Anthony Burger's Pianorama?
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ANTHONY BURGER'S PIANORAMA?
LuAnn Burger says: "Pianorama was an idea birthed by Anthony, of which
he was very proud. He put a lot of effort into making each one a top
quality production. After many years of a successful and popular event,
the NQC changed directions and began using Roger Bennett to host the
Anthony Burger 'Pianorama.' "
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Jr.
married his second that he needed to get his name off Panorama because of
the divorce settlement and who got what monies, etc.
Anthony was with his first wife at NQC in September and married #2 in
February the next year.
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Jr. wrote:
> It has been told that when Anthony divorced his first wife and quickly
> married his second that he needed to get his name off Panorama because of
> the divorce settlement and who got what monies, etc.
> Anthony was with his first wife at NQC in September and married #2 in
> February the next year.
I think I remember an e-mail from either Bennett or Burger that stated
that Anthony had asked Roger to take over. That would seem to go along
with what Paul is saying.
LuAnn had better hurry if she's going to do something....the NQC might
be able to claim "squatter's rights"! LOL
Johnny
Burger Award" ? I remember it being called that after Anthony won the
Award for 10 years running. Back when he was a Kingsmen.
Pastor Dan
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> Wasn't the "Instrumentalist of the Year Award" called "The Anthony
> Burger Award" ? I remember it being called that after Anthony won the
> Award for 10 years running. Back when he was a Kingsmen.
>
disclaimer for unreliable memory here) I think it was from the mouth of Bill
Gaither.
James
Yes, you`re right. I`m not sure that one man will ever win 'favorite
instrumentalist'
ten years in row again.
James
David Bruce Murray
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> Yes, you`re right. I`m not sure that one man will ever win 'favorite
> instrumentalist'
> ten years in row again.
Hasn't Roger Bennett won it every year since it was first named the Anthony
Burger award and also every year since the Burger association with the award
was dropped? Hasn't that already been at least ten years?
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Bennett won in '93 and has won every year since.
David Bruce Murray
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> Bennett won in '93 and has won every year since.
Thanks...I knew that even after they stopped calling it the Anthony Burger
Award and Anthony was actually nominated a time or two, Roger continued to
win it. I just wasn't sure of exactly how many years Roger had won it in a
row.
The Singing News should have made Bennett ineligible after 2002 and called
it the Roger Bennett Award for the same period of years it was called the
Anthony Burger award. That would have been fair.
In one sense, not naming it after Roger slighted Roger...as if his ten wins
in a row weren't important enough to get the award named after him, but
Anthony's ten wins were.
In another sense, it was unfair to Anthony not to name the award after Roger
after 2002, because now Roger has 14 wins over Anthony's 10 and is sort of
the de facto "all time favorite" pianist...but you have to wonder how many
more times Anthony would have won the award if it had never been named in
his honor in the first place.
Bottom line, the award wasn't handled consistently after Roger's tenth win,
and both men are somewhat slighted due to the inconsistency...depending on
your point of view.
Of course, by now, I suspect there have been other categories where one
person won for ten years in a row...I think ten years in a row is
enough...I'd like to have seen the practice of naming the award after a
ten-year winner continued with every category. They could use a rule like,
"Win an award for ten years in a row and the award will be named after you
for five."
That would be both fair and consistent, while keeping the awards from being
so much the same from one year to the next.
James
You know more about the SGM awards than I. So a few years back Rabbitt
Easter didn`t
win, but was just nominated -right?
David Bruce Murray
> You know more about the SGM awards than I. So a few years back Rabbitt
> Easter didn`t
> win, but was just nominated -right?
Before Anthony started winning, I believe they just had one award for
Favorite Instrumentalist...and then at some point, that award was split in
two, so there are actually two awards for musicians now...one for piano
players, and one for all other instruments. It's very possible that Rabbit
won Favorite Musician the same year Roger Bennett won Favorite Pianist.
I don't have a comprehensive list of every person who has ever won a Fan
Award.
If anyone has such a list, I'd love to get a copy.
Palmer Pyle
Year in 1993
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