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PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE USE KIWI ROGER TIBBS JOINS SUPERSTAR 'WHISPERING' BILL ANDERSON Prepared by Bob Phillips, NTCMA - contacts follow story   KIWI, ROGER TIBBS JOINS 'WHISPERING' BILL ANDERSON IN AMERICA'S OLD TIME COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME LeMars, Iowa....."It is with a great deal of pride that we honor two very important contributors to America's traditional and classic country music." The speaker is Bob Everhart, President of the National Traditional Country Music Association, located in the USA's most 'rural' state....Iowa. "I like to tell Jim Ed Brown that we live in the middle of a corn-field in Iowa, and he laughs everytime I say that," said Bob. "But for those of us who live in Iowa, it's important that we continue a rural lifestyle here in rural America, and it's also important that we honor those that have made significant contributions to that lifestyle, especially in the form of a musical genre that actually started in a cornfield. 'Country' music as offered by Nashville today lacks 'genre integrity.' It's pretty much a mish mash of whatever strolls into the recording studio. There's not much left of the recognizable traits that made 'real' country music so desirable. One of those 'traits' was yodeling. It was the 'trademark' of the 'father' of country music, Jimmie Rodgers, and it is also the most distinctive characteristic of the country music Roger Tibbs of Upper Hutt, New Zealand, gives in his interpretations of what country music still sounds like with a yodel in it." America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame is located in the Pioneer Music Museum, located in the small rural town of Anita, Iowa. "We started all of this back in 1975," adds Bob Everhart's wife, Sheila. "There seems to be such a drift away from the really heart felt writing and performing of what we now call rural-country music. We just think it's very important to 'save' it. We have a really good friend in New Zealand, Ginny Peters, who continues writing country music from the heart, and she is one of the few genuine writers that still keeps that 'flavor' in her works. She is a member of this Hall of Fame, so she knows how important this tradition is." The event that Roger Tibbs is going to the United States to participate in, takes place at the Plymouth County Fairgrounds in LeMars, Iowa, the ice cream capital of the world. "Blue Bunny Ice Cream has the largest ice cream factory on planet earth," added Bob Everhart. "We like being here, the dates for the festival is August 30 through September 5th. It takes that many days, and ten sound stages running from 9am to midnight everyday to accomodate the 600 performers of classic country and bluegrass music that participate. Roger Tibbs will fit right in. We're also very glad to announce that "Whispering" Bill Anderson, from the Grand Ole Opry, will also be on hand for Hall of Fame induction ceremonies with Roger. "Bill Anderson had a huge hit with "Po' Folks" and went on to write hit after hit for most of Nashville's top recording artists. He joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1961, and has become an icon on that program, admired by millions. Both Roger Tibbs and Bill Anderson will be inducted into America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame in LeMars. "One of the things we'd like to announce in conjunction with the induction of Roger Tibbs, is that we will allow free entrance to the festival, for all seven days, if the person shows a legitimate New Zealand passport. All you have to do is show up, show your passport, and we'll let you in for all seven days for free. To honor Roger Tibbs of course, and give him support." More information about the festival, and the overall sponsor the National Traditional Country Music Association, can be found at their website: http://www.orgsites.com/ia/oldtimemusic CONTACTS NTCMA, Bob Everhart - bobeverhart@yahoo.com 712-762-4363 Roger Tibbs - enquiries@rogertibbs.com Bill Anderson - lee.willard@live.com Be with us for our big 35th annual Old-Time Music Festival at the Plymouth County Fairgrounds in LeMars, Iowa, August 30-Sept 5, 2010. Over 650 performers on ten "sound" stages, including Hall of Fame inductions and RRMC CD's of the Year Awards. ...AND, our Rural Roots Music Festival October 1-2-3, 2010 at the Christensen Field House in Fremont, Nebraska. Visit our website: http://www.orgsites.com/ia/oldtimemusic

Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame induction set in Le Mars Monday, August 9, 2010 By Beverly Van Buskirk   In less than three weeks, the 35th National Old Time Country Music Festival will open in Le Mars for seven days of music. The festival runs from Aug. 30 to Sept 5 at the Plymouth County Fairgrounds in Le Mars. This is the third year the festival has been held in Le Mars. Bob Everhart, president of the National Traditional Country Music Association, predicts this will be a spectacular year because of the celebrities involved as well as regional and local participants. As part of the festival, a number of musicians will be inducted into the Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame for 2010. The Pioneer Music Museum in Anita, Iowa, is home to the Hall of Fame. Among the celebrities to be inducted is female vocalist Patti Page. Page has sold more than 100-million recordings and isn't slowing down, according to Everhart. Page's recording of "Tennessee Waltz" broke all existing record sales. She just re-recorded it in a very traditional country music style with her latest CD "Best Country Songs." Page will be on the Main Stage at the festival at 8 p.m. Sept. 4. Another inductee is well-known country musician, Bill Anderson, from the Grand Ole Opry. He is a country music songwriter, recording artist and vocalist and will be at the music festival Sept. 3. Also to be inducted into the Hall of Fame will be Johnny Cash's daughter, Cindy Cash, the very successful singer, movie actress, and writer of the "Cash Family Scrapbook." She will be inducted into the Hall of Fame Sept. 5. Other inductees in America's 2010 Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame include: * Kerry Christensen a yodeler and accordionist from Provo, Utah. * Bob Richter a dance band leader, country singer, and instrumentalist from Sioux City. * Cookie Eller an old time cowboy singer from Checotah, Okla. * Betsy Barnett (deceased), Yodeler of the Sunset Trail, who was from Knoxville. Betsy Wilson will be accepting on her grandmother's behalf. * Bill Rainey, a break-through disc-jockey of classic and traditional country music streaming around the world on the Internet, from Cumberland City, Tenn. * Dave Brinkman, the chairman and professor of the music department at the University of Wyoming and one of the best banjo players in America, according to Everhart. He is from Laramie, Wyo. *Jim Reeves and Dale Howard, cousins, both of them have been successful and gifted country music vocalists. Jim Reeves is deceased and Dale Howard is from Fort Worth, Texas. * Johnny Ray Gomez, recognized in the Midwest, and Las Vegas, Nev., as a highly popular accordionist and entertainer, is from Omaha, Neb. * Merlyn Hansen long-time Iowa old-time country music picker and vocalist, from Pierson, Iowa. * Clarence Hayden, long time classic country recording artist and entertainer, from Richmond, Mo. * Earl Gleason, successful country music songwriter, recording artist and regional television personality from Belen, N.M. * Andy Glandt, Germany's most noted and notable 5-string bluegrass banjo player from Jena (formerly West Germany) * And Roger Tibbs, top yodeler and country music performer, New Zealand's Favorite Son, from Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The 7-day festival features more than 650 performers on 10 stages on the fairgrounds, with music played from 9 a.m. to midnight.