Thursday June 14th, 2018

The 2018 Country Music Association of Ontario Awards  https://cmaontario.ca/     took place Sunday June 3rd at London’s Centennial Hall   https://centennialhall.london.ca/     .  Some of the nights winners included Meghan Patrick – FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR,  FANS’ CHOICE  & MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR – Country Music Made Me Do It ,  James Barker Band – ALBUM OF THE YEAR Game On ,  Jason Blaine – MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR, Tim Hicks  received the first annual Nielsen Compass Award, Andrew Hyatt –  RISING STAR , The Lovelocks –  ROOTS ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR  Cold Creek County –  GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR, and Canadian Country music legend Michelle Wright   received the  2018 Impact Award .   Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com    was backstage to Chat with past CMAO winner Leah Daniels  https://www.leahdaniels.com/   about her new album ‘The Story’  including the single “1ST”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXDELmYA6M0 , the reason behind why she had  to cancel a one on one interview with me,  and is she or isn’t she engaged to former music video director and former Much Music VJ  Tim Deegan  https://www.instagram.com/timdeegan/?hl=en   .