All Things ACM!

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. Share This: SOCIAL SPLASH!   The ACM's Social Splash is your one-stop shop for everything YOU can participate in online. Make sure to download Facebook cover art tosupport your favorite Entertainer of the Year or New Artist of the Year nominee. Live stream of pre-show. Check out Social Splash HERE.   AND for the first time ever, your tweets can be featured on live TV. Make sure to tweet using the official ACM Awards hashtag #ACMs and tune in to the show Sunday, April 1st at 8pm on CBS to see if your tweets make the cut! ___________________________________________________________ GetGlue!   Check-in to "ACM Awards" on GetGlue DURING the telecast on Sunday & be entered to WIN a TRIP to the 2013 ACM Awards!   That should be easy enough to do!   Check-in HERE. ________________________________ 'ZinePak   Pick up you're exclusive 2012 ACM Awards 'ZinePak at Walmart, either in stores or online. It's packed with information on current and up and coming country music artists. Fill out the ballot that's included inside and see how many winners you get right.  There's also a jam packed CD with some amazing cuts from great artists that you won't want to miss!   Buy your 'ZinePak HERE. __________________________________________________________ ACM MERCH   Take the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards Show home with you!  Whether you're in Vegas for the show or watching from the comfort of your own couch, you'll look stylish in your Academy sawg.   ACM merchandise is available online HERE and at the MGM Grand. ______________________________ THE ACM EXPERIENCE!   If you're over at THE ACM EXPERIENCE make sure to snap a pic with one of our great Dr Pepper photo cards.  You can upload them to the ACM gallery and send to all of your friends and family at home!   Download the ACM App HERE. ___________________________________________________________ CAST YOUR VOTE!   Ram is powering the vote for this year's ACM Entertainer of the Year! Will it be Jason, Kenny, Brad, Blake or Taylor?! It's your call! CLICK HERE to vote now online, and watch the live show on CBS April 1st to vote via text! Academy of Country Music 5500 Balboa Blvd. | Encino, CA 91316 US This email was sent to thegblogindy@gmail.com. To ensure that you continue receiving our emails, please add us to your address book or safe list. manage your preferences | opt out using TrueRemove®. Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails.

March 28th, 2012 Q & A

COUNTRY   MUSIC   CLASSICS

                  Q  &  A

 

March 28^th,  2012

 

QUESTION:  Do you know anything about a cruise with the Elvis Presley Band?

My mom said it was on the radio.

 

 

ANSWER:     The Imperials and The Stamps, who performed with Elvis, are part of The Elvis Presley Holy Land Tour, being offered by Elvis Presley Enterprises. The tour will visit Jerusalem, the Dead  Sea, the Western Wall, Sea Of Galilee and the famous Elvis Inn Restaurant in Abu Ghosh. The tour is scheduled for May 12^th thru the 21^st.

 

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This day in 1950 - - Hank Snow recorded his first #1 single, the self-penned "I'm Movin' On" for RCA Victor. This was the Singing Ranger's 2 ^nd chart hit, and the recording is now in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Hank became a member of the Grand Ole Opry that year, with the help of Ernest Tubb.  Hank Snow placed 85 songs on the country music charts between 1949 and 1980. He died in 1999 at the age of 85.

 

 

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The Week Vegas Goes Country!

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. Share This: YOU'RE INVITED TO THE ACM WEDDING!   For the first time ever in ACM Awards history, a live wedding ceremony will take place onstage while ACM nominee Martina McBride and Train's Pat Monahan perform "Marry Me."  Bride Christina Davidson and groom Frank Tucci have a unique love story unlike any other.   Learn more about this special ACM moment HERE. ___________________________________________________________ CHATTING WITH LIONEL   He can party "All Night Long" and will have you "Dancing On The Ceiling," but what else is there to know about the one and only Lionel Richie?! We sat down with Lionel to talk country roots, Tuskegee, the upcoming ACM Special, and more. WATCH HERE JOIN LIONEL and his country superstar friends April 2nd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for a one-of-a-kind concert benefiting ACM Lifting Lives. Buy tickets HERE! ___________________________________________________________ DOWNLOAD THE NEW ACM APP   Get all the information you need about the ACM Awards through your mobile phone.  Stay up to date with the most recent ACM news, read about all the nominees, get schedules and a map for THE ACM EXPERIENCE, stay connected through our fan wall, see photos of all ACM events, rock out to some country music and lots, lots more!   Download the iPhone app HERE   Download the Andriod app HERE ___________________________________________________________ SING WITH REBA & BLAKE!   Think you have what it takes to sing alongside Reba and Blake?  Create your own mashup of "Honey Bee" or "Turn On The Radio" through our Facebook.  Get your friends to vote for your video and you could win some cool ACM swag! We promise we won't judge your singing abilities only your superstar qualities!   Record your own mashup HERE. ___________________________ ROAD TO THE ACM AWARDS Roll with ACM New Artist of the Year nominees Brantley, Hunter and Soctty as they make their way to Las Vegas for the 47th Annual ACM Awards.  WATCH HERE AND DON'T FORGET TO VOTE! ___________________________________________________________ CAST YOUR VOTE!   Ram is powering the vote for this year's ACM Entertainer of the Year! Will it be Jason, Kenny, Brad, Blake or Taylor?! It's your call! CLICK HERE to vote now online, and watch the live show on CBS April 1st to vote via text! _________________________________ READ ACM TEMPO ONLINE! Make sure you're all caught up on the ACM Awards with our Spring issue of ACM Tempo magazine. You can't miss the articles on Rascal Flatts and Dierks Bentley, plus much more! READ IT HERE Academy of Country Music 5500 Balboa Blvd. | Encino, CA 91316 US This email was sent to thegblogindy@gmail.com. To ensure that you continue receiving our emails, please add us to your address book or safe list. manage your preferences | opt out using TrueRemove®. Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails.

March 26th, 2012 Q & A

                 COUNTRY   MUSIC   CLASSICS

                  Q  &  A

 

March 26^th,  2012

 

QUESTION:  Do you have any details on a Larry Gatlin concert for the military in Las Vegas?  My dad says it was mentioned on the radio.

 

 

ANSWER:     Larry Gatlin will perform in a "Salute To The Military," part of a three day ACM country music lifestyle festival that will precede this year's ACM Awards. The March 31^st concert is free to the public at the Mandalay Bay Resort And Casino in Las Vegas. 

 

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This day in  1973 - - Barbara Fairchild's "Teddy Bear Song" was the #1 song on the country charts. The Columbia Records single came on the country music charts December 30^th, 1972. It was Barbara's 11th charted song, stayed in the top slot for two weeks and on the charts for 19 weeks.

 

 

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 "Q & A" is a by-product of our weekly "Country Music Classics" newsletter. NO - it does NOT replace the weekly newsletter--it is simply an addition--due to the large number of questions received each week that I do not have room for in the weekly newsletter. Subscribers receive BOTH the weekly newsletter and the daily Q & A---because I do not maintain two separate mailing lists.  If you wish to unsubscribe- send a blank email to:

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THE ACM EXPERIENCE

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. Share This: THE ACM EXPERIENCE!   The Week Vegas Goes Country® just got a whole lot bigger! We want you to immerse yourself in THE ACM EXPERIENCE---a one-of-a-kind lifestyle event at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay March 30th through April 1st.    There are four parts of THE ACM EXPERIENCE for you to enjoy, so read on to learn more. You'll be able to SHOP country, TASTE country, RIDE country, and HEAR country! To view our schedule and check out our map, click HERE. ____________________________________________________________ ACM EXPO!   For the ultimate country shopping and marketplace experience, the ACM EXPO presented by Roper, will be located just inside the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. As part of THE ACM EXPERIENCE, the marketplace ACM EXPO will include more than 200,000 square feet of shopping, gaming and eating. And who doesn't LOVE to shop?!   Get ready to shop country by clicking HERE ____________________________________________________________ ACM BBQ Throwdown!   Sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society, the ACM BBQ Throwdown presented by BULL, will bring together some of the most recognizable names in the competitive barbeque circuit, all competing for a guaranteed purse of $50,000-one of the world's richest contests. In addition to the actual competition, there will be world champion vendors selling their famous barbecue, interactive booths, cooking demonstrations and much more.   Click HERE to learn more about ACM BBQ Throwdown. ____________________________________________________________ Ram Ride and Drive!   All of our fans can experience firsthand the best-in-class performance, capabilities and competitive advantages of Ram trucks at the Ram Ride and Drive outdoor test track.  Located just outside of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, the RAM Ride and Drive will demonstrate the capabilities of RAM products and engage country fans with a closed course including a 13-foot mobile hill and steel suspension ramps. Sounds pretty bad ass to us!   Find out more about our Ram Ride and Drive event HERE ____________________________________________________________ ACM FAN JAM!   It's the party within Country Music's Party of the Year® that gives you all an up-close and personal look at the 47th ACM Awards, and man, is it a lot of fun! The 2nd Annual ACM Fan Jam, hosted by Zac Brown Band, will take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Sunday, April 1st. This live remote gives country music lovers the ultimate fan-pass to be part of the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards!   Learn more HERE ____________________________________________________________ CAST YOUR VOTE! Ram is powering the vote for this year's ACM Entertainer of the Year! Will it be Jason, Kenny, Brad, Blake or Taylor?! It's your call! CLICK HERE to vote now online, and watch the live show on CBS April 1st to vote via text! Academy of Country Music 5500 Balboa Blvd. | Encino, CA 91316 US This email was sent to thegblogindy@gmail.com. To ensure that you continue receiving our emails, please add us to your address book or safe list. manage your preferences | opt out using TrueRemove®. Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails.