Born
and raised in the Maritimes, John Paul, Robb and Mike have
gained international success from their characters on Trailer
Park Boys. The three were featured guests on the cross-Canada
Fear of the Trailer Park tour with the band Our Lady Peace,
and appeared in the Tragically Hip’s music video,
The Darkest One. John Paul and Robb both appeared in the
U.S. feature film Hole-In-One starring Meatloaf, and collaborated
on their first short film, One Last Shot. In 2005, Mike
(as Bubbles) played guitar and sang Closer to the Heart
with the band Rush and Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies
in Canada for Asia, the tsunami benefit concert produced
by CBC Television. He has appeared on This Hour has 22 Minutes,
and in 2003 he won a Gemini – Viewer’s Choice
Award for Favourite Comedian. The Trailer Park Boys show
has also won two Gemini Awards - Best Comedy Series in 2004,
and Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Series in 2005.
The 2006 EAST COAST MUSIC AWARDS gala show wraps up the
2006 East Coast Music Awards & Conference, a five-day,
multi-genre east coast music extravaganza, with concerts,
emerging artist showcases, a 72-hour jam, trade shows, and
artist meet-and-greets.
The 2006 EAST COAST MUSIC AWARDS show will be broadcast
live from the Civic Centre in Charlottetown, PEI, on CBC
Television Monday, February 27th at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) in
all time zones. The Awards show is produced by Geoff D’Eon
and Michael Lewis for CBC Television, Jac Gautreau for ECMA,
and is produced in association with The East Coast Music
Association. Gemini award winner Shelagh O’Brien will
direct the show for the sixth consecutive year. Fred Nicolaidis
is the Creative Head of TV Variety for the CBC English Television
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