Cindy Sinclair
Cindy Sinclair is a banjo player, television stage manager and producer, and the founder and director of NashCamp. She grew up in central Illinois playing music with her family, on guitar and banjo. While in high school she sang and played banjo on the Illinois River steamboat Julia Belle Swain, where she met John Hartford and his wife, Marie. They encouraged her to move to Nashville. She earned a double BA in music and theatre from Southern Illinois University. Her first job on the CMA Awards was as a "trophy girl." She later became a stage manager and producer, working on live broadcasts of the CMA Awards, the Grammy Awards, the American Music Awards, and the Grand Ole Opry. She co-directed the 2007 IBMA Awards Show and produces the Musicians Hall of Fame Awards and the public television series Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville. She is a member of Actors' Equity, SAG-AFTRA, and the Directors Guild of America. She founded NashCamp, a series of bluegrass instruction camps in the hills outside Nashville.
In the newsletter
- No. 15 Spring 1998