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Nominations Announced For 2012 Jersey Acoustic Music Awards

originally published: 03/12/2012 (ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- Nominations for the 2012 Jersey Acoustic Music Awards were announced today along with a new online voting website for local music fans to cast their vote. Voting will close on March 25 and awards will be presented in ceremony at the Atonemont Lutheran Church in Asbury Park, NJ on Sunday, April 29 (doors open at 4pm, program begins at 5pm).

Admission to the awards ceremony is $10 for the general public and $5 for performers. All guests are encouraged to bring canned food to be donated to the charities of Musicians On a Mission and the Church Charity Food Bank. The price of admission also includes dinner and soft drinks.

Performers for the event will be announced shortly.

To vote for your favorite local artists, go to: https://sites.google.com/site/jerseyacousticmusicawards/3rd-annual-jam-awards/vote

Voting Instructions
1. Rank the Nominees for each category from the Winner to your 5th Choice. Do not pick the same nominee for more than one choice in any particular category. Pick 5 different nominees for each category.
2. Please only vote once. Any attempts to vote more than once from one computer will not be counted due to the software being used. Multiple attempts from the same computer or IP address will be deleted which may delete your original vote.
3. After you are completed please scroll to the right and click the "Finished" button.

Here is the list of 2012 nominees.

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TOP POP / ROCK Don Lee Jeff Rupert Whitney Kelly Cat Cosentino Justin Brown Joanna Burns Jim Mill Amanda Fama Matt Wade Jon Caspi April Kelly Juliane Suozzo Jo Wymer Bryan Hansen TOP FOLK ACT Joe Whyte Jenny Woods The Monacchios Jim Crawford Michael Askin Arlan Feiles Michael Brett Kacie Baker George Wirth Peter Prasa Mike Chick Michael Dante Summonte Rick Dill TOP BLUEGRASS / COUNTRY Chuck Schaeffer Cindy Giejda Collin Rocker Dave Griffith - The Rank Strangers Ed Krizni - Past Times Jimmy Moore - Blue Mountain Boys Jim Murphy - The Pine Barons Mark Miklos - Raritan Valley Ramblers The Marshland Plan Michael Patrick String Fever TOP MALE VOCALIST Frank Lombardi Joe Miller Dan Toth (Talinday) Mike Dutton Matt Menges (The Seventh Sound) Jesse Lee Herdman Kevin Basko Keith Monacchio Jon Caspi Mikael Lewis Jim Mill TOP FEMALE VOCALIST Lo Kloza Jo Wymer Alex Inglis Kelsey Lynch (The Seventh Sound) Emily Grove Nikki Britt Deirdre Forrest (Beannacht) Jerzy Jung April Kelly Cat Cosentino Cortney Metzler Samantha Aurelio Kelley Dewkett (Me & Bobby D.) Tatiana Moroz TOP NEW ACT Clan Suibhne Collin Rocker Jenna Murphy Amanda Fama Lo Kloza Whitney Kelly Chris Brown Brian Brundage The Juneberries Mree (Marie Hsiao) Lightning Jar Kevin Basko Caisy Falzone Mike Dutton Jeff Rupert TOP ACCOMPANYING MUSICIAN Fred Dorward Andy Demos Jim Sickles Taylor Hope Jeff Propert Joe Fili Mitch Ruthberg Al Vis Cook Smith Megan Feaver Eric Cooper John Hanny George Terebush Jimmy Mizele Rick Hohowski

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