BURBANK, Calif., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of the festivities
surrounding the 41st ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, the Academy
announced today that Vince Gill will host the Academy of Country Music
Celebrity Golf Classic for a second year in a row. The golf classic will
take place on Monday, May 22nd, 2006, the day before the ceremony itself.
The Annual Academy of Country Music Celebrity Golf Classic will be a
fund-raising effort on behalf of the Academy of Country Music Charitable
Foundation, an in-house organization that will raise money and distribute
money to worthy philanthropies nationwide. This year the Academy has teamed
up with the T.J. Martell Foundation, a 501c3 organization that supports
innovative research for leukemia, cancer and AIDS.
The golf tournament will exclusively cater to a sold out group of 100
golfers at Cascata, rated one of "The Top 100 Golf Courses" in Golf
Magazine in 2005 and was named the "Best Overall Golf Experience" by
VegasGolfer in December 2004. Participating sponsors include PING, Aldila,
Turner Luxury Properties, Windswept Music, Complete Logistics, Anderson
Merchandisers, Sound Image, Fitzgerald Hartley Co., Coors Light, Dr.
Pepper, House of Blues Concerts, McGhee Entertainment, William Morris
Agency, AdVerb Design and American Airlines and will feature some of
country music's biggest stars hitting the links.
The Academy of Country Music was founded in 1964 with a mission to
support, promote, and enhance the advancement of the country music industry
worldwide. The Academy, which is comprised of more than 4,000 professional
members and a newly established Associate Membership, is headquartered in
Burbank, Calif. For more information on the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
and the Academy of Country Music, please visit http://www.acmcountry.com.
The ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS will be broadcast LIVE from MGM
GRAND in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on CBS
Television Network.
SOURCE Academy of Country Music
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Related links:
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CONTACT:
Brooke Primero of BNC, +1-310-854-4800, for
Academy of Country Music
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