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VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA CELEBRITY GOLF TOURNAMENT

Join Volunteers of America and sports celebrities from Tennessee and Alabama for two days of orange and crimson memories!

Our event kicks off Sunday, June 9 with the Celebrity Luncheon followed by the Dinner of Champions, both at the beautiful Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville. The luncheon and dinner includes a celebrity autograph session, entertainment, silent and live auctions, and photo opportunities with celebrity guests.

Festivities continue Monday, June 10 at the Hermitage Golf Course in Old Hickory, Tennessee, just 15 minutes from Nashville. Your four-person golf team will include a celebrity from Tennessee, Alabama, or from our local media you you will compete in a five man best ball format.

All proceeds from this fantastic event will benefit individuals with developmental disabilities who are served in Middle Tennessee by Volunteers of America.

Presenting Sponsor

Schedule of Events

Sunday, June 9

Sheraton Music City Hotel, Nashville

Celebrity Luncheon

Keynote speaker: Tennessee Titans Running Backs Coach, Sylvester Croom Live entertainment by Mishaw Sisters & Family

and Alan Dunaway Silent auction 1 - 2:30 pm

Celebrity autograph session

Live entertainment by Third Coast Trio

5 – 5:45 pm

Dinner of Champions

Master of Ceremonies: Doug Matthews, Former Tennessee Coach

Live entertainment by Songwriters: Dan Shafer, Chas Sandford, and Stan Webb

Live and silent auctions Interviews with UT & Bama players 6 – 8:30 pm (Golf attire)

Monday, June 10

Hermitage Golf Course, Old Hickory, TN

Registration & breakfast

6:30 – 8 am

Shotgun start

8 am Lunch and awards following tournament

Visit www.voatn.org/tngolf to register online or contact Randy Brothers at (615) 885-2552 ext. 125 or RBrothers@voatn.net

National Champion Sponsor

Burns Insurance Group Piedmont Natural Gas

PRESS RELEASE
May 15, 2013

For Immediate Release
Contact:
Craig Campbell
615-210-3602
Craig@CampbellEntGrp.com

DATE SET FOR 6TH ANNUAL PORTER WAGONER MEMORIAL ARTISTS & ANGLERS FISHING TOURNAMENT

Weigh-In Moved to Fontanel

(Nashville, Tennessee ...) Organizers of the Porter Wagoner Memorial Artists & Anglers Fishing Tournament have set Friday May 31, 2013 as the date for this year's sixth annual event. Country music artists and celebrities will again be paired with the top male and female professional bass anglers, as this year's tournament moves back to Old Hickory Lake.

This year's tournament will take place from 6:00 am to noon, and boats will launch from the beautiful and spacious Rockland Recreation Area in Hendersonville near the Old Hickory Dam. The weigh-in will be held on the beautiful grounds of Fontanel in White's Creek, and there will be live entertainment beginning at 11:00 am with the weigh-in scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm. The event is free and open to the public.

In addition, on Thursday, May 30 at 3:00 pm, there will be a formal dedication of "Porter's Pond" and "Beverly's Falls" at the 2013 Southern Living Idea House at Fontanel. "Porters Pond" is a new catch-and-release "fishin' hole" that celebrates country music legend Porter Wagoner's love of fishing. "Beverly's Falls" is a beautiful waterfall at Porter's Pond generously sponsored by Gary and Beverly Yamamoto of Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits. Following the ceremony, the traditional pre-tournament Thursday Night Fishing Club party will be held in the Cafe Fontanella at 5:00 pm.

Over the past five years, some of the biggest names in country music have wet a line in honor of Porter. Past participants have included 3 Doors Down, Vince Gill, Luke Bryan, Bobby Bare, Mel Tillis, Tanya Tucker, Brad Mates and Dale Wallace from Emerson Drive, Bryan White, Justin Moore, Lorrie Morgan, Sammy Kershaw, Jeff Cook from Alabama and Eric Church.

On the professional bass fishing side, past participants have included fishing legends Jimmy Houston, Roland Martin and Gary Yamamoto and former Women's Bassmaster Champions Judy Wong and Pam Martin-Wells as well as Phoenix Boats founder Gary Clouse and Texas Roadhouse touring pro, Mike DelVisco.

Prizes for the top ten finishers include Costa Del Mar sunglasses, Shimano fishing rods and reels, Gary Yamamoto Custom Bait gift packs and tour jackets, TFO Fishing Rods and Guy Harvey Sportswear. Trophies being awarded for runners-up and "Big Bass."

Primary sponsors for the event include Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, Costa Del Mar Sunglasses, Shimano Fishing, TFO Fishing Rods, Texas Roadhouse Restaurants and Guy Harvey Sportswear.

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A very limited number of artist/celebrity slots are available for this year's tournament. To submit artists and celebrities for consideration to fish with a pro angler, please contact:

Gary Shielbler, gshiebler@yahoo.com or

Craig Campbell, Craig@campbellentgrp.com.