Ten-year-old Katie Chance to Perform at 2008 CMA Music Festival
(Nashville, Tenn.) Katie Chance, a ten-year-old fourth-grader who lives in the Middle Tennessee area, will perform at the 2008 CMA Music Festival on Thursday, June 5, 11:50 a.m. on the McDonald's-Dr. Pepper Main Family Zone stage located in the Hall of Fame park at Fifth Ave & Demonbreun in downtown Nashville. She will be one of the youngest artists to ever take the stage at the prestigious annual event, which includes many of country music's biggest stars.
The CMA Music Festival performance is the latest in a long series of exciting developments for the young singer and songwriter, whose credits already include a duet with award-winning Sawyer Brown front man Mark Miller and songs in several motion pictures, including the King Red film project for children.
In early 2008, Katie released her debut single to radio, "Love In My Pocket," a song she co-wrote with her father. The song was played on several hundred Country & Christian radio stations nationally. Through local radio partners, listeners were given the opportunity to download "Love In My Pocket" for free and make a donation to Nashville's Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Autism Research Program
(TRIAD), where Katie was diagnosed with autism at 32 months and participated in their early intervention research program for three years.
Katie Chance's performance at CMA Music Festival will include "Love In My Pocket" along with a distinctive rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," featuring characters from The Wizard of Oz. Katie will be accompanied by country duo Hometown News who will also perform their hit single "Minivan."
The Family Zone Stage performances are free and open to the public.
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Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation Selects Finalists For
Battle of the Bands Competition
NASHVILLE, TN - A dozen of Tennessee's top bands compete this Saturday for top prize in The Muzak heart & soul Foundation Battle of the Bands. The competition, open to the pubic, will be held Saturday, March 29 at 7pm at Rocketown (401 6th Ave South). The blue ribbon panel of judges include Ansel Brown,artist; Lex Lipsitz of Lex MusicGroup; Jason Moon of Next Big Nashville; Jim Reyland of Audio Productions and Bob Singer of Waterstone Musical Instruments.
An impressive array of 23 high school bands, representing all genres, competed in February to earn a slot in the final competition. Bands selected include: The Last of the Living, Pegram, TN; Essence of Life, Robbins, TN; Volair, Thompson Station, TN; Ivy, Nashville, TN; Ashes from Another, Centerville, TN; A City Drive, Ringgold, GA; Tie Down Teddy Roosevelt, Chapel Hill, TN; TYTEROPE, Unionville, TN; DiA, Lawrenceburg, TN; Adelphoi, Brentwood, TN; The Hannahband, Louisville, TN and Nothing But Strangers, Hendersonville, TN.
The winning band, will take home an impressive prize package that includes prizes that will propel students even further along their career paths. Added to the prize package is a coveted slot in the Next Big Nashville Festival this September. This is added to some other incredible prizes including:
* 16 hours of recording studio time at The Castle Recording Studio to create a professionally-recorded demo
* One-year Sonicbids subscription
* One-year Onlinegigs subscription
* $100 gift certificate from Sam Ash Music
* One copy of the Battle of the Bands video production for personal promotional use
* 200 copies of their demo
Questions about the competition may be directed to Cathy Gurley at 615 269.0474 or Neely Vasher with the Muzak heart & soul Foundation, 803 396.3342. Details for the Nashville Battle of the Bands can be found at www.heart.muzak.com. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door (www.etix.com).
All proceeds from the event benefit the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity established in l998 by Muzak LLC. The Foundation is dedicated to supporting and redefining music education. Sponsors for the Battle of the Bands include Muzak, Sonicbids, Sam Ash Music Stores, Edgefactory, RareType Press, Onlinegigs, and Rocketown.
The Battle of the Bands serves another purpose -- to raise awareness for the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation's Noise! camp. Noise! is a two-week camp held every summer -- this year in Nashville, TN. During Noise!, 32 students ages 15 - 17 will gather in Nashville to meet with and learn from dozens of members of the music industry. Noise! participants receive full scholarships to learn about the careers available to them in the music industry from record label producers, music critics, event promoters, artist managers, Audio Architects and other industry insiders.
Noise! 2008 will be held July 13 - 25 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. To learn more about Noise!, please visit www.heart.muzak.com.
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