Stars Lend A Hand at ACM Lifting Lives Camp

Sarah Skates • June 23, 2015

ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp is in session this week in Nashville, with campers from across the country participating in a week of activities throughout Music City. The residential camp has the dual purpose of studying Williams syndrome while providing music enrichment through performance and education. It is a partnership between ACM’s Lifting Lives program and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.

Photos: Getty Images/Courtesy of ACM Lifting Lives

The Swon Brothers pose with campers at ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp

The Swon Brothers sang karaoke with the group at Winners club on Sunday.

Lorie Lytle, ACM Lifting Lives Board Member and Music Camp Founder; Hannah Martin, Manager, ACM Lifting Lives; JT Hodges; Tiffany Moon, ACM EVP/Managing Director

JT Hodges participated in a line dancing competition at the Wildhorse on Saturday. Pictured (L-R): Lorie Lytle, ACM Lifting Lives Board Member and Music Camp Founder; Hannah Martin, Manager, ACM Lifting Lives; JT Hodges; Tiffany Moon, ACM EVP/Managing Director

Hunter Hayes visited the campers Monday during a recording session, where they recorded their original song, “Wherever You Go” with producer Ross Copperman at Ocean Way studio. The campers wrote the song Friday with Copperman and Heather Morgan.

L-R: Beth Moore, Director of Community Development at Vanderbilt University; Tiffany Moon, ACM EVP/Managing Director; Scotty McCreery; Hannah Martin, ACM Lifting Lives Manager

Campers were treated to a special performance at Nashville’s famous Bluebird Café with ACM Award winner Scotty McCreery. Pictured (L-R): Beth Moore, Director of Community Development at Vanderbilt University; Tiffany Moon, ACM EVP/Managing Director; Scotty McCreery; Hannah Martin, ACM Lifting Lives Manager

Pictured (L-R): Hannah Martin, Manager, ACM Lifting Lives; Lorie Lytle, ACM Lifting Lives Board Member and Music Camp Founder; Beth Moore, Director of Community Development at Vanderbilt University; Heather Morgan; Ross Copperman; Melita Rippy, VUMC Entertainment Industry Relations; Elizabeth Dykens, Ph.D., Annette Schaffer Eskind Professor and Director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Lori Badgett, ACM Lifting Lives President.

Songwriters Heather Morgan and Ross Copperman worked with the campers. Pictured (L-R): Hannah Martin, Manager, ACM Lifting Lives; Lorie Lytle, ACM Lifting Lives Board Member and Music Camp Founder; Beth Moore, Director of Community Development at Vanderbilt University; Heather Morgan; Ross Copperman; Melita Rippy, VUMC Entertainment Industry Relations; Elizabeth Dykens, Ph.D., Annette Schaffer Eskind Professor and Director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Lori Badgett, ACM Lifting Lives President.