Thanking Country Music Fans

Thanking Country Music Fans

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As we’ve told you before, every Monday morning we look forward to heading over to CMT.com to read Hazel Smith’s weekly Hot Dish article. Hazel always has a fresh take on all things country music and the underlying message in everything she writes is that no matter what, Hazel is simply a true country music lover.

This week’s article from Hazel was another great one to read as she paid tribute to the thousands and thousands of country music fans who made their way to Nashville for the annual CMA Music Festival earlier this month. Less positive thinkers may have moaned about the masses invading their city, but not Hazel… she reflects the common theme that we heard throughout the week in Nashville, that Music City was happy to welcome the country music fans with open arms. Hazel writes…

Did anybody in Nashville remember to thank the 56,000 guests who came from across the U.S. and around the world to attend the recent CMA Music Festival? Were there large white banners with red lettering that welcomed country music fans to our city? And were there goodbye banners thanking them for coming with the message, “Hope to see you next year”? If not, there should have been.

Even with the sudden storms, fans were royally entertained while sometimes being soaked to the skin. Let me humbly thank each one who came to the festival. I hope you enjoyed our town. And I hope you made it home safe and are already making plans to return in 2010 to see the biggest and best array of talent ever assembled.

Hazel went on to give a great recap of the festival as well as the CMT Awards… you can read the entire article on CMT.com and be sure to check back each Monday morning for your weekly dose of country music at it’s finest!