music city WELCOMES

NASHVILLE
music city WELCOMES
CATTLE
INDUSTRY
MEMBERS
2007 ANNU
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
AND MUSEUM
torium for its winter run
during your convention
in January. www.opry.com
Ryman Auditorium
After an $8.5 million
renovation, this National
Historic Landmark and
returning to the
former home of the Grand
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Ole Opry has once again
AND CONVENTION CENTER
stepped to center stage as a
NASHVILLE
premier performance facility. By day, displays inside
the Ryman visually tell the
Country Music Hall of Fame
stories of its rich history. By night, the
and Museum
sounds of musical productions fill the
Visit the Country Music Hall of
air. Various concert series featuring
Fame and hear from
bluegrass, gospel,
some of today and
inspirational, pop,
yesterday’s most nocountry and classical
table country music
performances are
singers, see changing
just some of the
exhibits of clothing,
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of Gold Records!
During your tour
General Jackson
choose from over 100
Showboat
top hits and burn
This four-deck
your own CD. www.
paddlewheeler
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of riverboat entertainment. Ride the
Grand Ole Opry
river while strolling musicians and
Every Friday and Saturday
live musical productions entertain
night, the Grand Ole Opry takes
you. Take a dinner cruise as this nosthe excitement of a live audience, the talgic showboat travels the Cumberheritage of the world’s longest-runland River. www.generaljackson.com
ning radio show and an incredible
mix of talent to the world, broadcast- The Hermitage, Home of
ing live over
President Andrew Jackson
650 WSM AM, Sirius Satellite
As one of the few presidential
Radio and Opry.com. The Opry
homes with more than 85% original
— where country rocks, bluegrass
artifacts, The Hermitage is a
rules and western swings. The
faithful re-creation of how
Grand Ole Opry returns to its
the home looked
original home in the Ryman Audicontinued
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& TRADE SHOW
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f you’ve never been to Music City or if it’s been several years since
your last visit, then you are in for a real surprise when you arrive
in Nashville for you’re Annual Convention & Trade Show this
Winter. During the last decade, the city has magically transformed
itself into a cosmopolitan metropolis where music and arts thrive
together in harmony.
Nashville is a city with a foundation built on 200 years of musical roots. Today those roots have grown firmly into a platform from
which the city heralds its signature product. Not surprisingly, the
heartbeat of Music City is driven by music — from country to classical and all points between. Nashville is home to many superstars
in the realms of country, pop, jazz, blues and bluegrass. Tourists
flock from all over the globe to visit fabled Music Row, the business
center of the music industry, or any of the other places in Nashville
where music of all kinds lives and breathes.
Many enticing and “Uniquely Nashville” stops await you
in Music City —
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how your body works.
Experience the Adventure Tower, Sudekum
Planetarium, BlueMax
and more! www.adventuresci.com
Lower Broad
Honky Tonks
Start your visit on
Lower Broadway, a.k.a.
“Honky Tonk Highway.” Between Fourth
and Fifth Avenues on
Broadway, you will
find colorful, packed
clubs that never have a
cover charge. That’s right
– free! You’ll hear all
kinds of country music
standards from Willie
Nelson to Faith Hill.
You can spend a whole evening here
just hopping from one bar to the next.
Historic RCA Studio B
Tour Historic RCA Studio B,
one of the world’s most historic
recording studios. Home of more
than 1,000 top ten hits —including
songs by Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton,
Willie Nelson and more. Come experience the magic at Studio B. www.
countrymusichalloffame.com
Musicians Hall of Fame and
Museum
The Hall of Fame recognizes
musicians of all
genres. Among the
museum’s artifacts
are numerous
instruments played
on legendary
sessions. The
stage from the
Jolly Roger club in
Nashville’s Printers Alley, where
Jimi Hendrix frequently performed,
will be recreated
inside the museum.
The space also
contains a gift
Opry Mills
Opry Mills is where
“shoppertainment”
comes to life. Visit the
more than 200 stores,
themed restaurants,
entertainment venues
and interactive retailers.
At this mega mall,
choose from several different activities. At the
shop, a minitheatre for film
screenings, a
5,000-squarefoot performance hall, a
functioning recording studio
and a school of
music. www.
musicianshalloffame.com
Wildhorse Saloon
At the Wildhorse, downtown
on Second Avenue, they serve up
country that kicks! Order their
famous barbecue and then try line
dancing. Daily lessons are free for
those adventurous enough to venture
out on the dance floor.
www.wildhorsesaloon.com
The Parthenon
The Parthenon is the only fullscale replica in the world of ancient
Greece’s Parthenon. Nashville is
known not only as Music City,
but also as the
Athens of the
South in part due
to this replica. The
Parthenon houses
Athena Parthenos,
the largest indoor
sculpture in the
western world.
www.parthenon.org
Belle Meade
Plantation
Once a worldrenowned 5400acre Thoroughbred
horse farm, the
plantation
showcases the
1853 Greek
Revival Mansion filled with
original furnishings and the
1890’s Stables
and Carriage
House holding
a large antique
carriage collection. www.bellemeadeplantation.com
Frist Center for the
Visual Arts
The family-friendly Frist Center
presents an array of art from around
the world . Your imagination is all
that you need for the Visual Arts
Art Quest. Hands-on and computer-
related activities at approximately 30
Art Stations relate art concepts to
Frist Center exhibitions and examine
ways in which art relates to everyday
life and culture. Under 18 admitted
free. www.fristcenter.org
Adventure Science Center
It’s an amazing, original, scientific
adventure for children! Make your
way Down the Hatch to The Heart
of It All, Body Battles, BrainStorm
Theater and other interactive
exhibits in BodyQuest, as you learn
NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway
drive a virtual reality racecar and feel
the exhilaration as you strap yourself
in for the ride of your life. Across the
way, Dave & Buster’s provides blacklight bowling and endless virtual reality games. Take in a film at IMAX
theater. www.oprymills.com
Jack Daniel’s Distillery, Lynchburg
Only about a 90-minute drive
from Nashville, Jack Daniel’s
Distillery is the oldest registered
distillery in the United States
and among the most prestigious
listed on the National Register of
Historic Places. Visitors receive
personally guided tours of the
distillery and observe the famous
whiskey-making process. www.
jackdaniels.com
SEE YOU IN
NASHVILLE!
For further information
on Nashville, Music City,
please log on to
www.visitmusiccity.com
or call us at
(800) 657-6910