Page 6 - Tin Pan South News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana
Nashville: At a Glance – Garden & Gun
gardenandgun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gardenandgun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Coast 2 Coast Closeup – Brenda Dirk
cjvr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cjvr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Husband-and-wife duo Thom Shepherd and Coley McCabe Shepherd will perform from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at the Bloody Mary Brunch Bash, Oceanside Bar and Grill, 1848 S. Ocean Shore Blvd., Flagler Beach. The performance is part of the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival. Admission for the brunch is free. (thomandcoley.com)
The Palm Coast Songwriters Festival, which runs through Sunday at various area venues, will feature performances by 31 songwriters who have penned hits for such country stars as Garth Brooks, George Jones, Faith Hill, Toby Keith and many others.
The festival is now in its fourth year, counting last year’s last-minute switch from live in-person to virtual YouTube event, courtesy of the Covid lockdown. But for Garry Lubi, the president and founder of the event “with the help of several friends,” its origins go much further back: “I had a sixth-grade teacher, and I think maybe that’s where the grassroots of all this began and I didn’t realize it at the
Jennifer Turnbow
Nashville Songwriters Association International, the organization that organizes the Tin Pan South festival, has promoted a longtime operations manager to COO.
Jennifer Turnbow had been NSAI’s senior director of operations. She joined the Music Row-based group in 2005, shortly before she graduated from Vanderbilt University. In her new role, Turnbow will continue to oversee the group’s day-to-day operations and finances, be its legislative advocate and help lead Tin Pan South and produce the Nashville Songwriter Awards.
“Jennifer Turnbow is one of the leading advocates for American songwriters,” Bart Herbison, NSAI’s longtime executive director, said in a statement. “Her promotion is well deserved.”