Tom Brantley & Missionary Ridge

On June 1st and 2nd the Wartrace MusicFest will feature plenty of Bluegrass, Blues, and Bar-B-Q. Plus, music fans 18 years and older have an opportunity to consume as many Little Debbie Oatmeal Crème Pies as they can eat in 45 seconds.
In addition to eating his or her fill of crème pies, the winner will walk away with a $100 gift certificate. Registration for the contest is from 5 to 6 PM and the competition begins at 6:00 PM. As an appetizer, the first 600 people through the gate will receive a Little Debbie Oatmeal Crème Pie.
Friday night is all bluegrass night from 6pm-midnight with The Gallagher Trio, Lonesome Valley Grass, Just Thrown Together, Tom Brantley & Missionary Ridge, Golden Hollow Bluegrass, and Friday Night Orphan Brigade.
Saturday night is a blues bash with Nashville’s Bad Moon Blues Band, Soul Patch, the Andy T Band featuring James ’Nick’ Nixon, The Midnight Special Band featuring Bobby Cochran, and the McKenzie-Fox Band. Admission is $5 per night with children under 12 free. Rough camping sites are available, alcohol is prohibited, and bringing your own lawn chair is encouraged. For a copy of the eating contest rules and regulations, and vendor and camping information call 931-389-6144. Additional information and directions are available at www.wartracemusicfest.org

With an estimated nine billion mouths to feed by 2050, the future of farming depends on America’s youth. Organizations like the Coffee County Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter help turn these ag youth into community and industry leaders who will be able to meet the challenges of our growing population. Thanks to one local farmer and America’s Farmers Grow Communities, Coffee County FFA can continue to help its members learn the proud tradition of American farming.
Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, gives farmers the opportunity to win $2,500 for their favorite local nonprofit organizations. As we reported first on WMSR, Sammy and Amala Morton were the winning farm family in Coffee County. The Morton Family saw the financial need of their local FFA and chose to give back to the Coffee County Chapter.
“The FFA is the youth of what we do for a living and I think it’s great for the community to enrich the future of farming,” said Sammy Morton. “We are very grateful to the Monsanto Fund for this opportunity.”
Coffee County FFA will use the $2,500 to purchase a new sprinkler system and lights for the school greenhouse, and to help fund its Alumni Scholarship Program.
“We had a number of needs for the chapter so we were delighted to hear that the Morton family selected us,” said Adam Willmore, FFA advisor. “We’ll use the funds for travel, scholarships and other programs that will allow students to further their ag education.”
In a ceremony held on Thursday, May 10 at Central High School, the Morton family got the chance to present the Coffee County FFA chapter with the $2,500 donation.

What better way to celebrate the heroes that fought for our freedom, than with FREE music and FREE stuff

WHEN
Monday 5/28 – Memorial Day
Noon-2pm

WHERE
John Roberts Nissan
I-24 exit #114 in Manchester

WHAT’S GOIN’ ON

• Free show by the Volunteer String Band
• Free Vietti Chili dogs…served by Aly Sutton, the Vietti Chili girl
• Drawings for Free CD’s, T-shirts and other cool swag compliments of NISSAN

• Register to win free tickets to Music City Roots on a free luxury shuttle from Manchester
• Can be heard Live on WMSR

Music City Roots, is a weekly, two-hour radio show that revives the historic legacy of live musical radio production in Nashville. Music City Roots showcases Nashville’s astonishing music scene, from country and Americana to more progressive interpreters of tradition — a “roots and branches” format that brings together fans of different tastes and generations.