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Hello one
and all!
Thanks for opening your e-mail box to us!
Here's a
little about what's happening here at The Bluebird this week and
beyond: we just kicked off a special auction for Last Minute Toy
Store via ebay.com (info below), info about the New Year's Eve
shows, a holiday merchandise reminder, Nashville updates,
info on Bluebird On The Mountain 2014, links to the Nov
calendar (Dec to post soon), our partnership with the RIAA, info
about adopting your own seat here at The Bluebird, advertising with
us and having your private event at The Bluebird.
THE BLUEBIRD CAFE MEMORABILIA AUCTION - PROCEEDS TO
BENEFIT THE LAST MINUTE TOY STORE:
Yesterday, November 11, 2013 The Bluebird Café will
began auctioning off an assortment of Bluebird Café memorabilia.
The online auction – hosted by www.ebay.com – consists of a variety of signed original
Bluebird Café chairs and signed Hatch Show Prints. One to two items
per week, for five weeks, will be available for online auction. The
majority of the auction proceeds will benefit The Last Minute Toy
Store in Nashville, TN.
The chairs available for auction are the
original Bluebird Café chairs. The chairs sat in the café – and in
the round - since the late 1980’s. They have been signed by several
notable songwriters and artists including: original Bluebird
Café in-the-rounders Thom Schuyler, Fred Knobloch Tony Arata and
Jelly Roll Johnson (a chair with all four songwriters signatures
will be one of the first items up for auction – 11/11-11/17),
#1 hit songwriters/artists – and
father and son – Rhett Akins and Thomas Rhett (a chair with Akins’
and Rhett’s signatures will be the second item up for auction
11/18-11/24), legendary songwriter Schlitz (a chair with Schlitz’s
signature will be the 3rd item up for auction – 11/25-12/1),
Nashville cast members (a chair with several Nashville cast members
signatures will be the 4th item up for auction 12/2-12/8), the
auction will then conclude with country superstar Martina McBride
(a chair with McBride’s signature will be up for auction
12/9-12/15). Each chair comes with a mounted plaque and
certificate of authenticity from The Bluebird Cafe.
Kicking off the auction, along with the Schuyler,
Knobloch, Arata, Johnson chair, is a Bluebird Café Hatch
Show Print/poster pack. This “pack” includes prints and posters
signed by country music stars Toby Keith, Brad Paisley and Keith
Urban (the poster pack will be up for auction 11/11-11/17).
The Bluebird Café will donate the majority of the
auction proceeds to its longtime partner The Last Minute Toy Store
in Nashville, TN – allowing the Last Minute Toy store time to do
some not-so-last minute shopping. More about The Last Minute Toy
Store: www.lastminutetoystore.com.
HOLIDAY MERCHANDISE REMINDER:
In order to guarantee Christmas delivery, all Bluebird
Cafe online merch orders must be received by December 16th, 2013.
NASHVILLE NEWS:
There's an all new Nashville tomorrow at
9pm CST : Maddie feels lost as Teddy and Peggy's wedding day
approaches; Juliette angers a lecherous but influential DJ; Deacon
discovers an unexpected ally as he tries to find his way back to
music. For all
things Nashville, please
visit: http://abc.go.com/schedule
NEW YEAR'S EVE @ THE BLUEBIRD CAFE:
Get ready to ring in the New Year Bluebird Café style!
This year’s New Year's Eve Show(s) will
feature recent Nashville Songwriters’ Hall Of Fame inductees Thom
Schuyler and Tony Arata, hit writer Fred Knobloch and award winning
instrumentalist Jelly Roll Johnson.
The New Year is the chance for fresh starts and
new beginnings and we thought it was only appropriate to celebrate
with some of the gents that started the “in the round” (or “ITR”
for folks in the know) way back at the beginning of The 'Bird's
long and esteemed history. That's right! Thom Schuyler (16th Avenue, Long Line
Of Love), Fred Knobloch (If My Heart Had Wings,
Feels Like Mississippi), Tony
Arata (The
Dance, Here I Am) and Jelly Roll
Johnson (award-winning harmonica extraordinaire) will be our New
Year's Eve entertainment. And we know that just one show won't be
enough, so they're gonna go ahead and play twice! The first show is
from 7:00pm-9:00pm (hey, it's midnight somewhere) and the second is
from 10:00pm-the New Year. The original ITR-ers will provide the
music. The 'Bird will provide the hats, party favors, champagne
toast and all other important New Year's regalia. You just need to
show up and enjoy the show (and the shenanigans).
***Reservations are available now via www.bluebirdcafe.com.
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BLUEBIRD
ON THE MOUNTAIN 2013 AND 2014!
Thank you
all for making the Bluebird on the Mountain 2013 season
absolutely wonderful!
Thank you,
too, to our always wonderful Bluebird on the Mountain sponsors:
Nissan, Jack Daniels and Red Wing Shoes. Special thanks to
Vanderbilt Heart.
Regarding next year: Bluebird on the Mountain 2014
season passes went quickly! There will be a limited number of
single show passes available closer to the actual show
dates. More info to come!
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ADOPT A
SEAT AT THE BLUEBIRD CAFE!
In 2010 The Bluebird Cafe launched its
"Adopt-A-Seat" campaign which allowed supporters of The
Bluebird Cafe to adopt and name a chair in the club. Some of the
earliest adopters were: ASCAP, Avenue Bank, BMI, The First
Amendment Center, Wendell Moore (in memory of Isaac Hayes), the
Nashville CVB, Regions Bank, Terry & Wanda Seay, SESAC and
SunTrust.
The campaign continues to this day. You,
too, can adopt your very own Bluebird Cafe seat! How do you do
that, you ask? It's easy! Simply follow this link. By adopting a
seat, not only will you have your very own chair at The Bluebird,
but you will also help provide a solid foundation for the future of
The Bluebird Café.
A little
more about the adoption process: The "Adopt-A-Seat"
campaign allows supporters to adopt and name a chair in the
club. Each chair and barstool at the club will feature an
etched plaque on the back of the seat. An individual can have
their name placed on a seat, a corporation can present their
company's name, or a donor may choose to honor someone by naming a
seat for them at The Bluebird Café. The cost for each seat is
$1200 for a three year term. The benefactor will then receive their
adopted seat, with name plate, at the end of the term.
Additionally, The Bluebird will also be offering
their original chairs for sale, with a limited number of them
signed by some of the songwriters who have gotten their start at
The Bluebird Café. All chairs will be marked Bluebird
originals and have a certificate of authenticity.
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THANKS TO
OUR SPONSORS THE RIAA!
Monday, June 20th, at a press conference held at The
Bluebird Café, The Bluebird announced its new partnership with the
RIAA and the Nashville member labels. Both the RIAA and the
Nashville labels have come on board to, as RIAA CEO Mitch Bainwol
described it, support “the Bluebird Café’s incubator” of rising and
developing talent; including The Bluebird Café’s Open Mic Nights,
Sunday Writers’ Nights and the Early Rounds throughout the week.
Bluebird COO Erika Wollam Nichols stated, “The Bluebird Café is a
place where new talent is discovered nightly. We are thrilled that
the RIAA and Nashville labels recognize this and that this
recognition has led to this exciting new partnership.”
THE
BLUEBIRD CAFÉ STORE:
You can visit The Bluebird Cafe Store here.
Stay tuned for new merch designs!
ADVERTISEMENTS/OFFERS/EVENTS:
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MORE INFO:
PRIVATE
EVENTS:
Now is the perfect time to start thinking
about planning your Fan Club party (CMA Music Fest is fast
approaching!) or another special event at The Bluebird Cafe! The
Bluebird Cafe offers a variety of event special event
opportunities. For more information email: events@bluebirdcafe.com.
RESERVATIONS:
We take reservations online at our website www.bluebirdcafe.com. Reservations are available at 8:00am CST
online.
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