Vince Gill
Grammy Award-winning country vocalist Vince Gill and Grammy Award-winning contemporary Christian and pop vocalist Amy Grant will perform at the Tivoli Theatre on April 20.
The fifth annual benefit concert for the Children's Advocacy Center will have the theme “A Song for the Children.”
Along with headliners Vince Gill and Amy Grant with be CMA award-winning and Grammy-nominated songwriter Matraca Berg, Grammy-winning songwriter and artist Jeff Hanna, and Grammy-nominated songwriter Gretchen Peters.
Doors will open at 7 p.m. and the concert will begin at 8 p.m.
Tickets at $35 and $50 are available through the Memorial Auditorium box office or by calling 642-TIXS.
A limited number of $150 VIP tickets featuring VIP cocktail party at 5 p.m., dinner by Carrabba’s Italian Grill at 6 p.m, premier concert seating, and post-concert dessert reception will be sold directly through the Children’s Advocacy Center. For more information on VIP tickets, contact Shelley McGraw at (423) 266-6918.
The show is presented by US-101 Radio. Major sponsors are Pepsi Bottling Group and Carrabba’s Italian Grill.
Vince Gill is widely known as “The Ambassador of Country Music”, as evidenced by 15 Grammy awards, 18 CMA honors (including Entertainer of the Year and Song of the Year four times) and 22 million in album sales. Songs such as "When I Call Your Name," "Never Knew Lonely," “Look At Us,” "I Still Believe In You," "One More Last Chance," and “Whenever You Come Around” have topped the charts, and he has been honored with numerous career achievement awards. To date, Gill has earned more CMA trophies than any other country artist, has hosted the annual CMA Awards for 14 consecutive years and currently serves as president of the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1999, Gill was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, and in 2000, he was named NSAI Songwriter/Artist of the Decade. Gill’s prodigious talent, legendary compassion and quick wit have made him the face that country music likes to show the world. In March 2000, Gill married music legend Amy Grant who will be joining him on stage for “A Song for the Children.”
Amy Grant has gained notoriety by being the first Contemporary Christian artist to have a platinum record, the first to hit #1 pop and the first to perform at the Grammy Awards. Contemporary Christian music’s first major crossover success, Grant has to date earned three multi-platinum albums, six other platinum albums and four more gold albums; scored 10 Top 40 pop singles and 17 Top 40 Adult Contemporary tracks as well as a string of Contemporary Christian chart-toppers, and won six Grammy Awards plus numerous Dove Awards. Her number #1 pop hits include, “Baby Baby,” “Every Heartbeat,” “That’s What Love Is For,” and others, and she has won numerous awards for her gospel albums including a 2006 Grammy for her album Rock of Ages…Hymns & Faith. In 2001, Grant was named “Nashvillian of the Year” and in 2003, she was inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame. Amy Grant has done more than simply be successful in two different music worlds; she has brought those two worlds together.
A native of Signal Mountain, Berg is best known for her #1 hit “Strawberry Wine” sung by Deana Carter, and is also credited with writing Trisha Yearwood’s “Wrong Side of Memphis,” “If I Fall You’re Going Down With Me” sung by The Dixie Chicks, Martina McBride’s ”Wild Angels,” and Keith Urban’s “Nobody Drinks Alone.” One of the most respected songwriters of her generation, she has nearly 400 published songs and has earned a dozen BMI songwriter awards. A 2004 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Nominee, Berg is married to singer/songwriter, Jeff Hanna.
As a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Hanna has been crossing the boundaries between country, folk and rock music since 1965, not only with the group's chart hits but also with their classic triple-LP Will the Circle Be Unbroken, bringing together legendary country artists ranging from Mother Maybelle Carter to Doc Watson. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band songs such as “Mr. Bojangles,” “I Saw the Light,“ and “Fishin’ in the Dark,” have topped the charts, and in 2005, Hanna received a Grammy for co-writing the Rascal Flatts hit, “Bless the Broken Road.”
Songwriter Gretchen Peters will also join the group on stage. Peters, who is hailed by many as one of Nashville’s best contemporary songwriters wrote Martina McBride’s famed “Independence Day”, and
also authored the Patty Loveless hit, “You Don’t Even Know Who I Am”. She has sold millions of albums over the past decade as stars such as Faith Hill, Etta James, the Neville Brothers, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Neil Diamond and others have covered her songs. Her most recent album, Halcyon features the popular country hit “The Secret of Life.”
The Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County, Inc. was established as a private, non-profit agency in 1991. The Center’s mission is to serve children who are victims of sexual and severe physical abuse through prevention, education and intervention. The Center provides evaluation and treatment for abused children and their non-offending families by providing: forensic interviews, medical examinations counseling, prevention education, and coordination of the various public agencies involved with a child’s case. In 1995, the Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County, Inc. became a full member of the National Children’s Alliance. It now stands as one of over 400 nationwide providing similar services for abused children. Last fiscal year, the Center served more than 600 children and made abuse prevention presentations to more than 7,000 individuals.
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