The Heritage Bridge Award

The Cleveland County Arts Council is pleased to announce that this year's recipient of the Heritage Bridge Award will be presented to Frank Love, Jr., long time Cleveland County resident, trumpet player since the 8th grade and ambassador to Big Band Music. Along the way he has been an influence to, and mentor for several generations of musicians. It is for this reason that the Arts Council will honor Frank during the Art of Sound Music Festival on Saturday, October 20, 2007. The award presentation will be held at the Arts Center at 12:00, noon .

The Festival's first ever award, in 2005, went to career musician, teacher, and guitar maker Ray Ledford of Lawndale for his contribution to the art of sound in Cleveland County and beyond. Last year the award went to Horace Scruggs, a Cleveland County native who played guitar for nearly 80 years and was an influence to, and mentor for several generations of musicians