First Annual Maine Country Music Hall of Fame was officially held at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland, as was provided for in our By-laws, with the induction of Hal Lone Pine, Ken MacKenzie, and Dick Curless.  Thus began an annual event which now has inducted a Roll of 67 Members to the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame. After many years of Fund Raising activities such as Benefits, Jamborees, Raffles, etc, Elmer Larson, Russ Adams and many other members and musicians began an annual 3 day jamboree at the Beaver Brook Campground in Monmouth, and this annual event was instrumental in raising substantial funds towards building a Hall of Fame Building & Museum.  After 28 years of hard and persistent efforts, sufficient funds were raised to allow the purchase of 5+ acres of land in the town of Greene, where we hope to have a building project completed in the next few years. Several years later, another weekend Jamboree was established in early June each year by Lorri Wilson at Hebron Pines Campground in Hebron, and this successful venture has also been a tremendous help in raising other substantial funds for the organization.  In addition MCMA began holding other Shows on a periodic basis which became known as Country Sundays.  These events at various places around the State have been the life blood of the organization, thanks to the efforts of many of our non-performing members.