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Friday, 26 August 1983

1983 NORDRING RADIO PRIZE

Edition number - 11
Date - August 22-26, 1983
Location - Casino, Blankenberghe (Belgium)
Orchestra - BRT Jazz Orchestra (+ string section)
Musical director - Etienne Verschueren
Number of participating countries - 8
Jury president - unknown
Overall winning entry / best production - United Kingdom / producer unknown
Award best solo vocalist - Mona Larsen (Denmark)
Award best solo instrumentalist - Allan Botschinsky (Denmark)
Award best arrangement - Jerry van Rooyen (Netherlands)

The Netherlands' representatives at the 1983 Nordring Festival in Blankenberghe, from left: Gé Titulaer, Judy Schomper, Jerry van Rooyen, Dolf van der Linden, Frans Elsen, Ack van Rooyen, Marjorie Barnes, and John Clayton

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

BELGIUM (BRT)
Programme - “Claude cum laude”
Rendition - Claude Lombard / Claude Mix / Marianne Van der Maat
Composition - Claude Lombard
Arrangement - Freddy Sunder
Conductor - Etienne Verschueren
Production - Yvonne Verelst

DENMARK (DR)
Programme - “Sentiments”
Vocals - Mona Larsen
Flugelhorn - Allan Botschinsky
Lyrics - Mona Larsen
Composition - Allan Botschinsky
Conductor - Allan Botschinsky
Production - Birger Arntzen

FINLAND (YLE)
Programme - “Loitsu”
Rendition - Juhani Aaltonen / Kari Komppa / Seppo Tyni
Arrangement - unknown
Conductor - Jorma Panula
Production - Kalevi Immonen

NETHERLANDS (NOS)
Programme - “New York, the Most Fascinating Address”
Vocals - Marjorie Barnes / Gé Titulaer 
Violin - Judy Schomper
Trumpet, bugle - Ack van Rooyen
Piano - Frans Elsen
Bass - John Clayton
Arrangement - Jerry van Rooyen

NORWAY (NRK)
Programme - “Norwegian Is Beautiful”
Rendition - Ellen Westberg Andersen / Hann Kjersti Kvoppola / Sigmund Groven / Aage Kvalbein / Anne Marie Ottersen
Composition - Tor Arne Johnsen
Arrangement - Bjørn Kruse
Conductor - Sigurd Jansen
Production - Jorunn Hupe

SWEDEN (RR)
Programme - “A Tribute to All Music”
Rendition - Maritza Horn / Palle Mikkelborg
Composition - Orjan Fahlström
Arrangement - Orjan Fahlström
Conductor - Orjan Fahlström
Production - Rune Hallberg / Lars Hamberg

UNITED KINGDOM (BBC)
Programme - “The Accountants Are Coming”
Rendition - Valerie Masters / Lee Gibson / Colin Anthony / John Judd
Script - Benny Green
Arramgement - Steve Gray
Conductor - Barry Forgie

WEST GERMANY (WDR)
Programme - “Just a Small Selection”
Arrangement - Werner Müller 
Conductor - Werner Müller
Production - Wolfgang Kischka

Denmark's star soloist at the 1983 Nordring Festival: Allan Botschinsky

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Friday, 27 August 1982

1982 NORDRING RADIO PRIZE

Edition number - 10
Date - August 23-27, 1982
Location - Malmö (Sweden)
Producer - Rune Hallberg (SR)
Orchestra - Malmö Symphony Orchestra & Sextett Bo Sylvén
Musical director - Gustaf Sjökvist
Number of participating countries - 8 or 9 (no information about entry from Belgium)
Jury president - unknown
Overall winning entry / best production - Ireland / Colin Morrison
Award best solo vocalist - unknown
Award best solo instrumentalist - unknown
Award best arrangement - Seppo Paakkunainen (Finland)

Part of the Norwegian delegation upon arrival in Malmö; first two persons on the left: unknown; the others, from left to right - Per Müller (vocalist), Odny Johansen (assistant to Rolf Kirkvaag), Erik Heyerdahl (NRK programme secretary), Rolf Kirkvaag (Head of Entertainment at NRK Radio), Johan Bergli (saxophonist), and Frode Thingnæs (trombone). Photo taken by Norway's conductor Sigurd Jansen

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

DENMARK (DR)
Programme - "Music from Heaven"
Host - Bob Ramsing
Rendition - Hanne Uldal / Per Pallesen / Kurt Ravn / Bob Ramsing Composition - Kai Norman Andersen
Conductor - Svend Skipper

FINLAND (YLE)
Programme - “Tanomania”
Rendition - Karelia Ensemble 
Tano-flute, baritone saxophone - Seppo Paakkunainen
Arrangement - Seppo Paakkunainen
Conductor - Jorma Panula
Production - Kalevi Immonen

IRELAND (RTÉ)
Programme - “Bloomenlied”
Baritone - Austin Gaffney
Soprano - Joan Merrigan
Tenor - William McKinney
Script - Ian Fox
Production - Colin Morrison

NETHERLANDS (NOS)
Programme - “Invitation to the Dance”
Vocals - Dorothy Dorow / Gé Titulaer
Clarinet & saxophone - Leo van Oostrom
Piano - Dick Schallies
Arrangement - Marcel Peeters / Dolf van der Linden / Ruud Bos

NORWAY (NRK)
Programme - "Malmö Pays Tribute to Rodgers and Gershwin"
Vocals - Karin Krog / Anita Thallaug / Per Müller
Saxophone, clarinet - Johan Bergli
Trombone - Frode Thingnaes
Arrangement - Sigurd Jansen
Conductor - Sigurd Jansen

SWEDEN (SR)
Programme - “We remember Jan Johansson”
Rendition - Birgitta Smiding / Bertil Lövgren / Claes Rosendahl
Conductor - Gustaf Sjökvist
Production - Lars Blohm

UNITED KINGDOM (BBC)
Programme - “A Beatles Symphony”
Soprano - Patricia Greig
Baritone - Alan Watt
Violoncello - Marius May
Composition - Barry Forgie
Arrangement - Barry Forgie
Conductor - Barry Forgie
Production - Robin Sedgley

WEST GERMANY (NDR)
Programme - “Popular German Melodies in Concert”
Presenter - Monika Jetter
Rendition - Sylvia Anders / Dirk Sagemuller / Hans Haider
Conductor - Hardy Schneiders
Production - Helga Boddin

Ireland's conductor for several editions of the Nordring Festival - Proinnsías Ó Duinn 

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Friday, 11 September 1981

1981 NORDRING RADIO PRIZE

Edition number - 9
Date - September 7-11, 1981
Location - Gloucester Hall, St Helier, Jersey (United Kingdom)
Host - Len Jackson
Orchestra - BBC Radio Orchestra
Musical director - Robert Farnon
Number of participating countries - 9
Jury president - Kevin Roche (Ireland)
Jury - Elias Gistelinck (Belgium) / Bruce Steele (Canada) / Erkki Melakoski (Finland) / Michael Casey (Ireland) / Han Reiziger (Netherlands) / Helge Lindeman (Norway) / Stig Olin (Sweden) / Bill Bebb (UK) / Tim Bontjes van Beek (West Germany)
Overall winning entry / best production - Netherlands / Rob Pronk & Piet Hein van de Poel 
Award best solo instrumentalist - Ferdinand Povel (Netherlands)
Award best arrangement - Eero Koivistoinen (Finland)
Interval act - Gala Concert feat. Vince Hill & Acker Bilk, conducted by Robert Farnon

The winning team from the Netherlands Nordring 1981 on Jersey Island, from left to right: Ferdinand Povel, Piet Hein van de Poel, Eef Albers, Dolf van der Linden, Rob Pronk, Gé Titulaer, Norma Winstone, Lee Gibson, and Jerry Rix. For the Dutch entry 'Ages', arranger Rob Pronk took a selection of nearly forty songs and arranged them into a suite consisting of four parts, each representing a stage of the circle of life

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

BELGIUM (BRT)
Programme - “Just Listen….and Relax”
Subtitle - "An Invitation to Sit Back and Enjoy a Concert of Belgian Light Music in Modern Style" 
Vocals - Claude Lombard / Freddy Sunder / Marc Mercini / Sadi Lallemand 
Guitar - Freddy Sunder
Trombone - Marc Mercini
Vibraphone - Sadi Lallemand / Bob Porter
Flute & keyboards - Bob Porter 
Tenor saxophone, violin - Vic Ingeveldt
Arrangement - Willy Albimoor
Conductor - Etienne Verschueren
Production - Yvonne Verelst

CANADA (CBC)
Programme - “Northwest Passage”
Subtitle - "A Sequence of Traditional and Contemporary Canadian Folk Tunes, Designed to Impart a Feeling of Canada Through Its Music and People"
Vocals - Kate & Anna McGarrigle / Chaim Tennenbaum / Stan Rogers
Guitar - Chaim Tennenbaum
Bass - Pat Donaldson
Violin - Graham Townsend
Arrangement - Don Stephens
Conductor - Don Stephens
Production - Bill Garrett

FINLAND (YLE)
Programme - “Ultima Thule”
Subtitle - "A Composition for Jazz Quintet and Orchestra Inspired by the Nature, Culture and History of Lapland, and Depicting Life in This Region During the Different Seasons" 
Saxophones - Eero Koivistoinen
Flugelhorn, trumpet - Markku Johansson
Piano - Vladimir Shafranov
Bass - Pekka Sarmanto
Drums - Esko Rosnell
Composition - Eero Koivistoinen
Arrangement - Eero Koivistoinen
Conductor - Esko Linnavalli
Production - Erkki Lehtola

IRELAND (RTÉ)
Programme - “Dubliners”
Subtitle - "A Concert of Melody and Song Inspired by Composers and Writers Who Were Dubliners by Birth or Adoption, and Reflecting the Influence of the City on Themselves and on Music"
Vocals - Austin Gaffney / Joan Merrigan
Arrangement - John Tate / James Bolger / Noel Kelehan
Production - Johnny Devlin

NETHERLANDS (NOS)
Programme - “Ages”
Subtitle - "Stages in Life – Each With Its Own Sorrows and Joys – Each With Its Own Songs, Most of Them About Love, Different Kinds of Love"
Vocals - Lee Gibson / Norma Winstone / Jerry Rix / Gé Titulaer
Guitar - Eef Albers
Tenor saxophone, flute - Ferdinand Povel
Arrangement - Rob Pronk
Production - Rob Pronk / Piet Hein van de Poel

NORWAY (NRK)
Programme - “How to Play Music and Operate An Orchestra without Harming Anybody but The Ones Listening”
Subtitle - "The Influence of Composers, Arrangers, Conductors, and Artists on Music When Things Aren’t What They Ought to Be – or Vice Versa!" 
Vocals - Ellen Nikolaysen / Wenche Hallan / Jahn Teigen
Arrangement - Sigurd Jansen
Conductor - Sigurd Jansen
Production - Sigurd Jansen

SWEDEN (SR)
Programme - “Sweets from Sweden”
Subtitle - "A Presentation of Swedish Light Music With Jazz Undertones, Composed by One of Sweden’s Grand Old Men of Show-biz"
Vocals - Sylvia Vrethammar
Clarinet - Putte Wickman
Trumpet - Jan Allan
Piano - Thore Swanerud
Lyrics - Claude Stephenson
Composition - Thore Swanerud
Arrangement - Georg Riedel
Conductor - Gustaf Sjökvist
Production - Rune Hallberg / Lars Hamberg

UNITED KINGDOM (BBC)
Programme - “We Loved You Madly”
Subtitle - "A Celebration of the Music of Duke Ellington"
Presenter - Len Jackson
Vocals - Madeline Bell / Danny Street / Marilyn Hill-Smith
Script - Peter Clayton
Arrangement - Steve Gray
Conductor - Barry Forgie
Production - Lawrie Monk

WEST GERMANY (NDR)
Programme - “Marchtime - The Music, Of Course”
Subtitle - "The Germans Have a Reputation as Lovers of Marching Music – but They Don’t Always Approach Their Subject Too Seriously!"
Presenter, piano - Paul Kuhn
Saxophones, clarinet, flute - Heinz von Hermann
Tuba - Ronald Pisarkiewicz
Arrangement - Hardy Schneiders
Conductor - Hardy Schneiders
Production - Helga Boddin

Musical director for West Germany's Nordring team in 1979, 1981, and 1982 was Hardy Schneiders, who also conducted Switzerland's Eurovision entry in 1971

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Friday, 22 August 1980

1980 NORDRING RADIO PRIZE

Edition number - 8
Date - August 19-22, 1980
Location - Finlandia Hall, Helsinki (Finland)
Orchestra - Light Music Orchestra of Finnish Radio
Musical director - Esko Linnavalli
Number of participating countries - 7 (?, no information about entries from Sweden or Denmark)
Jury president - unknown
Overall winning entry / best production - Netherlands / Han Reiziger
Awards best vocalist - Greetje Kauffeld (Netherlands) / Alex Sandøy (Norway) / Olivia Molina (West Germany) 
Award best solo instrumentalist - Noel Kelehan (Ireland)
Award best arrangement - Jerry van Rooyen (Netherlands)

The Netherlands' 1980 Nordring representatives, from left: Charly Mariano, Gé Titulaer, Jasper van 't Hof, Greetje Kauffeld, Ack van Rooyen, Dolf van der Linden, Ronald Snijders, and Jerry van Rooyen

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

BELGIUM (BRT)
Programme - “It’s Only Belgian Music”
Soprano - Monique Hanoulle
Bass baritone - Frans van Eetvelt
Clarinet - Walter Boeykens
Flute - Dirk De Caluwé
French horn - André Van Driessche
Arrangement - Frank Engelen
Conductor - Willy De Cart
Production - Yvonne Verelst

FINLAND (YLE)
Programme - “Satumaa”
Narrator - Neil Hardwick
Vocals - Ami Aspelund / Irina Milan / Vesa-Matti Loiri / Hakan Streng
Guitar - Jukka Tolonen
Script - Neil Hardwick
Arrangement - Esko Linnavalli
Conductor - Esko Linnavalli
Production - Erkki Lehtola
  
IRELAND (RTÉ)
Programme - “Un paseo en el sol (A Walk in the Sun)”
Vocals - Mary Sheridan / William Young
Piano - Noel Kelehan
Guitar - Louis Stewart
Arrangement - Noel Kelehan
Production - Johnny Devlin

NETHERLANDS (NOS)
Programme - “The Wise Man”
Vocals - Greetje Kauffeld / Gé Titulaer
Piano - Jasper van ‘t Hof 
Soprano saxophone, alto saxophone & nagaswaram - Charlie Mariano 
Bugle - Ack van Rooyen
Flute & percussion - Ronald Snijders
Composition - Jerry van Rooyen / Jasper van ‘t Hof / Charly Mariano
Arrangement - Jerry van Rooyen
Production - Han Reiziger

NORWAY (NRK)
Programme - “Come Fly with Me”
Vocals - Alex Sandøy / Terje Stensvold
Reeds - Harald Bergersen
Script - Else Michelet
Arrangement - Carsten Klouman
Conductor - Carsten Klouman
Production - Else Michelet

UNITED KINGDOM (BBC)
Programme - “Gershwin – Yesterday and Today”
Vocals - Colin Anthony / Sarah King
Reeds - Dick Morrissey
Trumpet, flugelhorn - Alan Downey
Arrangement - Barry Forgie 
Conductor - Barry Forgie
Production - Robin Sedgley

WEST GERMANY (NDR)
Programme - “Kurt Weill in Concert”
Vocals - Olivia Molina / Reiner Schöne
Saxophone - Wilton Gaynair
Arrangement - Karl Heinz Loges
Conductor - Karl Heinz Loges
Production - Helga Boddin

Winner of the award for best solo instrumentalist at the 1980 Nordring Festival: Irish pianist Noel Kelehan

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Monday, 27 August 1979

1979 NORDRING RADIO PRIZE

Edition number - 7
Date - August 21-27, 1979
Location - Dublin (Ireland)
Orchestra - RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Musical director - Noel Kelehan
Number of participating countries - 9
Jury president - unknown
Overall winning entry / best production - Ireland / Johnny Devlin
Award best vocalist - Maija Hapuoja (Finland)
Award best solo instrumentalist - Arne Domnérus (Sweden)
Award best arrangement - Jerry van Rooyen (Netherlands)

The Netherlands' Nordring team for 1979, from left to right: Jerry van Rooyen, Han Reiziger, Dolf van der Linden, Joanne Browne, Erik van Lier, pianist Dick Schallies, Willem Bremer, Bart van Lier, and Leo Meilink

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

BELGIUM (BRT)
Programme - “Folkring”
Rendition - Louis Neefs / Jan De Maeyer / Johan Roggen / Bob Porter / Freddy Sunder
Arrangement - Freddy Sunder
Conductor - Francis Bay
Production - Yvonne Verelst

DENMARK (DR)
Programme - “Danish Design”
Rendition - Lise Ringsheim / Hanne Uldal / Peter Bastian
Arrangement - Palle Mikkelborg
Conductor - Palle Mikkelborg
Production - Niels Rothenborg / Birger Arntzen

FINLAND (YLE)
Programme - “Portrait of Heikki Sarmanto”
Rendition - Heikki Sarmanto / Maija Hapuoja / Heikki Keinonen / Pekka Poeyry
Arrangement - Heikki Sarmanto / Eero Koivistoinen
Conductor - Esko Linnavalli
Production - Erkki Lehtola

IRELAND (RTÉ)
Programme - “Exactly McHugh”
Rendition - Red Hurley / Kathy Nugent / Jim Farley / Pat Reilly / Rita O’Regan / John Drummond
Arrangement - Noel Kelehan
Conductor - Noel Kelehan
Production - Johnny Devlin

NETHERLANDS (NOS)
Programme - “What would Henry VIII think of it…”
Soprano - Joanne Brown
Piano - Dick Schallies
Recorder, reed pipe, zinc, gems horn, bagpipe - Willem Bremer
Recorder, reed pipe, baroque trombone, gems horn - Leo Meilink
Trombone - Bart van Lier
Trombone, tuba - Erik van Lier
Composition - King Henry VIII / William Cornish / Clemens non Papa / Josquin des Prez / Jerry van Rooyen
Arrangement - Jerry van Rooyen
Production - Han Reiziger




NORWAY (NRK)
Programme - “Musical Detective”
Rendition - Isabelle Henriksen / Per Müller / Rowland Greenberg
Arrangement - Sigurd Jansen
Conductor - Sigurd Jansen
Production - Torkjell Berulfsen

SWEDEN (SR)
Programme - “An American in Sweden”
Vocals - Anne-Kristin Hedmark / Göran Fristorp
Guitar - Janne Schaffer
Saxophone - Arne Domnérus
Arrangement - Lars Samuelson
Conductor - Lars Samuelson
Production - Kerstin Franzen / Bo Rehnberg

UNITED KINGDOM (BBC)
Programme - “Wine, Women, and Song Cycle”
Rendition - Nigel Havers / John Boulter / Gillian Humphreys / Roy Marsden / Tracy Miller
Composition - Nigel Havers / Brian Willey
Arrangement - Bernard Ebbinghouse
Conductor - Bernard Ebbinghouse
Production - Brian Willey

WEST GERMANY (NDR)
Programme - “From Waltz to Swing”
Rendition - Nana Gualdi / Owen Williams / Ger Dudek
Arrangement - Hardy Schneiders
Conductor - Hardy Schneiders
Production - Helga Boddin

Arranger of several Nordring entries for Finland - Eero Koivistoinen

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Sunday, 21 August 1977

1977 NORDRING RADIO PRIZE

Edition number - 5
Date - August 17-21, 1977
Location - Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Orchestra - Danish Radio Orchestra (DR Underholdningsorkestret)
Musical director - Robert Cornford
Number of participating countries - 9
Jury president - unknown
Overall winning entry / best production - Netherlands / Erik van Reijendam
Award best solo vocalist - Keeley Ford (United Kingdom)
Award best solo instrumentalist - Michala Petri (Denmark)
Award best conductor - Dolf van der Linden (Netherlands)

The Dutch Nordring team for 1977: standing, from left: Jerry van Rooyen, Dolf van der Linden, Ferdinand Povel, Ack van Rooyen, Jasper van 't Hof, and Erik van Reijendam. Seated, from left: Petra Bartlett, Joanne Brown, and Jacquie Stillwell

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

BELGIUM (BRT)
Programme - “A Two-Dimensional Life-Story”
Rendition - Ann Christy / Sien Eggers / John Terra / Vik De Wachter
Composition & lyrics - Staf Knop / Ward Bogaert
Arrangement - Koen De Bruyne
Additional arrangements - Jack Say
Conductor - Jack Say
Production - Ward Bogaert
Note - Jack Say replaced Koen De Bruyne as conductor of the Belgian entry, while also adding the finishing touch to his arrangements, upon the latter’s unexpected death shortly before the festival was due

DENMARK (DR)
Programme - "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue"
Vocals - Daimi / Mona Larsen / Eddie Skoller 
Violin - Svend Asmussen
Clarinet - Jesper Thilo
Recorder - Michala Petri
Composition & lyrics - Ida Bjørn Nielsen
Arrangement - Robert Cornford
Conductor - Robert Cornford
Production - Birger Arntzen / Niels Rothenborg

FINLAND (YLE)
Programme - “Give your hand to the child”
Presenter - Eva Arrhenius
Rendition - Maarit / Kirka / Eero Koivistoinen / Mikko-Ville Luolajan-Mikkola
Script - Kai Nieminen
Arrangement - Eero Koivistoinen / Esko Linnavalli
Conductor - Esko Linnavalli
Production - Erkki Lehtola

IRELAND (RTÉ)
Programme - “The Axeman Cometh”
Presenter - Valerie McGovern
Rendition - Tony Kenny / Kathryn Kinsley / Louis Stewart
Arrangement - Noel Kelehan
Conductor - Noel Kelehan
Production - Johnny Devlin

NETHERLANDS (NOS)
Programme - “A Simple Song – Variations on a theme from ‘Mass’ by Leonard Bernstein”
Vocals - Petra Bartlett / Joanne Brown / Jacquie Stillwell
Bugle - Ack van Rooyen
Soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone & flute - Ferdinand Povel
Piano - Jasper van ‘t Hof
Arrangement - Jerry van Rooyen
Production - Erik van Reijendam

NORWAY (NRK)
Programme - “A Norwegian Radio Newsical”
Narrator - Else Michelet
Vocals - Ellen Nikolaysen / Kirsti Sparboe / Odd Børre / Per Müller
Composition & lyrics - Else Michelet / Torkjell Berulfsen / Rolf Kirkvaag
Arrangement - Sigurd Jansen
Conductor - Sigurd Jansen
Production - Rolf Kirkvaag

SWEDEN (SR)
Programme - “Musical Postcards from Nine Countries”
Rendition - Arne Domnérus / Rune Gustafsson / Bengt Hallberg
Arrangement - Bengt Hallberg
Conductor - Gustaf Sjökvist
Production - Hasse Telemar

UNITED KINGDOM (BBC)
Programme - “Pieces of Dreams”
Rendition - Foggy Lyttle / Nick Curtis / Keeley Ford
Arrangement - Peter Knight
Conductor - Peter Knight
Production - Mel House / John Meloy

WEST GERMANY (NDR)
Programme - “3xF: Film, Folklore, and Fascinating Rhythm”
Rendition - Ingrid Peters / Johnny Hill / Hans Haider / Johnny Müller / Milo Pavlović
Arrangement - Karl Heinz Loges
Conductor - Karl Heinz Loges
Production - Tim Bontjes van Beek

The unofficial prize for best conductor awarded to Dolf van der Linden by the musicians of the Danish Radio Orchestra

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Friday, 20 August 1976

1976 NORDRING RADIO PRIZE

Edition number - 4
Date - August 17-20, 1976
Location - Inverness, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Orchestra - BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra
Musical director - Iain Sutherland
Number of participating countries - 8
Jury - Gé Goudswaard (Netherlands); and others
Overall winning entry / best production - Denmark / Peer Møller
Award best soloist - Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Denmark)

The Swedish representatives in Inverness wearing a T-shirt especially made for the occasion by Swedish Radio, from left: Olle Thunberg, Svante Thuresson, and Marianne Kock; with them, wearing sunglasses, is conductor Lars Samuelson

PARTICIPANTS

BELGIUM (BRT)
Programme - “Latin-American Music is Alive and Back in Business”
Introduction - Paul Codde
Rendition - Anni Anderson / Maurice Dean / Neppy Noya / Jean ‘Toots’ Thielemans
Conductor - Francis Bay
Script - Ward Bogaert
Production - Ward Bogaert

DENMARK (DR)
Programme - “The Music Goes Round”
Vocals - Marianne Sørensen / Thomas Tange Jessen
Piano - Ole Kock Hansen
Drums - Alex Riel
Bass - Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Arrangement - Ole Kock Hansen
Conductor - unknown
Production - Peer Møller

FINLAND (YLE)
Programme - “Merikanto and Other Finnish Specialities”
Introduction - Mauri Antero Numminen
Rendition - Maija a Lokka / Karoly Garam / Jukka Gustavson / Jahani Aaltonen
Conductor - Esko Linnavalli
Production - Erkki Lehtola

NETHERLANDS (NOS)
Programme - “The Power of Music”
Vocals - Letty de Jong / Edwin Rutten
Guitar - Jan Mol
Accordion - Harry Mooten 
Tenor saxophone - Ruud Brink
Arrangement - Jerry van Rooyen
Conductor - Jerry van Rooyen
Production - Joop de Roo

NORWAY (NRK)
Programme - “Peter the Giant”
Rendition - Per Müller / Ellen Nikolaysen / Laila Dalseth
Arranger - Sigurd Jansen
Conductor - Sigurd Jansen 
Script - Eva Schram / Terje Hoel
Production - Rolf Kirkvaag

SWEDEN (SR)
Programme - “The Noble Art of Slicing Carrots”
Rendition - Marianne Kock / Svante Thuresson / Olle Thunberg
Composition - Lars Hamberg / Rune Hallberg
Arranger - Lars Samuelson
Conductor - Lars Samuelson
Production - Lars Hamberg / Rune Hallberg

UNITED KINGDOM (BBC)
Programme - “The Best of British”
Rendition - John Lawrenson / George McIlwham (flute) / Marilyn Hill Smith / Jim Smilie
Composition - Bill Simpson
Arrangement - Robert Docker
Conductor - Iain Sutherland
Production - Frances Line

WEST GERMANY (NDR)
Programme - “A Musical Nordring Journey”
Rendition - Gitte Hænning / Gottfried Bottger / Herb Geller / Lonzo Wolfgang Schlüter
Arrangement - Karl Heinz Loges
Conductor - Karl Heinz Loges
Production - Tim Bontjes van Beek / Helga Boddin

Having fallen gravely ill (an illness from which he recovered), Dolf van der Linden had to cede his place on the conductor's platform at the Nordring Festival in Inverness to his star arranger Jerry van Rooyen (left)
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