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Article: MY WEST VIRGINIA: ; First Music Hall of Fame class is legendary
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- December 9, 2007
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In the second installment of the multimedia series My West
Virginia, we look back a few weeks to the first induction ceremony
for the new West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, held Nov. 16 at the
Cultural Center in Charleston.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting had a crew of seven cameras on
hand in the Cultural Center theater to broadcast the two-hour
ceremony live. The evening was hosted by L.A. performer and
Charleston native Ann Magnuson, who got things off to a memorable
start, cutting loose with a West Virginia "yeee-haawwww!" you could
have heard all the way to Lee Street.
The Music Hall of Fame was the brainchild of Charleston musician
Michael Lipton, who earned ...