In June 2007, I had the opportunity to be a media volunteer for the Country Music Association. I was one of four college students chosen to cover various aspects of the 2007 CMA Music Festival. At the end of the four-day festival, one of us would be chosen as the CMA Close Up Award of Merit winner. As a reward, the winner would attend the 2007 CMA Awards in Nashville in the press room.
A week after the Festival had ended, I received a call telling me after much deliberation, they had chosen me as the winner of the Award of Merit. I was ecstatic the night I attended the awards, my dreams of becoming a music journalist unveiling themselves. See the photo, above, with me holding my plaque with CMA Close Up Editor Bob Doerschuk, left, and Wendy Pearl, CMA President of Communications, right.
To read the press release about the award, click here.
To read my work during the CMA Music Festival, visit the following links (look for the article titles in bold on each page):
- Day 1 (see: The Party Continues at the Chevy Music Tour; Souvenirs, Autographs and a Mellow Pace of Celebration Reign at the Fan Fair Exhibit Hall)
- Day 2 (see: Cruisin’ with Chevy on a (Briefly) Rainy Afternoon at Chevy Music Tour; Autographs Flow from Stars at Fan Fair Exhibit Hall)
- Day 3 (see: Arena Concerts Take Country Music from Heartland to Hispanic Horizons; Up-Close and Personal Items Abound at YW Celebrity Auction in Crisco Family Zone; Ugly Betties and Country Hunks Entertain at ABC Block Party)
- Day 4 (see: LP Field Extravaganza Brings Memorable End to 2007 CMA Music Festival)
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