Latin Grammys Ceremony Is Scrapped

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Organizers have scrapped any hope of rescheduling the 2nd annual Latin Grammys, cancelled after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Recording Academy president Michael Greene had expressed a possibility last week that the show could be resurrected, but issued a statement Friday saying it would be impossible.
"We're disappointed that we will not be able to give this year's deserving nominees their chance to show the world what we alredy know about them - that they are world-class musicians," Greene said.

The Recording Academy plans to distribute the awards to winners privately.

The ceremony had been scheduled in Los Angeles the day of the attacks, having moved from its original venue in Miami three weeks earlier because of planned protests by Cuban exiles who objected to the recognition of musicians from the communist island.