From: hlee@unixg.ubc.ca (Henry Lee)
Subject: |*| 1992 MuchMusic CANADIAN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS - Summary
Followup-To: rec.music.video
Keywords: MuchMusic Canadian Music Video Awards
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 19:19:24 GMT
Expires: Sun, 1 Nov 1992 05:00:00 GMT

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3rd CANADIAN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS (CMVAs) : Sat Sept 26/92

1st CMVAs in 1990 : on board VIA Rail national train (northern route) from
		    Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS.
2nd CMVAs in 1991 : from MuchMusic studios at 299 Queen St. West

This year, CHUM/City-TV celebrated its 20th birthday and had an 
Open House to the public on Friday (Sept 25).  The video awards were held 
within the CHUM/City building (CityTV/MuchMusic studios) in Toronto, Ontario.
Live Broadcast was 5pm PDT / 8pm EDT.

HOSTS (in alphabetical order): 

	Steve Anthony, Lance Chilton, Monika Deol, Denise Donlon, 
	Erica Ehm, Simon Evans, George Lagogianes, Terry David Mulligan, 
	Master T, Nathalie Richard, Teresa Roncon, Bill Welychko, 
	Jana Lynn White, Michael Williams, Ziggy (Lorenc)

The qualifications for a Canadian Music Video are :
	- Canadian artist
	- the song itself satisfies CanCon requirements
	- video director and film crew are Canadian

Award recipients are denoted by the left & right arrows `==>  ...  <=='

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* Intros from SA, Ziggy, TDM, NR (big hat!), MW, MD and EE.

* Live in-house performance by 54-40 "Nice to Luv Ya Baby" 

* Master T & Kathleen announces nominees for

CMVA BEST DANCE VIDEO AWARD

	Don't Stop Now - Love & Sas
	Let's Go - MCJ & Cool G
 ==>	Love Vibe - Lisa Lougheed		<== Director - David McNally 

* Live performance by Lisa Lougheed "Love Vibe" (with tape accompaniment)

* Live performance by Tom Cochrane & band : "No Regrets"

* Jana Lynn White & Mae Moore lists nominees for

CMVA BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY (A-C) VIDEO AWARD

	Sleep in Late - Big Sugar
	Mother Mother - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
	Into the Fire - Sarah McLachlan
 ==>	Je danse dans ma tete - Celine Dion	<== Dir. - Alain Desrochers
	
  Celine Dion in Los Angeles for AIDS benefit;
  performed "Nothing Broken But My Heart" with piano accompaniment
  which was taped earlier in the week in MuchMusic building.

* Live performance from the Rheostatics

* Simon Evans & Drew Ling (Bootsauce) states nominees for 

CMVA BEST ALTERNATIVE VIDEO AWARD

	Aliens (Christmas 1988) - Rheostatics
	Underwhelmed - Sloan
	Greedy - Pure
 ==>	Mind Phazer - Front Line Assembly	<== Director - Robert Lee
	Killing Game - Skinny Puppy

* Monika Deol & Neil Osbourne (54-40)   {People's Choice phone-numbers}

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD NOMINEES (nation-wide call-in tally)
ARTIST				VIDEO TITLE

Barenaked Ladies		Lovers In A Dangerous Time
Big House			All Night
Tom Cochrane			Life Is A Highway
Celine Dion			Je danse dans ma t\^{e}te
54-40				She-la
Sass Jordan			Make You A Believer
Lisa Lougheed			Love Vibe
Sarah McLachlan			Into the Fire
Kim Mitchell			America
Slik Toxik			Helluvatime

* Michael Williams & Dream Warriors lists the nominees for

CMVA BEST RAP VIDEO AWARD

	Respect Me - E.T.P.
	Nothing At All - Maestro Fresh Wes
 ==>	Check the O.R. - Organized Rhyme	<== Dir. - Tim Hamilton

  Tim Hamilton has directed videos for the likes of Meryn Cadell
  and the Barenaked Ladies.

* Live in the environment performance by Organized Rhyme "Check the O.R."

* Erica Ehm, Lance Chilton & Barney Bentall introduces nominees for

CMVA BEST EDITOR AWARD

	Y'a un pneu sur mon noeud - James Bande
 ==>	No Regrets - Tom Cochrane		<== Ed. - Andrea Fredrickson
	Mind Phazer - Front Line Assembly
	She-la - 54-40

  Andrea Fredrickson has also been in the director's chair, directing
  the video "World Love" for Lisa Lougheed.

* Teresa Roncon with Brian Vollmer (Helix) with the nominees for

CMVA BEST METAL VIDEO AWARD

	Some Girls Do - Lee Aaron
 ==> 	Helluvatime - Slik Toxik		<== Dir. - Don Allan
	All Night - Big House
	Her Luck Town - Killer Dwarfs

  Last year's Hall of Fame Award winner, Don Allan has been responsible
  for many, many videos including those for Triumph, Glass Tiger,
  Lee Aaron, Paul Janz, Kim Mitchell, Candi & the Backbeat, John James,
  Alias and the Crash Test Dummies.

* Live performance by Slik Toxik

* Lance Chilton & Monika Deol 		{People's Choice phone-numbers}

* Mike Rhodes & Mike Campbell (Mike & Mike) trying to list the nominees for

CMVA BEST COMEDY VIDEO AWARD

 ==>	Terrier - Kids in the Hall		<== Dir. - Michael Kennedy
	Low Rider - Look People
	Love Was - Air Pirates

  To accept the award, Michael Kennedy & Kids in the Hall (minus 2)
  gave their "thank-yous" inside the Speaker's Corner booth at MuchMusic.

* Nathalie Richard, Moses Znaimer, Bernie Finkelstein of VideoFACT Foundation
  introducing nominees for

CMVA BEST VideoFACT VIDEO AWARD

  VideoFACT stands for the Video Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent
  and is partly sponsored and funded by MuchMusic & MusiquePlus.

 ==>	Lovers in a Dangerous Time - Barenaked Ladies <== Dir. - Tim Hamilton
	Aliens (Christmas 1988) - Rheostatics
	Wondering Where the Lions Are - b-fun'N
	Man of Steel - Lennie Gallant

  Barenaked Ladies & Tim Hamilton accepted their award in Columbus, Ohio.
  The group is currently on tour with stops in various American cities.
  And of course, they all went bowling with an inspired rendition of
  "Bowling in Columbus."

* Ziggy & George Lagogianes with the nominees for 

CMVA BEST D.O.P. (Director of Photography) AWARD
(no, *NOT* the best dope award ... geez)

 ==>	Calling You - The Holly Cole Trio	<== D.O.P. - Miroslaw Baszak
	Great Big Love - Bruce Cockburn
	A Dream Like Mine - Bruce Cockburn
	No Regrets - Tom Cochrane		(also by M. Baszak)
	Love Vibe - Lisa Lougheed

* Live performance by The Holly Cole Trio

* Steve Anthony & videographer Jennifer Morgan {People's Choice phone-numbers}

* Denise Donlon & Bill Welychko and nominees for

CMVA BEST COUNTRY VIDEO AWARD

	Drifting Cowboy - Gary Fjellgaard
	I Walk These Rails - Sylvia Tyson
 ==>	Take It Like A Man - Michelle Wright 	<== Dir. - Stephen Goldman
	One Precious Love - Prairie Oyster

  This is yet another of many awards to Michelle Wright for an extremely
  successful year in Canada and in the United States. 

* Michael Williams & Devon lists nominees for

CMVA BEST R&B/SOUL VIDEO AWARD

 ==>	Wondering Where the Lions Are - b-fun'N		<== Dir. - Len Henry
	Hearts Will Be Raining - Kathy September
	Don't Walk On By - Mojah
	Do It Again - Thyron Lee White

* Live performance from b-fun'N

* Erica Ehm & Gordie Johnson (Big Sugar) for 

CMVA BEST DIRECTOR AWARD

	White Lies / Black Truth - Slik Toxik 	: Don Allan
	Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane	: David Storey
	She-la - 54-40				: Curtis Wehrfritz
 ==>	No Regrets - Tom Cochrane		: Curtis Wehrfritz    <==

  This is the 2nd consecutive year that Wehrfritz has won Best Director.
  Last year, he won for directing Grapes of Wrath's "I Am Here" video.
  Wehrfritz has also directed videos for the Holly Cole Trio,
  Meryn Cadell, Grapes of Wrath, 54-40 and Barney Bentall & the
  Legendary Hearts.

* Denise Donlon announcing Special Achievement Award to BRYAN ADAMS

  Bryan Adams & Keith Scott as "street-buskers;"
  just outside Rock Headquarters on Water St. in Gastown (Vancouver)
  one afternoon last week, each with an acoustic guitar performing
  "There Will Never Be Another Tonight."

  (ed. merde!  if I'd only known ....)

* EE, SA, NR, TDM  {People's Choice phone-in numbers}

* Moses Znaimer and Musique Plus' Pierre Marchand introducing
  the CMVA HALL OF FAME AWARD (last year's recipient was Don Allan).

CMVA HALL OF FAME AWARD : Alain Desrochers

  Desrochers has directed videos for Mitsou, Nasty Joe, MCJ & Cool G
  and Celine Dion among others.  What seems to be most remarkable is the 
  acclaim he's received for the number of videos he has directed thus far.

* Terry David Mulligan & Kim Mitchell announcing nominees for

CMVA VIDEO OF THE YEAR AWARD

	No Regrets - Tom Cochrane
	Love Vibe - Lisa Lougheed
	Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane
 ==>	She-la - 54-40 				<== Dir. - Curtis Wehrfritz

  A good night (and year!), indeed - Wehrfritz's 2nd award of the night.

* Live performance by 54-40 "She-la"

* SA & Ziggy Lorenc / TDM, NR, EE & MW going through the winners
  from the list of People's Choice nominees :

CMVA PEOPLE'S CHOICE FEMALE VIDEO AWARD
	Into the Fire - Sarah McLachlan

CMVA PEOPLE'S CHOICE GROUP VIDEO AWARD
	Lovers in a Dangerous Time - Barenaked Ladies

CMVA PEOPLE'S CHOICE BEST VIDEO AWARD
	Helluvatime - Slik Toxik			(ed. arrrghgghghgh)

CMVA PEOPLE'S CHOICE MALE VIDEO AWARD
	Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane

* Final live performance by Tom Cochrane "Life is A Highway"

* Final remarks from SA, EE, TDM, NR, MW, & remaining Much "staff", etc.
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Duration : 3 hrs and 5 minutes

-- 
Henry Lee   <hlee@unixg.ubc.ca>
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