Hey all,

For all of you who are attending CMA fan fest this week in Nashville, stop by and say Hi. New up and coming Country Artist Austin Cody, a dear friend of mine, will have his booth #703 open in the Convention Center, and will be available for meet and greets, autographs, and photographs. Austin Cody will also be participating in many events such as the Celebrity Sports Challenge and Acoustic Corner. Some of you might have met him at the Gary Allan fan club party, in which he attended with me. Austin Cody is a tremendous fan of Gary's music. I would love for you all to come out and enjoy the spirit and talent of this up and coming artist. I also hope to meet some of you myself! I really hope to see everyone there! God bless!

Barbara

P.S. - Check out Austin's myspace page at www.myspace.com/austincodycountry

Hey Barbara,

I hope you had a great time in Nashville and the turnout for Austin Cody was great!!!!! So sorry we didn't make it there on Friday. We were exhausted by Friday so we had a lazy day and rested.

I had a blast in Nashville. We were very busy at Austin's booth. The turnout was absolutely great, everyone loved him. He is a wondeful talented artist and I'm so proud to be his friend.
I spent most of my time taking pictures for the fans with Austin, but also took the time to be a fan myself. I met many wonderful artists, took lots of pictures, and made some new friends.

I'm so glad I was able to take Austin with me to the Gary FCP. We had such a great time. He had met Gary before at an award ceremony and told me what a great guy he is. Very down to earth. (but we already knew that). When Austin asked Gary to throw me his guitar pick and he did, and then asked to make sure that I had gotten it, I was on cloud nine. I will treasure it forever. We both thought that the Gary's fan club party was the best ever. It was so personal, and he made each and everyone of us, feel special. Gary is the MAN- and i love him.

Can't wait to do it again next year.

I'm so sorry I did'nt get to catch up with you girls in Nashville.
Maybe we can all get together for lunch or dinner sometime.
Give me a call.

~Barbara~

We do get together some times for dinner so I'll let you know when we get together again. I'm glad you had a great time in Nashville!!!!! We are going to see Gary again in Virginia Beach - will you be going?

I would love to, but not sure if I can get the time off work. Will let you know if it works out. I may have to join general admission if I do go, cause I did not buy a ticket.

Give me a call anytime, would love to join you guys for a night out.

Ok, let us know if it works out for you to go to VA Beach. There are still VIP tickets available. I checked yesterday and ordered another ticket because my Hubby decided to join us too!

sounds great, i'll be in touch. that would be so much fun. i'll see if i can't get someone to cover my shift at work. are you all meeting up and driving together? that's great that your hubby is going as well. lets just hope the weather plays nice....lol

John and I will probably drive down ourselves; I believe the others are driving down together in one car. I sure hope the weather is nicer than it was for Charlottesville.