2010 Paddle Award presented to Busha
GNBS board member and website Guru, Jeff Busha, has never written anything funny in an E-Mail, therefore all I can put here is congratulations.  The award is well deserved.  Jeff was presented with the prestigious "Leinenkugel Paddle Award" during this year's Blues Cafe held March 27, 2010.

2009 Paddle Award presented to Hoerter

This website's Managing Editor, Ron Hoerter, was presented with the prestigious "Leinenkugel Paddle Award" during this year's Blues Cafe held March 28, 2009.

Somewhat choked up during the presention, Hoerter was able to regain his composure and sent the following message to fellow board members the day after the event:

Good morning all,

Thank you for the recognition. That paddle replaces one that I lost when my bar was stolen from me, so it means more to me than you will ever know. I know sometimes I'm a little tough on people, but yesterday shows me that it is all worth it. The effort that everyone put in showed on all of our faces yesterday.

I want to thank you guys for once again giving me an outlet to share my love of the Blues with the masses. I'm so happy, I could sh_t, but I'm kind of anal retentive and don't want to deal with the mess.  With that said, just remember this -- we all still have a lot of work to do. This is not the time to kick back and relax because we were successful. 

See ya soon, 
Ron