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YOU’RE INVITED TO
THE 8th ANNUAL BIRDHOUSE THING
Nashville Celebrities, Artists, Architects, and Public Figures Get Creative for a Good Cause
WHEN:Thursday, January 30, 2009
TIME:5:30 pm
WHERE: W.O. Smith Music School, 1125 8th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203
WHO:This event is open to the general public. Attendees include participating artists,
city officials, sponsors and local media. Tickets are $40.00
RSVP:W.O. Smith Music School
615-255-8355
Nashville, TN: One of Nashville’s favorite annual fundraisers will take place on Thursday, March 312h at W.O. Smith Music School, 1125 8th Avenue South. Local celebrities, artists, city officials, and event sponsors will gather at for The Birdhouse Thing. For the past seven years, this spectacular event benefiting Nashville’s very own W.O. Smith Music School helped raise the money that resulted in the fall 2008 opening of its new school. This prominent building sits at the corner of 8th and Edgehill Avenues and features 20,000 square feet of space including a 200 seat performance hall, a music library, an instrument library, five music labs, fourteen teaching studios and a recording studio.
Wooden birdhouses were given to well-known individuals, who were asked to add their own personal creative touches. Invited guests will be the first to see a select few of the uniquely designed birdhouses which can be purchased at a live and a silent auction at the event.
The 8th Annual Birdhouse Thing will be held on Thursday, March 12th at the new W.O. Smith Music School building. Tickets for the event are on sale now and can be purchased by calling W.O. Smith Music School at 615-255-8355, at www.birdhousething.com or by emailing jonahr@wosmith.org. Guests who purchase tickets may also enjoy delicious hors d'oeuvres provided by a wide variety of Nashville’s top caterers, specialty food shops, and popular dining eateries as well as fine wine, a martini bar and a frozen margarita bar.
Sponsors for this year’s Birdhouse Thing include: Lead Belly Foundation; MAC Presents; Gullett, Sanford, Robinson & Martin PLLC; Regions Bank: Skanska USA; Nashville Refrigerated Services, Inc.; the Nashville Scene; NFocus Magazine & WRLT Lightning 100.
Founded in 1984, W.O. Smith Music School is a non-profit educational institution created for the purpose of making quality music instruction available to talented, interested, deserving children from low-income families at the nominal fee of 50 cents per lesson. The School offers instruction in all band and orchestra instruments, piano, guitar, and voice taught by a volunteer music faculty representing many facets of the Nashville music community. The school also seeks to encourage student participation in the cultural life of the community through concert attendance and performance.