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Ghost Town Orchestra wins at Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards

Members of Ghost Town Orchestra are living their dreams at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards, winning an award for best rock CD.

Band from Six Nations in Ontario wins best rock CD at Winnipeg gala

Members of Ghost Town Orchestra pose for the cameras after the band won an Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Award for best rock CD on Friday evening in Winnipeg. (Alan Braverman/CBC)

 Members of Ghost Town Orchestra are living their dreams at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards, winning an award for best rock CD.

The band, from Six Nations in Ontario, was also nominated for best new artist at the APCMA awards gala in Winnipeg on Friday evening. 

This is the first time Ghost Town Orchestra has been nominated for the awards. Band members Logan Staats and Victor Martisius told CBC News it's a honour to be recognized.

Click on the video player above to watch Staats and Martisius performing before the award show.