We would also like to thank the lovely folks at High Ridge Manor for their wonderfully warm hospitality. If you ever find yourself in Paso Robles and have had a little too much wine, they are the place to stay! Truly The Bellagio of Bed and Breakfasts. Thanks guys.

Winners Announced At Final Concert of 2005 Winery Music Awards Competition

Winner: Three's & Nines
Artists in the competition were judged on a 100-point scale in the categories of Originality, Musicianship, and Marketability. The winning band earned an overall average score of 92.38 points.
Judges were professionals from the music, entertainment, and wine industries.
The four-hour long festival of original music by unsigned artists featured finalists who qualified by earning top scores among 15 artists in the three Semi-Final competitions held during the summer of 2005.

"Voting for a favorite artist in this competition was especially difficult because of the depth of talent and diversity of styles," says Tom Cartwright, a competition judge and President of Los Angeles-based RNB Entertainment, who awarded the winner a breakthrough-recording contract. "I am very excited to start working with Threes and Nines. We will make every effort to make them known across the country. 2 The First Place winner of this year's Winery Music Awards received prizes valued over $10,000, including the contract with RNB Entertainment Group, 40 hours of recording time at the Music Lab in San Luis Obispo, $1,000.00 cash from Cass Winery, $2,500.00 worth of online music marketing from iFanz.com, $1,000.00 in guitar accessories gift certificates from LR Baggs of San Luis Obispo, and a crystal wine glass trophy made by Austrian wineglass producer, Riedel, etched with the Winery Music Awards logo and the name of the competition winner. Second and third place trophies and prizes were also awarded.

Congratulations to all the winners!

(from left to right: Kathy Kelly, Steve Cass, Ruth McCartney)

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North Carolina Film Commission Event at Raffles' L'Ermitage in Beverly Hills, CA.

Frank Capra, Jr., is President of EUE/Screen Gems Studios-North Carolina, the largest motion picture studio east of Hollywood. Having fallen in love with Wilmington, NC, in 1983, while on a location shoot, Capra, Jr., has adopted North Carolina and its film industry as his own. He is the unceasing advocate of North Carolina film financing and production and a major reason why the Tar Heel state ranks third behind only California and New York in terms of dollars spent on film production.
As President of EUE/Screen Gems Studios North Carolina, Capra, Jr., takes an active role in every project including becoming an active member of the thriving film community he helped to establish. Having undertaking additional study of his own at Cal-Tech, he helped establish a Film Studies degree program and teaches classes at the University of NC-Wilmington. He contributes to his profession through serving on numerous boards,
including the Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the National Board of the Directors Guild of America, and the North Carolina Governor's Film Council.

L to R Angie McCartney, Frank Capra, Jr. Joan Alford of The NCFC and Ruth McCartney