Birdhouse Thing

COME RUFFLE YOUR FEATHERS FOR A GOOD CAUSE
AT THE 9TH ANNUAL BIRDHOUSE THING
BID ON ONE-OF-A-KIND BIRDHOUSES
DESIGNED BY NASHVILLE NOTABLES

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The 9th Annual Birdhouse Thing
A Benefit for the W.O. Smith Music School

Thursday, March 11, 2010

5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

The W.O. Smith Music School
1125 8th Ave. South– Nashville, TN 37203

$40

NASHVILLE, TN: Take flight and support the youth of your community at The 9th Annual Birdhouse Thing on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Each year, event organizers provide wooden birdhouses to local Nashville artists, architects, celebrities and public figures who then fashion a truly unique piece of work by adding their own artful design. These birdhouses are then made available for purchase through live and silent auctions at the event.

For the past eight 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 22,000 square feet of usable space including a 200 seat performance hall, a music library, an instrument library, five music labs, fourteen teaching studios and a recording studio.

This year national recording artists Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, Wynonna, Brad Paisley and many others were inspired to tap in to another side of their creativity for the cause. The birdhouses autographed by recording artists will be available for purchase through an online auction in March at www.opryauction.com. Several of the houses that will be available for silent and live auction at the event have been given creative touches by visual artists including Edie Maney, Bob McGill, Diana Wiles, Amy Potter and Dan Brauner Jr. Additionally, there will also be fabulous pieces of art for auction by Mandy Lawson, Barbara Coon, Sheila B, Langford Barksdale and Cindy Wunsch.

Tickets for the event are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.birdhousething.com, by calling the W.O. Smith Music School at 615-255-8355 or by emailing info@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, a selection of local rums, and a frozen margarita bar.

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.