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It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

November 17, 2011/by Sarah Skates

• Lauren Alaina will be spreading holiday cheer. Tomorrow she’ll be in Memphis to flip the switch at Graceland’s holiday lighting celebration, and on Thanksgiving Day she will perform the national anthem prior to the first game of the NFL’s tripleheader at 12:30 PM ET on FOX.

• Vince Gill be the Grand Marshal of the 59th Annual Piedmont Natural Gas Nashville Christmas Parade. This year’s “Christmas Around the World” themed event is set for Friday, Dec. 2 at 7:00 p.m.

Kenny Rogers and Billy Dean

• Billy Dean will join Kenny Rogers to “jingle all the way” from Columbus, Ohio to Westbury, New York on Rogers’ Christmas and Hits Tour, kicking off the day after Thanksgiving.

• Rodney Atkins will perform at the 2011 National Christmas Tree Lighting festivities on Thurs., Dec. 1 on the Ellipse at President’s Park in Washington, D.C. Carson Daly is hosting the event with additional musical performances by OneRepublic and singer-songwriter Marsha Ambrosius.

• Atkins and Scotty McCreery will perform on the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade®, making its way down the streets of New York City on Thurs., Nov. 24 at 9 a.m. It will air on NBC.

• The 10th annual Charlie Daniels & Friends Christmas 4 Kids Concert will take place at the Ryman Auditorium Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. Joining him will be Colt Ford, Joe Nichols, Sawyer Brown and Phil Vassar.

• Laura Bell Bundy will host the PBS special Christmas at Belmont which was taped at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville. It features nearly 700 Belmont University student musicians, Belmont School of Music faculty, and the Nashville Children’s Choir. Locally it will air on Nashville Public Television (NPT-Ch.8) on Thurs., Dec. 22 at 8 p.m. (CST) and on Christmas Day at 7 p.m. (CST).

• Twenty Ten Music recording group Attwater has released a five-song EP titled Christmas. It was produced by Charlie Peacock (The Civil Wars, Switchfoot) and is available for download on iTunes and from Attwater’s official website. A free download of Attwater’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is available from People Country at www.people.com/free.

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Sarah Skates has been a writer and editor in the music business since 2004. She is a longtime contributor to MusicRow.
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