2019 Best of the West Nominations Now Open
for the FAR-West conference in Woodland Hills (Oct 10-13, 2019)
To our wonderful community: The FAR-West Best of the West (BOTW) Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2019 Best of the West Awards. Nominations are solicited from the FAR-West community, with honorees in both the “Performer” and “Ambassador” categories. For example, the 2018 Honorees were: Wendy Waldman (Performer), McCabe's Guitar Shop/Bob & Espie Riskin (Ambassador) and The Guacamole Fund (Lifetime Achievement in Community Service Award). Nominations should include a brief summary of biographical information, accomplishments and a website link. Please submit nominations via email by March 5, 2019 to the Best of the West Chair, Stephen Bond Garvan, steve_at _garvanmanagement.com (replace _at_ with @).
Honorees are chosen by the FAR-West Board of Directors and will be announced later in the spring. The awards will be presented at the annual FAR-West conference in Woodland Hills, CA on Saturday, October 12, 2019. For a list of criteria and more information about Best of the West, please visit: https://www.far-west.org/botw.html
The Best of the West Awards were established by FAR-West in 2005 to honor individuals who have maintained an enduring presence in the folk and acoustic music scene in the West, inspiring others by embodying folk values and traditions. A list of the Previous Best of the West honorees can be found at the above link.
