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Seven Lakes News February Edition Section B 5<br />
“Duo Of The Year”<br />
Ryan and Justin Harris entered their<br />
new single “Middle Of Nowhere”<br />
with the Radio Station 93.9, “Carolina<br />
Country” in Myrtle Beach,<br />
SC this years’ sponsor of the<br />
Carolina Music Awards contest.<br />
The brothers, better known as<br />
McKenzies Mill were chosen as<br />
“Duo Of The Year”, at the Carolina<br />
Artists of the Year Awards”<br />
show held on January 22 at the<br />
House Of Blues in Mrytle Beach.<br />
According to Ryan Harris, “it was<br />
a real honor to be selected, hand<br />
picked and asked to join the competition<br />
being the fi rst time for<br />
my brother Justin and I , to be<br />
heard by a major radio station<br />
with a broad listening audience.<br />
We appreciate the station which<br />
took a big leap to feature local mu<br />
sic artists throughout the Carolinas.<br />
A panel of judges including radio programmers<br />
and personalities listened<br />
to our music, read up on artist profi les<br />
and researched the artists before selecting<br />
the Artists of the Year Awards.”<br />
Ryan continued “it’s humbling and<br />
fl attering at the same time for us to<br />
win this award.”<br />
Program Director Christy Andrulonis<br />
aka “Sweet Tea” host of 93.9 Carolina<br />
Country, also oversees the competition.<br />
Sweet Tea says that “spins<br />
help these local artists immensely.<br />
Each artist gets over twenty spins<br />
during the month. We’re so pleased<br />
to profi le these local artists, including<br />
the Duo Winners “McKenzies<br />
Mill” who have so much talent<br />
and get them heard on the Radio.<br />
Christy and husband Jeff own 21<br />
FM radio stations in four states under<br />
Colonial Entertainment Media<br />
Group. “We were very impressed<br />
with the demo we received from<br />
Ryan and Justin out of 100’s submitted.<br />
We immediately went to see<br />
them in concert and invited them<br />
to participate in the competition.”<br />
The band which has toured nationally,<br />
loves to get back home, support<br />
community charitable causes and<br />
to appreciate and embrace their<br />
small town “roots” of Moore County.<br />
They still maintain a presence in<br />
the community by hosting charitable<br />
concerts at Christmas and<br />
other local causes during the summer.<br />
Growing up on McKenzies Mill<br />
Road in West End, NC, they captured<br />
their artist name, “McKenzies Mill”.<br />
Nashville has become home base<br />
for the band for the past 12<br />
years after performing local concerts<br />
throughout Moore County.<br />
Ryan and Justin will be returning<br />
to Moore County where they began<br />
their professional careers after<br />
being on the road performing<br />
recently at historic venues such as<br />
The Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville.<br />
Recently Southern Pines Brewery<br />
at the 2nd Anniversary Party<br />
named a beer in their honor,<br />
“McKenzies Mill Triple IPA”.<br />
Ryan and Justin still fi nd time to<br />
write new songs and just fi nished<br />
producing two new singles with a<br />
very well known country music producer<br />
on the national scene, Derek<br />
Wells and his father Kent Wells.<br />
Stay tuned for these artists<br />
as they are poised to explode<br />
on the national music scene.<br />
By: Rick Levinger<br />
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