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# Int’l Entertainment Buyers Assoc. Names 2013 Winners
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/intl-entertainment-buyers-assoc-names-2013-winners/
- Published: 2013-10-23T09:38:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-10-23T09:38:00.000Z
- Description: The 2013 Annual International Entertainment Buyers Association (IEBA) Honors and Awards dinner, hosted by superstar Kix Brooks, was held last night in Nashville to celebrate the live entertainment industry’s top. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/10/intl-entertainment-buyers-ass
- Author: Bruce Houghton
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The 2013 Annual **International Entertainment**  
**Buyers Association (IEBA)** Honors and Awards dinner, hosted by superstar Kix  
Brooks, was held last night in Nashville to celebrate the live  
entertainment industry’s top buyers, promoters, and venue managers. David Corlew was this  
year’s Career Achievement Award recipient as George and Nancy Jones became this  
year’s inductees into IEBA’s Hall of Fame. A full list of winners:

Festival Buyer of the Year   
**Gil Cunningham**, Neste Event Marketing – Brentwood, TN

Fair Buyer of the Year  
**Steve**  
**Bogdanovich,** Romeo Entertainment Group – Omaha, NE

Casino Buyer of the  
Year **Robyn Smith,** Hard  
Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi- Biloxi MS

Corporate Buyer of the  
Year **Randy Wright,** Integrity Events – Nashville,  
TN

Venue Executive of the  
Year **David Farrar,** Budweiser Events Center –  
Loveland, CO

Promoter of the  
Year   
**Brian O’Connell,** Live Nation – Nashville, TN

International Buyer of the Year **Ron**  
**Sakamoto,** Live Nation Canada, Gold & Gold Productions – Lethbridge, AB,  
CAN

Club Buyer of the Year   
**Mitchell Jaworek,** Birchmere – Alexandria, VA

Rookie of the Year  
  
**Adam Brill,** Agency of the Performing Arts – Los Angeles, CA

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