Country in the Rockies returns to Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel & Condominiums in Steamboat Springs, Colorado Wednesday, January 23 – Sunday, January 28, 2008.
Known as “The Ultimate Backstage Pass,” the 14th Annual Country in the Rockies offers guests opportunities to ski and socialize with many of the industry’s top artists and songwriters.
To buy Country in the Rockies concert tickets, call 1-800-922-2722. To reserve your spot for Country in the Rockies or for more information about the event, email or call 615-256-2002. The event has alpine skiing/snowboarding and music at its core, but offers something for everyone. Outdoor activities include snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and horseback riding. Indoors, participants enjoy all-star concerts, late-night fireside “guitar pulls,” a celebrity-hosted happy hour and auctions that feature travel, artwork, jewelry and celebrity memorabilia.
The 2008 Country in the Rockies artists, songwriters, and celebrities include Montgomery Gentry, Darryl Worley, Lee Roy Parnell, Blue County, Criag and Lisa Hentrich, Luke Benward, Jason Dollery, Nicholas Braun, Gary Morris, Aaron Barker, Doug Johnson, Storme Warren, Steve Gill, Chas Sanford, Buffalo Rome, Lucy Angel, and more.
Famous for its authentic western atmosphere, friendly locals, variety of terrain and Champagne Powder snow, Steamboat – Ski Town, U.S.A – encompasses 165 trails, 3,668 vertical feet, and nearly 3,000 skiable acres with six peaks filled with world-class groomed cruisers, bumps, steeps, open meadows, legendary trees, Mavericks Superpipe, two terrain parks and the AAA Four Diamond Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel. This winter, the resort will invest more than $7 million in overall vacation enhancements including the Sunshine Express high-speed quad chairlift, terrain improvements in Sunshine Bowl, facelifts to both Thunderhead and Rendezvous food courts and grooming upgrades featuring the state-of-the-art Zaugg Superpipe cutter.
The T.J. Martell Foundation offers a full all-inclusive package for Country in the Rockies for offer skiers as well as the non-skiing guest. The general ski package includes:
* Round-trip coach-class air transportation to Hayden, Colorado
* Round-trip ground transportation from the airport to the hotel
* Four nights accommodations at the beautiful Steamboat Grand Resort in Steamboat Springs, Co
* Gourmet meals to include breakfast, lunch and dinner
* Nightly cocktail receptions
* Unlimited hospitality
* Nightly entertainment
* Opportunity to attend premier concert with a featured entertainer
* Access to the Celebrity Bartending event in Steamboat Springs
* Lift tickets and basic daily ski rental (4 Days)
* Ski clinic with Wayne Wong
* Winter activities or spa treatments
* Entry into the ski race team captained by a celebrity
* A special ski jacket
* An extraordinary gift bag
* Nightly turn down gifts delivered to your room
2008 Country in the Rockies Schedule of Events
Wednesday, January 23
* Arrival into Steamboat Springs
* Welcome Reception and Dinner at the Steamboat Grand Resort
Thursday, January 24
* Skiing and Winter Activities
* Silent Auction
* 4 pm – 6 pm Celebrity Bartending Event Presented by The Academy of Country Music, GAC and Wrangler at Slope Side, Tug Boat and Bear River Grill
* 9:30 pm Late Night With Aaron Barker and Friends
* 9:30 pmPoker Tournament
Friday, January 25
* Skiing, Winter Activities and Cocoa For The Cure
* Silent Auction
* Beringer Wine and Chocolate Tasting with Dirk Langford of Fosters Group Wines and Andrew Shotts of Garrison Confections
* 7 pm Country in the Rockies Concert Presented by GAC in the Steamboat Music Tent with Montgomery Gentry, Darryl Worley, Blue County and Lucy Angel (call 1-800-922-2722 for tickets)
Saturday, January 26
* Cocoa for the Cure presented by Dunkin Brands
* Celebrity Ski Team Races plus Cocoa For The Cure
* Skiing and Winter Activities
* Reception and Dinner on the Mountain at Thunderhead
* Late Night With Aaron Barker and Friends
Sunday, January 27
* Departures
Country in the Rockies is the signature fundraiser of the T.J. Martell Foundation’s Nashville Division. Since 1993, the Martell Foundation has enabled physicians and scientists of the Frances Williams Preston Laboratories at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to conduct cutting-edge research and quickly transition promising new findings from laboratory benches to patient bedsides. To date, the Nashville Division has raised over $13 million in support of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s pilot projects. In turn, these contributions have been leveraged to obtain additional funding – totaling more than $100 million – from public and private sources to further advance ongoing efforts to alleviate suffering from cancer.
The Frances Williams Preston Labs of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center are named for the president emeritus of performing rights organization BMI. Preston is the founder of Country in the Rockies and also serves as president of the board for the Martell Foundation and as a Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center board member.
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