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Shana Banana's "The Grandparents Song" Nominated For
Best Children's Song
Sept. 10, 2004 - Award-winning national children's
entertainer, singer & songwriter, Shana Banana Smith has not one, but
two songs nominated in the "Best Children's Song" category for the Just
Plain Folks Music Awards, "The Grandparents Song" and "The Popcorn
Song."
To hear the Grandparents Song go to
http://www.shanabanana.com/live/ and click on the link in the middle
of the page.
Shana and her husband, Dan, gave birth to their
first child, Gracie, on Friday, August 6, which made her mother a new
grandmother.
Shana Banana is the only children's artist this
year to have 2 nominations for "Best Children's Song." This marks the
second year in a row that Shana Banana has been nominated in this
category. Last year, "I Want to Be a Dinosaur," from Music & Fun for
Kids won the award for "Best Children's Song." Both songs nominated
this year are from the Song In My Pocket CD.
The Just Plain Folks Music Organization is
comprised of staff and board members of the finest National and
International organizations such as NARAS, BMI, ASCAP, SESAC, SOCAN, PRS,
NAMM, AES, NARM, NAPM, NAC, SGA, AFM, Indiegrrl, TCG, CMA, MWI, NSAI,
TSAI, LAWIM, ISA, TAXI and most of the regional and local songwriter and
music industry organizations around the world.
The Just Plain Folks Music Organization selects
nominees from over 10,000 albums and 140,000 songs from 85 countries.
Nominations for Best Song in 48 Genres and Best Album in 57 categories
have been posted. The Awards will be held Sunday, November 7th, 2004 in
Hollywood, CA at the historic Avalon.
Shana Banana was nominated as "Children's and
Family Entertainer of the Year" in 2001-2002 by the National Association
of Campus Activities and has (2) two first-round Grammy nominations for
her CD's Music & Fun for Kids and Song In My Pocket. Shana has also been
the honored recipient of numerous national prestigious awards including;
Parents' Choice, NAPPA, Kids' First, and Just Plain Folks awards.
Shana Banana's "The Grandparents Song" and "The
Popcorn Song" are alongside 20 other of today's best children's songs.
"What an affirmation...Just Plain Folks represents just who they say
they are, and when my music positively affects folks, especially kids,
then I know I am on the right path and will keep going," says Shana
Banana.
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