The 2011 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Tuesday 13 September 2011 at the
Auckland Town Hall
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, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The Silver Scroll Award was presented to Dave Baxter of
Avalanche City for the song "
Love Love Love", and pop-rock band
Hello Sailor were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.
Silver Scroll Award
The Silver Scroll Award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The evening's music performances were produced by Karl Steven of
Supergroove
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History
The band was founded on New Year's Eve 1989/1990, having previously been name ...
. Each of the nominated songs were covered in a new style by another artist.
Long list
In July 2011 the top 20 nominees were announced.
New Zealand Music Hall of Fame
Pop-rock band
Hello Sailor were inducted into the
New Zealand Music Hall of Fame
The New Zealand Music Hall of Fame , Te Whare Taonga Puoro o Aotearoa is a figurative hall of fame dedicated to noteworthy New Zealand musicians.
The hall was created in 2007 by Recorded Music NZ (then known as the Recording Industry Associati ...
. The inducted band members were
Graham Brazier,
Dave McArtney,
Harry Lyon,
Rick Ball
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, Stuart Pearce and Paul Woolright.
Steve Abel
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Activism
Abel ...
and
Gin Wigmore
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performed Hello Sailor's song "
Blue Lady".
Other awards
Four other awards were presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music), SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in composition) and two awards acknowledging songs with the most radio and television play in New Zealand and overseas.
APRA song awards
Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented four genre awards in 2011. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the
Pacific Music Awards
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, the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards and the APRA Children’s Song of the Year and ''What Now'' Video of the Year were presented at StarFest.
References
{{APRA Awards (New Zealand)
New Zealand music awards
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