Outstanding Literary Achievement Gretchen Bonaduce came onto the scene in the mid-00s, starring in Breaking Bonaduce, a VH1 reality show with her former Partridge Family star husband Danny Bonaduce. Soon after the show ended they divorced and Surviving Agent Orange focuses on the rest of the story: her eighteen year marriage to Danny Bonaduce and all that entailed, including his addictions, his constant infidelity, and the chaos of celebrity, as well as their divorce and her life as a single mother. Musician, reality star, and mother of two, Gretchen’s story takes a fun and funny look at a life in and around the spotlight. With talent, tenacity, and charisma, Gretchen Bonaduce has proven time and again that she can overcome adversity and make her dreams come true.

Outstanding Event Performers: Outstanding Producer, Composer & Arranger: Outstanding Celebrity Video Appearance. One of America’s favorite duos, Julian & Dominique are known as the show of 1,000 voices. Their diversified act has traveled across the USA’s biggest cities, thrilling and exciting audiences in all venues. They have shared the stage with the Stylistics, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Ben E. King, The Duprees, JT Taylor (Kool & the Gang) and many more. Julian was crowned the National “2014 Boomer Superstar Idol” sponsored by American Idol & AARP, hosted by Randy Jackson with Judges: Emilio Estefan, Patti Austin & Taylor Hicks in San Diego. Dominique was featured in the Video montage “Be Part of the Show” in 2016 Celine Dion’s Las Vegas Show. A Show of Legendary Voices you will never forget….

Outstanding Female Vocal Performer Susan Giacona is a singer songwriter from Houston, Texas. She is also a great American patriot. Her love for the USA is reflected in her songs and her writing style. Susan has worked with some of the best producers in the music industry, but her talents are not just limited to music. Susana is also a superb actress with an amazing skill level in front of the camera. The 2018 Legends Series of the Producers Choice Honors are proud to present her with Female Solo Artist of the Year at our November 7th event at Hard Rock Live.

Outstanding International Tribute Band PETTY FEVER is a Multi-Award Winning full production Tribute to TOM PETTY & The Heartbreakers featuring the captivating 2016 Hollywood FAME & 2017 Hollywood Producers Choice Honors Award Winning Guitarist/Vocalist, FRANK MURRAY. Petty Fever is the recipient of multiple entertainment awards which include; a 2017 Las Vegas FAME Award for “Outstanding Tribute Band” presented at Hard Rock Live in Las Vegas, NV and the 2013 & 2014 Los Angeles Music Awards “Tribute Band of The Year” presented at the Avalon Theater in Hollywood, CA. Petty Fever delivers a stunning salute to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, performing over four decades of classic Petty hits such as American Girl, Free Falling, Breakdown, Running Down a Dream, I Won’t Back Down, You Wreck Me and many more to thrilled crowds of all ages. Their High-Energy show is second to none and an excellent headline act for Fairs, Casinos, Theaters, Special Events and Corporate Events across the globe. Performing for enthusiastic audiences worldwide, they always leave the crowd craving for more. If you’re looking for an incredibly authentic Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert experience, Catch Petty Fever!

Outstanding Country Single: “Small Town Country Anthem” Aubree-Anna is a Country Pop Singer/Songwriter who lives in Dallas, TX. Every week, her fans enjoy her music every Friday at WinStar World Casino & Resort (the world’s largest casino) and every Saturday, at The Warwick Melrose Hotel in Dallas – A Dallas Historical. Aubree-Anna has performed at The Big State Fair of Texas for 5 years in row on the main Chevrolet Stage. She also performed for 3 consecutive years at The Big D Opry, a spin off from the Grand Ole Opry, held at one of the largest Honky Tonks in Texas – Gilley’s Dallas, gracing the stage with stars such as Nashville’s multi-platinum, Grammy-winning Bryan White. This Singer, Songwriter & Entertainer has won a loyal following in recent years in the DFW area. Voted Best Singer in Dallas by D Magazine where she was the front cover model & feature. Aubree-Anna was also celebrated as Dallas’s 10 Most Beautiful Women in Dallas by D Magazine. Aubree-Anna was also the recipient at the 2016 Producer’s Choice Awards at the LA Music Awards Nov 9, 2016 in Hollywood, CA. of her own Hollywood F.A.M.E. Star Plaque Award. www.aubree-anna.com

Outstanding Rock Album: “Heart of Stone” With two magnificent albums in current release, it was a tough choice to for our Advisory Board to help choose the award recipient for this category. One of their albums is a live recording with well mastered and engineered versions of their original material. This album truly displays how well Satisfied Drive performs in a live music setting in front of an audience. That being said, their album entitled “Heart of Stone”, is loaded with incredible songs and solid vocal and guitar performances. For our awards program, this magnificent album was an easy choice for Outstanding Rock Album.

Outstanding Audio Executive Bose Professional Sound has been a solid contributing sponsor to the Producers Choice Honors events for over two years now. They are recognized as the highest quality sound company in the world. Our November 7th event are proud to present Scott Sanders with this award for his incredible contributions to the success of our Las Vegas events. Bose has agreed to continue to support our special red carpet press events for the next decade at least. On behalf of the entire creative community, we are proud to present the this Las Vegas F.A.M.E. Award.

Outstanding Classical Solo Artist Danae Xanthe Vlasse is the director of Music Vision Studios (Los Angeles) where she teaches piano, theory and composition. She is an MTNA Nationally Certified Teacher with a degree in Piano Performance and 15 years of teaching experience. As a composer she has contributed to the film industry, and her work as been featured on international radio broadcast. She is a recipient of many awards; in just 2018 she was honored with wins at the Clouzine International Music Awards, the Global Music Awards, as well as a 1st place winner of the MTAC “Composers Today” Advanced Division, and multiple-winner of the Indie Music Channel Awards (including Album Of The Year for “Trilogies”).

Best of Las Vegas: Rock Band Rick Schroeder Band is a collection of some of the best rock players anywhere. Nominated for Male Vocalist at the 2011 LA Music Awards for his work with American Greed. Awarded Male Vocalist of the Year 2016 at the Producers Choice Honors. With over a hundred years of combined performing experience the bands lineup represents some of the best rock musicians anywhere. Although based out of St Louis, MO, the members have played from East Coast to West Coast and North Dakota to South Texas. Their neo-classic sound is part old school hard rock with modern rock and pop influences. You may love them. You may hate them. But, you won’t forget them.

Outstanding Male Singer Songwriter AL Perez Band performs music which has been described as music for everyone light rock meets R&B with singer songwriter flair and just a touch of Latin for flavoring ….performing all the fan favorites covers & their own original music. The Band has been in the Portland music since 1997 after relocating from Seattle Washington. There first CD, Travlenman was recorded @ S.I. Studio (MDR RECORDS) in Portland, Oregon which lead to a record deal with Warrior Records in Hollywood, Ca. and publishing deal with new entity Publishing. The band recorded the 2nd CD ”Finally“ which received local and national play with the songs ”Millennium” and “Under my skin”. Portland’s own KINK radio played both songs and band performed live in the KINK lounge(STRANGER) and the band has been featured on Channel 6 news . We were also interviewed and perform live on KRLL bend Oregon. The 3rd CD from the band was called “NEXT” which produced a local favorite “Be with me“, “Come and get it “and “stranger”

Outstanding Vocal Performance in a Music Video Carlos Ollervides is an amazing drummer, singer and songwriter. He has been an active member of the independent music community for over 30 years. In the mid 1990’s, his project called Hired Guns received a prestigious Los Angeles Music Award for Outstanding Rock Album. In the early 2000’s, Carlos founded a new musical project called Slavedriver 13, a heavy metal / hard rock ensemble that came complete with it’s own successful line of great merchandise. In 2006, Carlos received another Los Angeles Music Award. That time it was for Hard Rock Band of the Year. Carlos recently completed a short film / music video that can be found on You Tube entitled “Sweet Sunshine”

Rock Guitarist Award Ron has been playing the guitar for over 50 years, having started lessons at the age of 7. He has an associate of arts degree in music and spent many years as a guitar teacher and session player on a wide variety of recordings. As a result, Ron can expertly play nearly any style of music. In his twenties, Ron’s original, progressive rock band, Eden, dominated the South Bay of Los Angeles’ music scene, packing such venues as Alpine Village, The Whisky, The Roxy, FM Station and Others with hundreds of fans. Over the years, Ron has played with members of RATT, Love/Hate, and Canned Heat; co-written songs with Janie Lane of Warrant, and performed and recorded with Dallas Taylor of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young fame. He has opened for such acts as Rhino Bucket and The J. Giles Band. He has two original songs on the compilation CD “DC to Daylight,” and received an award in 1992 from the LA Music Awards for his song “You Are The Sun”. In Addition, his band “Detour” was honored at the 2017 Producer’s Choice Awards in Hollywood in November, 2017.

Outstanding Solo Lounge Performer Frank Musumici, performing as Frankie M. for nearly 40 years, is a native son of Hoboken, N.J., explaining why Frank Sinatra has always been this crooner’s biggest musical influence. Frankie has taken center stage in clubs from Manhattan to Atlantic City, and now Las Vegas. Whether it’s Sinatra’s “Day in, Day Out,” Anthony Newley’s “If I Ruled the World” or his original “Shimmering White Satin (Black Tuxedo)” co-write with L.A.’s Charlie Ecker, Frankie M. is all about preserving the legacy of “swing.”

Outstanding Spiritual Artists “Spirit Soul And Friends – A Musical Peace Troupe” are the 2017 Global Music Awards Bronze Medal Recipients for the “Music Video” category with their documentary musical feature film, “Kirtan Peace Vibrations With Spirit Soul and Friends”. They also recently received the 2017 Global Music Awards Bronze Medal for the “World Music” category with the beautiful mantra, “Om Hari Om”, one of the tracks which is also featured in the documentary musical film, “Kirtan Peace Vibrations With Spirit Soul And Friends”. “Spirit Soul And Friends were award recipients of the 2010 Los Angeles Music Awards for “World Music Artists of the Year” and “Showcase Artists of the Year”. Their music video, “A Song of Peace (Nityananda Chaitanya)” received the 2009 Producer’s Choice Award and was featured at the Los Angeles Music Awards gala event that year. Spirit Soul and Friends first music video, “Loving Thoughts,” also received the 2008 Los Angeles Music Awards – Producer’s Choice Award. The title song, “Loving Thoughts,” was selected that year as part of a CD compilation project created for the U.S. Military troops stationed in Iraq and sent as gifts of peace. The song was received so well by the troops that it was played on all military radio stations located throughout the world.

Las Vegas Creative Community Contribution Award Tim Colceri is an American actor and comedian. He is mostly known for his role in the 1987 Stanley Kubrick film Full Metal Jacket, where he played the door gunner who uttered the much-quoted lines “Get some!” (adopted as the byline for the 2008 movie Tropic Thunder) and “Ain’t war hell?” He was originally cast to play Gunnery Sergeant Hartman but was removed from the role in favor of R. Lee Ermey. He was originally selected for the lead role because of his extensive experience in the U.S. Marines.

Family Court Judges Accountability Award Steve Sanson is a Marine Corps veteran who has made it is life’s mission to hold Family Court judges accountable to the public that they serve. He runs an organization called Veteran’s In Politics that focuses all of it’s resources on attending family court hearings and holding judges to their sworn oaths to uphold the law. Steve is considered a hero by many families who have only him as their last hope to seek and find justice for their cases. The Producers Choice Honors are proud to recognize Steve Sanson for all of his contributions to families and the state of Nevada.

Musicians Community Service Award Our production team has worked with many different entertainment facilities and venues since our creation in 1991. In doing so, we have utilized the in house staff of all the venues we have produced our events at. These venues include, The Beverly Hilton, The Paramount Theater, The Music Box, The Fonda, The Avalon, The House of Blues, The Roxy, The Whisky, The Hollywood Palladium, S.I.R., and dozens of smaller night club / live music locations all over Los Angeles for a 25 year period from 1991 until 2015. None the personnel from any of these fine live show locations can match the customer service provided my this award recipient. Michelle Queen is the single best in house staff member we have ever worked with. Simply the best. Congrats to her.

Outstanding Crossover Artistr Katherine is a 6 time award winning artist, who has performed several times for our PCH events. A third-generation musician, Katherine possesses a unique and world-class musical heritage. She began performing as a jazz vocal soloist at age five. Her mother was a concert pianist, composer and vocal coach for The Sante Fe Opera working with top singers and composer/conductors Stravinsky and Hindemith. She trained Katherine in a direct line of teacher/student relationships dating directly back to Franz Liszt. Her father toured with Arthur Fielder and The Boston Pops and took a master class with Duke Ellington. Katherine studied at Tanglewood and conservatory and graduated with highest honors from Boston’s acclaimed Berklee College of Music. A passionate humanitarian, she is active encouraging music’s role in improving inter-cultural relations and tolerance as the founder of Music for Peace International. She is also a published author and has taught Jazz and Broadway singing at the university level. We are proud to have her on our Hollywood stage for our next red carpet press event.

Outstanding American Tribute Band Candyo Is the Cars Tribute Band from Portland Oregon.Frontman Randy Goodwin and Drummer Rob Matteson Formed Candyo in 2011. All the Cars Radio hits as well as many other album cuts are played with accuracy and sound. Candyo is a High energy and the complete vibe and experience of the Cars.

Outstanding Texas Roadhouse Rock Artist Grammy Member songwriter, and 2018 Josie Music Awards nominee for “Male Artist of the Year (Rock)”, Bruce is a Full-time Touring Artist. Southwest meets Northwest, Texas native Bruce Thomas Smith plays Original “Texas Roadhouse Rock” You know. Guitar in the driver seat and a story teller in the back, top down, cruisin’ just below the speed-limit, open highway, and tons of fresh scenery… “ORIGINAL Texas Roadhouse Rock”…The REAL LIVE best, Period.

Community Service Award for Outstanding Video Producer Ed has always given so much to the music scene in Los Angeles. As the video producer for the Whisky’s Ultimate Jam Night every Tuesday, he does an amazing job running the entire television side of things. Last year in 2017, the Producers Choice Honors asked Ed to help us put together an event sizzle reel for our final show in Hollywood. It was unfortunate for us that we simply did not have it in the budget to pay him for this service, but like a true creative community maverick, he stepped up and did the entire project for NO CHARGE. That is why we are proud to present Ed Banda with our 4th and final 2018 Community Service Award from the Producers Choice Honors.