Contact:            Kirk Howard 715.845.4251

                            www.kinziebenefitconcerts.com

Release Date:  May 24, 2006

                            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

(Wausau,WI) Sara Evans, scheduled to perform in Wausau at The Amphitheater in Marathon Park June 3, was named Top Female Vocalist of the Year by the Academy of Country Music last night during the 41st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM GRAND in Las Vegas. 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. It was Evans’ ninth nomination for Top Female Vocalist. Her only scheduled appearance in Wisconsin this summer is Wausau June 3.

Tickets to the Sara Evans concert in Wausau, which also features Radney Foster and Jessi Alexander, are still available for $25-$35 at the Performing Arts Foundation in Wausau by calling 1.888.239.0421 or 715.842.0988. Tickets are also available online at www.onartsblock.org. Gates open at 5:00 PM and music begins at 6:00 PM.. 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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