Once again, we choose the Entertainer of the Year, the Spanks Band, to be our Ambassadors and Santas to deliver our best holiday wishes to our readers. This issue closes out a very productive year for this magazine with even more prospects and focus on a new and young 2012. With great satisfaction we are looking back on our 8th annual Brevard Live Music Awards, the most successful event ever, raising thousands of dollars for Brevard Music Aid Inc that has helped many local musicians in “dire straits” during the past years.
    Brevard Live Magazine recognized a new generation of musicians, fans and sounds by setting up an “Original Music Series” at Lou’s Blues which became very popular over the past months creating a vibrant venue with an enthusiastic crowd on a Tuesday night. As a result, there will be more original bands showcased around town. We are dedicated to continue our efforts to promote new music. And by the way, it has been a lot of fun too!
    We started to seek the communication with our readers asking them for photos that make us smile or laugh out loud. We also became interested in your opinion and were pleasantly surprised about your response. Communication is the main ingredient for a functioning community, and we’re proud to tell you that we have just that right here.
    Now a word about our 2011 Entertainer of the Year and nobody can say it better than Chris Long: “As host and co-producer of the annual Brevard Live Music Awards ceremony, I was delighted to see Spanks take home the top honor at this year’s event. I’ve now been personally connected to the local music scene for more than three decades. And through my involvement with booking live entertainment in recent years (I’m now retired from that vocation), Chris, Mike and Tim consistently proved themselves to be hard-working, consummate professionals and an extremely talented and entertaining band. Job well done, fellas. You’ve earned your accolades!”

    Thanks to all of you for a great year  - musicians, fans, readers and contributors. Let’s keep Brevard A-Live!
Heike Clarke, Editor