Tickets for the 4th Annual Country Weekly Fashion Show and Concert benefiting Musicians On Call go on sale TOMORROW – Friday, March 12th at 10 AM CST!

The 4th Annual Country Weekly Fashion Show and Concert will take place Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon. The event, sponsored by Durango and Lifetime Television, will benefit Musicians On Call. While the line-up has not been set for the pre-CMA Music Festival lunch time bash, past participants have included Chris Young, Chuck Wicks, Clay Walker, Lorrie Morgan, and Tanya Tucker, among others.

Get ready for some big changes this year! The World-Famous Wildhorse Saloon will be serving a buffet lunch, which will be included in this year’s ticket prices. In addition to getting lunch, there will also be an acoustic performance by a special artist during your meal. The doors will open at 11am and the acoustic show will start at 11:30am, followed by the Fashion Show at noon. Immediately after the Fashion portion of the event, some of the artists will also perform their biggest hits!

Premium seating tickets are available at musiciansoncall.org and all other tickets start at $35 and can be purchased at ticketmaster.com. All tickets include lunch.

This is another Nashville event that you won’t want to miss! Mark your calenar for Friday, March 26th so that you can attend the 100 yard downhill walk-a-thon for St. Jude. For a $15 donation you will have access to auction items, sports, music and more.

5:30PM – Registration @ DAN MCGUINESS (patio)
6:00PM – Walk begins!
6:03PM – Walk ends… @ TIN ROOF

MUSICAL LINE UP:
6:30PM – Tom Douglas & Jonathan Singleton
7:30PM – Mallary Hope
8:00PM – Josh Hoge
8:30PM – Ashton Shepherd
9:00PM – Rhett Akins & Band
10:00PM – Haden Carpenter & The Memphis Boys

Go to www.countrycares.org click donate now, and then EJ’s Music row Spring Time Stroll.
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Darius Rucker will host an all-star concert on June 7 at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville. Billed as “Darius & Friends,” the event will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Tickets go on sale Saturday (March 13). Additional performers will be announced at a later date. “This was a chance for [us] to do something during CMA Music Fest week that is for the fans while drawing attention to St. Jude and their incredible efforts,” Rucker said. “It’s going to be a great night of music and stories.”

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Operating out of a dilapidated building, Kate Paris and the Checotah Animal Shelter attracted the attention of Carrie Underwood, who is building them a new facility.

Kate Paris of the Checotah Animal Shelter has confirmed that country music superstar Carrie Underwood has committed to build a shelter and donate it to the city. Contrary to earlier reports, there’s no set dollar amount; she has just committed to build a shelter and donate it to the city.

“Her mother saw one of our donation jars and came down to check us out,” Paris said. “She started helping me walk the dogs, feed the dogs and clean up after them. Then Carrie came down and wanted to build a better place. She’s been working on it since last April, and we just finally got a contract signed with the city.” The Underwood family has been an immense support and help, Paris said, without which she isn’t sure she would have been able to accomplish as much as she has already.

“We’ve worked really hard and gotten around 600 dogs homes,” she said. “Carrie’s parents are awesome, awesome, hard-working people, which is why she is too. There’s no way we could have done any of this if they hadn’t helped.” The shelter is no-kill, and it works to try to help get pets spayed and neutered to cut down on the overpopulation problem. “Doing this job is a mental strain,” Paris said. “It’s so hard to find everyone homes.”

Thanks to Carrie, her dream of being able to give the dogs better lives while they’re in her care is about to come true.

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These classy country ladies have each donated a signed pair of heels to the Heroes in Heels Celebrity Shoe Auction Presented by the Wish Upon a Hero Foundation. A woman always says you can never have too many pairs of shoes, but what a great way to put that “extra” pair to good use! Don’t miss out on the chance to walk in the shoes of some of country’s leading ladies!

Below is more information about the Wish Upon a Hero Foundation:

Its no secret, women LOVE shoes. It only seemed natural to channel this passion for shoes to support a worthy cause. So the Wish Upon A Hero Foundation created the Hero In Heels program which benefits women affected by cancer. Hero in Heels is an annual fashion show held every spring where famous celebrity women donate a signed pair of shoes for the auction. The money raised from the auction and from corporate sponsorships benefit women who are suffering with cancer. It’s great publicity for a great cause. Step forward and make a difference in someone’s life. The online portion of Hero In Heels is now open. The auction will run from March 1, 2010 to April 8, 2010, with the live event taking place on April 8, 2010. Online bidding closes at 9pm EST.

JOIN THE WORLD’S LARGEST WISH GRANTING NETWORK. www.wishuponahero.com

This is one show that you will NOT want to miss! For the amazingly low price of $25 you can attend Brooks & Dunn’s last show EVER! You will also know that you are helping out a wonderful country music institution: The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The benefit will be held in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday, August 10, 2010. The show will feature the duo as well as “friends” who are yet to be announced. Tickets will go on Sale this Saturday. If you’d like more info on ticket sales or would like to take a look at the seating chart click HERE.

Tickets available to the general public Saturday, March 6th at 10 AM at area Ticketmaster Outlets, Ticketmaster charge-by-phone at 800-745-3000 or on line at ticketmaster.com .

Grand Ole Opry member Carrie Underwood and 2010 Academy of Country Music Award Newcomer nominee Luke Bryan, sports celebrities and popular personalities will return to Nashville’s Greer Stadium to bat for City of Hope at the 20th Anniversary Nashville Celebrity Softball Challenge Monday, June 7, 2010, at 7 p.m. Rival teams Grand Ole Opry Live and After MidNite with Blair Garner will challenge each other in a fun-filled evening of softball stunts and pranks. Tickets are available now for $20 per person or $60 for a “Family Four Pack” at www.cityofhope.org/softballtickets or by calling Ticketmaster at 615-255-9600. Group prices are also available. All ticket sales will be donated to City of Hope.

This year marks 20 years of dedicated support from country music stars and celebrities who have joined together to benefit City of Hope, one of the nation’s leading cancer research, treatment and education centers. The Celebrity Softball Challenge in Nashville takes place during the same week as the four-day CMA Music Fest, which began in 1972. In addition to Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan, other players in the all-star line up for the game will be announced in the coming months. An online auction of exclusive autographed memorabilia will be posted after the game at www.auctionsforhope.org.

For more information or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities for the Nashville Celebrity Softball Challenge, visit www.cityofhope.org/softball

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Carrie Underwood grew up surrounded by animals. Working in a vet clinic before she hit it big, the country superstar still volunteers at a shelter when she goes home to Oklahoma. And now, as mom to 4-year-old pup Ace, the singer is stepping up to help animals in need through the Pedigree Foundation.

Underwood recently teamed up with Pedigree — a sponsor of her Play On tour — to shoot a public service announcement on behalf of the company’s big adoption drive. “I can’t imagine life without my dog,” she told Pedigree at the shoot. “Dogs are just beautiful souls that don’t want a thing from you.”

Ace appears in the spot with Underwood, and according to an on-set source he was “a natural” in front of the camera! “He’s just so special because he loves me for no reason other than I love him back,” Underwood told Pedigree. “He’s smart and he’s fun, and makes me really appreciate all the little things in life because he is a little thing.”

The PSA debuted on Monday, Feb. 15, and pet lovers can visit dogsrule.com to contribute to the cause. Every donation will be matched by Pedigree up to $500,000.

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