The Encore Club was formed to raise financial support for the National Music Foundation’s American Music Education Initiative. Through the Encore Club the Foundation creates special opportunities for club members to gather at prominent musical events.
 

Every year’s event schedule is different, but the Club has included one particular event every year since its inception: the American Music Awards. The AMAs, shown live on ABC-TV, celebrate the most popular musical performers in America. Club members, sitting in the orchestra among the nominees, have enjoyed show-stopping performances by Michael Jackson, Reba McEntire, Metallica, Tim McGraw, Elton John, matchbox 20, Britney Spears, and many, many more. After the show, Club members join special guests at a back-stage celebration.

The Encore Club has also gone to Nashville for the Country Radio Seminar, where the stars of country music gather to meet with the radio industry. This multi-day event features daily concerts by leading country performers, as well as nightclub shows and new artist showcases. At CRS, Club members have met Garth Brooks and Travis Tritt, and enjoyed fabulous performances by Trisha Yearwood, Steve Wariner, Vince Gill, Keith Urban (in the photo), and Clint Black, to name just a few. In 2001 we also attended the Country Music Awards and heard the premier performance of Alan Jackson’s "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)."

The annual donation for membership in the Encore Club is $1,000 per person, due May 30 each year. For more information, contact the Foundation at (407) 299-1717, or Encore Club president Barry Glenn at (727) 786-5866.

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