Contact:            Kirk Howard 715.845.4251

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Release Date:  May 18, 2006

                            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

(Wausau,WI)  Sara Evans, scheduled to perform in Wausau at The Amphitheater in Marathon Park June 3, has been nominated for Top Female Vocalist of the Year by the Academy of Country Music, and she will perform live on national television May 23rd at the 41st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM GRAND in Las Vegas. The show airs at 7:00 PM CST on the CBS Television Network. It’s Evans’ ninth nomination for Top Female Vocalist.

 

Tickets to the Sara Evans concert in Wausau, which also features Radney Foster and Jessi Alexander, can be purchased for $25-$35 at the Performing Arts Foundation in Wausau by calling 1.888.239.0421 or 715.842.0988. Tickets are available online at www.onartsblock.org. Gates open at 5:00 PM and music begins at 6:00 PM. The Amphitheater at Marathon Park is a newly renovated outdoor concert area set within a beautiful white pine forest located just off I-39 on Stewart Avenue in the city of Wausau. Seating capacity is 7,500. A portion of the proceeds from the Sara Evans concert, presented by Kinzie Benefit Concerts, will be donated to Habitat for Humanity of Wausau. For more information, go to www.kinziebenefitconcerts.com.

 

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