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YWCA Celebrity Auction with Martina McBride

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Martina McBride YWCA Celebrity Auction

Copyright Jan Duke
Even the most dedicated Country Music Fan needs a break from the on going never-ending supply of great music at the Country Music Festival, especially us gals, we just need some time to shop.

Did you know that every year the CMAfest offers an abundance of shopping opportunities for all of us shopaholics? Yes, they sure do and there's a ton of shopping and plenty deals to be found for the country music fan.
We struck out to find the best of the best when it comes to shopping during the Country Music Festival and here's what we found:

1.YWCA
2.Leadership Music- Music Row Yard Sale and Silent Auction
3.Stars of Country Music Yard Sale
4.Miscellanous Sales -Skeeter Davis Estate Sale

1.YWCA Celebrity Auction with Martina McBride
Martina McBride's Celebrity Auction is an annual event held at the Hall of Fame Park. Every year the proceeds from the Celebrity Auction go to the YW of Middle Tennessee, a domestic abuse program that helps local women and their families who are victims of domestic violence.
The event kicks off annually on Saturday Morning at 11am and offers some of the hardest to find country music Memorabilia and collectibles. Bidding wars are a normal occurrence at this event with some items going into the thousands of dollars.
One of the highest bids ever, if not the highest, was made during the 21st annual Auction with a whopping bid of 30,000 the bid included tickets for two, including airfare to see a Tim McGraw concert and a lunch with Tim and Faith. For the serious collector, there's no better place to find a great one of a kind items.

Some of the items auctioned off this year included:
Tickets to the ACM Awards show in Las Vegas
Tickets to a night at the Opry and a night at the Opryland Hotel
Terri Clark's stage outfit from the CCMA's
Signed handprints from Tammy Wynette and Shania Twain
Autographed clothing from George Strait ,Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson ,Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Vince Gill, and Brooks and Dunn
The best non-tangible item auctioned in the 22nd Annual Auction were kisses from the very sexy, Keith Anderson.
On the Web:
www.theyw.com
www.ywcanashville.com

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