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The mission of the Nashville Singers
is to enrich lives through singing
and the support of music education.
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Governor Bill Haslam Honors The Nashville Singers
 
The Nashville Singers organization is celebrating our 5th anniversary in a few weeks, culminating with concerts in Nashville and Smyrna. These five years have been filled with many great accomplishments on and off the stage. But we're also just getting started. Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has honored the Nashville Singers for five years of contributions to the State of Tennessee by designating November 23rd as "Nashville Singers Day" in Tennessee. We are grateful and humbled by this gesture.
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Mayor Dean Sings a Solo With the Nashville Singers!
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Nashville Mayor Karl Dean with the Nashville Singers (photo by Catherine Muniz)
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Actually, the Mayor was just greeting runners, spectators, and volunteers at the 6th Annual DH
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(photo by Catherine Muniz)
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Dash 5K/10K Race. The Nashville Singers were on hand at McGavock High School Stadium to perform the national anthem following the Mayor's remarks.
Mayor Dean's vision for improving the health of Nashville citizens is to have a city where the healthy choice becomes the easy choice for all residents. Since Mayor Dean took office, the city has invested more than $130 million in public infrastructure to support healthy, active lifestyles, which has included not only building new sidewalks and bikeways, but also community centers, parks, multi-modal streets and public health facilities. (from the Nashville.gov website)
Nashville Singers members Todd Wilson and Bryan Patrick finished the anthem and made a three minute change into their running gear for the start of the 5K Race. Wilson finished with a time of 35:33 and Patrick finished in under 40 minutes.
A great time was had by all. The Nashville Singers are grateful to our hosts, the Donelson-Hermitage Chamber of Commerce, especially Executive Director Leah Jack and President Jeff Syracuse.
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Rodney Turner Retires After 30 Years with the NATCA
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Nashville Singers bass singer Rodney Turner retired as an air traffic controller after serving for 30 years. A few hours after our performance in Donelson for the DH Dash, a bunch of us traveled an hour  north to Casa de Turner in Portland f  or a big retirement celebration. The day included a gathering of many long-time friends, and co-workers, some fabulous barbeque pork, bounce houses, hayrides for the kids, and a few songs from the Nashville Singers. The icing on the cake was when Rodney's co-workers presented him with an amazing retirement gift, an extremely large, beautiful, and ornate belt buckle which brought a flood of emotion to Rodney. It was a great moment and a great way to honor a man who has enjoyed a great career keeping millions of air travelers safe.
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Nashville Singers in Action
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Covenant Presbyterian Church was filled with a standing room only audience on Sunday night, assembled to enjoy "Autumn Vespers - Musical Expressions of Beauty and Majesty" presented by the Nashville Choir. The event lived up to its name. The performance was filled with moving arrangements of classic, beloved hymns sung in a breath-taking sanctuary and featured the world premiere of "Behold the Lamb of God," an original work composed by the renowned Charles Heimermann. The Nashville Choir is an SATB ensemble. The choir was accompanied by an orchestra throughout the evening. Nashville Singers associate director Sloan Yarborough is also a member of the Nashville Choir and directed several stirring selections over the course of the evening.
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Apolo gies
for the Last Minute Cancellation
of Opry Mills Mall Performance
As a very low risk a cappella singing group, our liability insurance policy has a very reasonable limit of $1,000,000 of coverage per occurrence. On October 29th, six hours prior to the 7:00pm performance we had scheduled at Opry Mills Mall, a rep from the mall called to request a copy of our Certificate of Insurance. Our insurance company sent it to them right away. Three and a half hours later, Opry Mills called and informed us that our coverage would need to be doubled to $2,000,000 if we were going to sing at the mall that evening. Our insurance company was willing to raise our limit, but needed to hear from us by 4:30pm to get the change processed in time. By the time we gave up pleading our case with Opry Mills, we missed that deadline. But it also seemed ludicrous to our leadership to take on an unbudgeted expense for a performance we were donating to the Opry Mills Mall. We requested a waiver of this high limit, but our request was denied. The Nashville Singers organization apologizes for any inconvenience this cancellation caused for our singers and our attendees.
As a follow-up, a rep from the Opry Mills Mall called a few days later and apologized for the way things were handled. They extended an invitation for us to schedule another performance and agreed to waive the $2,000,000 coverage requirement.
We are considering their offer.
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 "The rapidly evolving global economy demands a dynamic and creative workforce. The arts and its related businesses are responsible for billions of dollars in cultural exports for this country. It is imperative that we continue to support the arts and arts education both on the national and local levels. The strength of every democracy is measured by its commitment to the arts." - Charles Segars, CEO of Ovation
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Video of the Week
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Westminster Chorus - What Kind of Fool Am I?
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This Day in Music 
November 4 1992 - Elton John and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin sign a $39 million publishing contract with Warner-Chappell music.
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Inside Acappella - Episode 32  | |
Inside A Cappella Ep. 32 (2013)
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Advertising Deadline Extended!
Submit Your Artwork By This Thursday!
Promote your business and
support a GREAT cause at the same time.
Our printer has improved our turnaround time this year, which has allowed us to extend our timetable by one week. Advertise your business in our 24-page Season of Harmony concert program and reach hundreds of customers in Davidson and Rutherford county.
Business card sized ads start at just $75.
Click on the program cover on the left for details.
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Silent Auction Donations Surpass $4,500.00!
 Our 2013 silent auction is shaping up nicely. Thanks to some excellent behind the scenes work by Advisory Board member Sarah Beatty, we have received over $4,500.00 in silent auction donations. Attendees of our SATURDAY Season of Harmony concert will be able to bid on all kinds of neat items.
The Nashville Singers is very grateful for the generosity of our auction donors. If you have a product or service you would like to donate to the 2013 silent auction, please contact auction chair Sarah Beatty by clicking HERE.
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Enjoy This Four-Minute Sampler From Our New CD!
1. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!
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2. I Wonder What You're Doing for Christmas
3. The Secret of Christmas
4. Silent Night, Holy Night
5. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
7. Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
9. Away in a Manger (with guest soloist Melody Myers)
10. Angels We Have Heard On High
11. Carol of the Bells
12. Auld Lang Syne
This new full-length recording will be sold for $15, plus S&H. Save shipping and handling by picking up a copy of this new disc "in person" at one of our Season of Harmony Concerts on November 23rd or 24th.
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Melody Myers - guest soloist
on "Away in a Manger"
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- Place a credit card order by phone by calling 615-852-7464
- Mail a check for $18 to The Nashville Singers, Inc.
3432 Harborwood Circle, Nashville, TN 37214 - Secure online ordering information will be available soon!
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 TWO CONCERTS
to choose from this year!
Click on the city names shown below
to place your secure online order TODAY!
Enjoy these 30-second Video PSAs
Saturday - November 23, 2013 First Baptist Church Donelson, TN Silent Auction begins at 6:00pm Concert begins at 7:00pm |
Sunday - November 24, 2013
Lifepoint Church
Smyrna, TN
Concert begins at 2:30pm
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Stay tuned for more details as they become available.
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Agenda for November 7th Meeting
SECTION I (7:00pm) Warmup (Sloan) Teach the Children to Sing (Sloan) You Are the New Day (Sloan)
SECTION II (7:45pm) Sectionals
O Love That Will Not Let Me Go, Believe, How High The Moon
SECTION III (8:10pm) break announcements
SECTION IV (8:30) run-through Oak Ridge set in order Seventy-Six Trombones (Todd) Blew By You When She Loved Me (Sloan) O Love That Will Not Let Me Go (Todd) Bring Him Home (Todd) Let It Snow (Sloan) How High the Moon (Todd) Over the Rainbow (Todd)
SECTION V (9:10pm) break
SECTION VI (9:15pm) (Todd) Believe Away in a Manger Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Birthday of a King Secret of Christmas We Wish You a Merry Christmas
SECTION VII (9:45pm)
(prep for SOH)
I Then Shall Live (Sloan)
Beyond the Sea (Todd)
Lord's Prayer (Todd)
closing song
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Upcoming Schedule
FALL November 7 (Thu) Next rehearsal at Whitworth Memorial Baptist Church (7:00pm to 10:00pm)
November 14
Nashville Singers - 5th Anniversary of 1st meeting
November 16
(Sat) 35-minute concert set in Oak Ridge, TN
Costume: TBA
Schedule: Arrive at Whitworth on Saturday morning at 7:00am, depart at 7:15am. Return to Nashville at 11:15pm that evening. Ticket information coming soon.
November 22
(Fri) Dress rehearsal - First Baptist Church in Donelson (6:30pm)
November 23
(Sat) Season of Harmony Concert in Nashville - Silent Auction starts at 6:00pm,
concert starts at 7:00pm (First Baptist Church in Donelson)
November 24
(Sun) Season of Harmony Concert in Smyrna at 2:30pm (Lifepoint Church)December 5(Thu) Election of 2014 leadership team, unveiling of of 2014 music December 19(Thu) Holiday party (location TBA) December 30
(Mon) Performance at LP Field for Music City Bowl Chorus call 11:45am, first set begins at 12:30pm;
2014January 30
(Thu) Annual Awards and Recognition Dinner (Location TBA)
February 27
(Thu) Advisory Board Dinner (Location TBA)
March 4
(Tue) (NEW) Choral Blast - a community concert at the historic Ryman Auditorium, hosted by Nashville in Harmony
March 15
(Sat) Acappella Academy - Whitworth Memorial Baptist Church
April 26
(Sat) Spring Fundraiser EventJune 21
(Sat) Board of Directors Annual Planning Retreat (Location TBA)July 14
(Mon) Advisory Board/Governing Board Teleconference September 25
(Thu) Advisory Board/Governing Board Dinner (Location TBA)November 22 and 23rd
(Saturday and Sunday) Season of Harmony Concerts (Locations TBA)
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Nashville Singers is recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt 501(c)3 non-profit organization registered in the state of Tennessee. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. All solicitations are intended for Tennessee residents and help us impact the lives of other by perpetuating mission-critical outreach and music education programs. If you reside outside of Tennessee, please contact us BEFORE making a donation.
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2013 Governing Board
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Todd Wilson
Executive Director, Ex Officio
Doug Morrison
President/Board Chair
Dr. Lenny Farmer
Vice-Chair/Secretary
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 Tim Mullican
Treasurer  Taylor WilsonBoard Member At Large  Bob AllenBoard Member At Large (photos by John Jackson)
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2013 Advisory Board
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Nathan Bailey
Attorney
Waddey & Patterson
Sarah Beatty
Director of Events and Communications
Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Middle Tennessee
Dawn Davenport
Sports Anchor/Reporter
WKRN, News 2
Cheryl B. Davis
Director of Development
Adventure Science Center
Dr. Robert L. Elliott
Professor of Music and Department Head
Tennessee State University
Shane Fortner
Senior Sales Manager
Jason G. Franke
Assistant General Manager
of Sales and Marketing
Nashville Sounds Baseball
Carrie Hobbs Guiden
Executive Director
The Arc of Tennessee
Don Hart
Professional music arranger,
composer, orchestrator
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Fan Relations Coordinator
The Nashville Predators
Lynn D. McGill, CLU, ChFC
Financial Advisor
Choir Director
Trinity United Methodist Church
Dr. Jeffrey T. Phillips
Director of Fine Arts
President-Elect
Amanda Foster
VP of Development
Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce
Tom Ventress
President
Ventress Design Works
Roger White
Trainer / Outside Sales
Dr. Gary Wilson
Director of Choral Activities
Ruth Woodall
Associate Vice-President
of Education and Workforce Development
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We Are Grateful To Our Donors & Funders
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Donors
Bruce and Kellye Cokeroft
Bryan Patrick
Larry Bain
Nikki Baker
Sarah Beatty
Carrie Hobbs Guiden
Janet Koch
Colonel Samuel Liburdi
Ed and Tracey Luke
Doug and Trish Morrison
Tim and Amy Mullican
Jonathan (Jay) Ress
Lisa Black Schlossberg
Brett and Brandrea Sweeney
Gary Sinagra
Dr. Jane Warren
Darlene Williamson
Harlan and Sandy Wilson
Todd and Jennifer Wilson
Sloan Yarborough
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We Are Grateful to Our In-Kind Sponsors
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Ambassador Formalwear
1714 North Gallatin Road
Madison, TN 37115
(Rivergate)
615.865.4640
Carl Diebold
Sincera Media Solutions
Dove Award-winning videographer
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(advertising/promotional assistance)
Tom Ventress
President
Ventress Design Works
Ric Domenico
Second Mile Music
For more information about becoming an
in-kind sponsor of Nashville Singers,
please click HERE to review a list of our
current needs.
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Todd Wilson
Executive Director
The Nashville Singers, Inc.
615-852-SING (7464) office
615-669-TODD (8633) cell
615-523-TODD (8633) fax
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The Nashville Singers, Inc. is a Tennessee chartered corporation and recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Donations are tax -deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. For more information, visit our website or contact Executive Director, Todd Wilson by phone at 615-852-SING (7464) or via email at todd@nashvillesingers.org
Nashville Singers and Nashvillesingers.org are registered and protected service marks of The Nashville Singers, Inc.
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