Country in the Rockies will be skiing at a new location in 2007: Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel & Condominiums in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The 13th annual evenet will be held Friday, January 26 – Tuesday, January 30, 2007. (The event has been moved from Club Med in Crested Butte due to renovations).
Known as “The Ultimate Backstage Pass,” Country in the Rockies offers guests opportunities to ski and socialize with many of the industry’s top artists and songwriters. Tom Annastas and John Huie, co-chairs for the event, cited the recent sale of the Club Med property and on site renovations currently underway by the new owners. “This event has always provided first class service and accommodations for our guests. It was the consensus of the Martell Board that we move the event to insure the continuation of this tradition in the midst of the Crested Butte remodeling,” Annastas explained. Huie, an avid skier, said he has skied Steamboat Springs and “found the slopes to be excellent.”
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 many talents who have participated in Country in the Rockies include Willie Nelson, Brooks and Dunn, Kenny Loggins, Clint Black, Gretchen Wilson, Big and Rich and Brad Paisley.
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.
To reserve your spot for Country in the Rockies or for more information about the event, email or call 615-256-2002.
updated August 8, 2006
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