News for March, 2009
Salmon Festival announces dates and Tara Oram as first act signed
18.03.2009 --
Councilor James Courtney, Chairperson for the 2009 Exploits Valley Salmon Festival (25th Annual), announced today that this year’s Festival will run from July 16th to July 20th. In addition, Councilor Courtney is also very pleased to announce that the first act signed for this year’s festival concert, scheduled for Saturday, July 18th, is Country star Tara Oram,
Tara Oram walked away with the Country Recording of the Year for her debut album, 'Chasing the Sun' at the East Coast Music Awards in Corner Brook recently and is nominated for a 2009 Juno Award as well. Tara Oram can be seen regularly on the CMT network and is currently starring in her own television series on that network, “The Tara Diaries” and her hit, “538 Stars” is number eight on their top twenty list.
Councilor Courtney is quoted as saying:” Tara Oram is the first of what will be many outstanding acts for this year’s 25th Exploits Valley Salmon Festival concert.
For more information on the festival, log on to www.salmonfestival.com