DATE: MARCH 8, 2010
FROM: LYNDIE WENNER/MITCH SCHNEIDER/ANGELA VILLANUEVA, MSO
2010 SOURCE AWARDS
TO BE HELD
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26
AT NOAH LIFF OPERA CENTER IN NASHVILLE
FRANCES W. PRESTON TO RECEIVE
‘JO WALKER MEADOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD’
The SOURCE AWARDS–an annual celebration honoring women in the music business–will take place Thursday, August 26 at the Noah Liff Opera Center in Nashville. The evening’s festivities will pay respect to women who helped establish the foundation of the music industry, and will also honor women in today’s music business who continue to contribute their knowledge and talents to the industry and Nashville community.
Frances W. Preston will receive the esteemed “Jo Walker Meador Lifetime Achievement Award.” Preston–who has been called “the most influential and powerful person in the country music business” by Esquire Magazine–served as the President and CEO of BMI for 18 years before stepping down in 2004.
SOURCE, founded in 1991, is a nonprofit organization seeking to unify women executives and professionals that work in all facets of Nashville’s music industry. A complete list of 2010 Source Award Honorees is to be announced mid March.
For more information on the Source Awards contact:
Lyndie Wenner 615-973-4160 lwenner@msopr.com
Mitch Schneider 818-380-0400 mschneider@msopr.com
Angela Villanueva 818-380-0400 avillanueva@msopr.com
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2010 SOURCE AWARDS TO BE HELD THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 AT NOAH LIFF OPERA CENTER IN NASHVILLE