| BIO Cliff and Mandy are a National Award-Winning brother and sister duet from the State of Maine. They are the 2001 NACMAI (North America Country Music Association Junior Traditional Country Duet of the Year. Although they are at the young ages of 19 and 15, they have received great recognition for their vocal acheivements together and individually. They perform at Bluegrass Festivals, Community Events, County Fairs and Country Music Shows throughout New England. Cliff has been singing since the early age of 3. He has been competing for several years in the DECMA (Downeast Country Music Association) competitions in the State of Maine and received the award for Junior Male Traditional Country Vocalist and Junior Bluegrass Artist for 1999. The following years he received Junior Male Traditional Country Vocalist, Junior Male Gospel Vocalist for 2000, and Junior Bluegrass Artist for 2000/2002. He recently received the award for Junior Male Bluegrass Vocalist for 2003 along with past 2001/2002 Junior Male Traditional Country Vocalist in the National Competitions from the North America Country Music Association International Competitions in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The most prestigious award that Cliff was honored with recently was the "2003 Yound Ambassador Award" from NACMAI. The MCMA (Maine Country Music Association) awarded Cliff with Youth Male Country Vocalist for 2002. Cliff has been demonstrating much versatility on guitar and mandolin. Cliff has performed at several concerts and festivals with Traditional Heights, Tim Farrell , Dirigo Highway and Maine-ly Country to name a few. He recently performed with "Tim Farrell and Friends" at The 2001 Maine Lobster Festival opening for "TERRI CLARK". ********************** Mandy followed close behind her brother and began singing when she was around 6 years old. She also loves to pick out some tunes on the piano/keyboards and has taken an interest in the fiddle.. Mandy's first year at competitions awarded her with the 2000 1st place DECMA Junior Female Traditional Country Vocalist and 2nd place DECMA Junior Bluegrass Artist. This acheivement gave her the opportunity to go on to compete in the NACMAI Competitions in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and receive the 2001 "Rising Star Award" for Junior Female Traditional Country Vocalist and 2002 "Future Star of America Award for Junior Female Traditional Country Vocalist and most recently in March of 2003 received the NACMAI "Rising Star Award" for Traditional Country Youth Female Vocalist. ********************** Their most recent achievements have been: 2007 NACMAI Youth Patriotic song of the Year "The Flag Will Wave"- Cliff 2007 NACMAI Youth Bluegrass Song of the Year "Mama's Yellow Roses" - Cliff 2007 NACMAI Youth Gospel Song of the Year "Book of Answers" - Cliff and Mandy 2007 NACMAI Bluegrass Instrumentalist (age 17-20)- Cliff 2007 NACMAI Traditional Country Male Vocalist Horizon Award (age 17-20)- Cliff 2006 DECMA Youth Patriotic song of the Year "The Flag Will Wave"- Cliff 2006 DECMA Youth Bluegrass Song of the Year "Mama's Yellow Roses" - Cliff 2006 DECMA Youth Gospel Song of the Year "Book of Answers" - Cliff and Mandy 2006 DECMA Bluegrass Instrumentalist (age 17-20)- Cliff 2006 DECMATraditional Country Male Vocalist Horizon Award (age 17-20)- Cliff 2006 DECMA Bluegrass Male Vocalist (age 17-20)- Cliff 2006 NACMAI Traditional Country Male Vocalist (age 17-20)- Cliff 2006 NACMAI Traditional Gospel Female Vocalist (age 13-16)- Mandy 2006 MCMA Junior Female Vocalist- Mandy *********************** October 15, 2006 MCMA Awards Show honored Mandy Garnette as Junior Country Female Vocalist. September 25, 2006 DECMA Songwriting/Recording Awards Banquet awarded Cliff Randall the Gospel, Bluegrass and Patriotic Songwriter of the Year. Cliff was awarded DECMA 2006 Bluegrass Vocalist, Entertainer and Instrumentalist along with Junior Country Male Vocalist. Cliff and Mandy received MCMA (Maine Country Music Assoc.) 2004 Junior Entertainers. They also received the 2004 DECMA Bluegrass Artists of the Year for their age catagories. In March they attended the NACMAI Competitions in Pigeon Forge, TN for the National Competitions and Cliff took 1st place for Traditional Country Vocalist and Mandy took 2nd place for Traditional Gospel Vocalist. |