For the second year in a row, a Summerland music promoter has been recognized at the Canadian Country Music Association鈥檚 annual awards.

Paul Biro received the association鈥檚 Ron Sakamoto Talent Buyer or Promoter of the Year at the 2020 CCMA Awards. The Sakamoto Agency, where Biro is operating partner and vice-president, received the Booking Agency of the Year award for the first time.

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Biro has been involved in the country music industry for nearly 30 years. He was first nominated for an award around 2000. He said the two awards this year are a great honour for him and for the agency.

He added that the agency award is an important recognition, since the Sakamoto Agency was competing against some huge international music agencies for the award.

The Sakamoto Agency was founded by Ron Sakamoto, who has been in the music for more than 50 years.

Sakamoto has won the CCMA鈥檚 promoter of the year award many times, and the talent buyer of the year award is now named in his honour.

鈥淲e鈥檙e just keeping on doing what we do,鈥� he said.

Biro said the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the country music industry. Since mid-March, concerts and music festivals have been cancelled as the pandemic continues.

However, he added that artists are continuing to record and release new music.

鈥淭he music is as good as it鈥檚 ever been. It鈥檚 a lyrical medium that touches people鈥檚 hearts.鈥�

He expects the changes in the music industry will be temporary, with concerts and festivals returning once a COVID-19 vaccine has been tested and approved for the public.

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