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		<title>Darius Rucker Benefit For St Jude at CMA Music Fest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Crist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The"Darius and Friends" benefit concert  will officially kick off the CMA Music Festival week, and all proceeds benefit St Jude Children's Research Hospital!]]></description>
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		<title>Country&#039;s Night To Rock is Tonight!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CMA Music Fest - Country's Night to Rock will air on ABC starting at 7:00pm CST tonight.]]></description>
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		<title>Number One!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Crist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acadiana's own Hunter Hayes gets his first #1 song today with "Wanted"!]]></description>
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		<title>CMA Music Fest 2012 &#8211; A HUGE Success!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Crist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[350,000 country music fans from 39 countries attend the 41st annual Fan Fair in Nashville!]]></description>
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		<title>Carrie Underwood, Scotty McCreery + More Step Up to the Plate for City of Hope Softball Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alanna Conaway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greer Stadium was the place to be Saturday morning (June 9) if you were in Nashville for the 2012 CMA Music Festival. Carrie Underwood, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Vince Gill, Brantley Gilbert, David Nail, James Otto, RaeLynn, Chuck Wicks, Greg Bates, Whitney Duncan, the LoCash Cowboys and Bucky Covington were just a few of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kip Moore Is &#039;Still Hurting&#039; From Celebrating No. 1 Song as He Gears Up to Play CMA Music Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alanna Conaway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time, Kip Moore was mingling with fans at the CMA Music Festival, some familiar with him and some not. Well this year, Moore can’t walk into a room without fans going crazy. Just a couple of weeks ago, Moore topped the charts for two straight [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 15:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not even a hectic touring schedule could keep Chris Young away from spending an afternoon with his fans during the 2012 CMA Music Festival. The singer held his annual fan club gathering at the Ernest Tubb Record Shop&#8217;s Texas Troubadour Theatre on Thursday (June 7). Fans packed into an intimate setting to see Young perform [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not even a hectic touring schedule could keep <a href="http://tasteofcountry.com/tags/chris-young/">Chris Young</a> away from spending an afternoon with his fans during the 2012 CMA Music Festival. The singer held his annual fan club gathering at the Ernest Tubb Record Shop&#8217;s Texas Troubadour Theatre on Thursday (June 7).</p>
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		<title>Acadiana Heads To Fan Fair / CMA Music Fest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Crist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 40th annual Fan Fair / CMA Music Fest will be held in Nashville June 7-10. It's Country Music's biggest party!]]></description>
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		<title>CMA Music Fest / Fan Fair Performers Added</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Crist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town have been added to the  nightly lineup of performers for the 40th annual CMA Music Fest / Fan Fair in Nashville June 7-10.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town have been added to the  nightly lineup of performers for the 40th annual CMA Music Fest / Fan Fair in Nashville June 7-10.</p>
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		<title>Hunter Hayes Performing At CMA Music Fest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Crist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acadiana's own Hunter Hayes has been added to the lineup for the 2012 CMA Music Fest/ Fan Fair in Nashville at LP Field!]]></description>
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		<title>CMA Music Fest/Fan Fair-That&#039;s A Wrap</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Crist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you didn&#8217;t get to head to Nashville for the 40th annual Fan Fair/CMA Music Fest&#8230;you&#8217;re in luck. Our friends at USA TODAY compiled a list of the highlights just for our you!  FYI-350,000 country music fans CAN&#8217;T be wrong!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In case you didn't get to head to Nashville for the 40th annual <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2011-06-13-cma-wrapup_n.htm">Fan Fair/CMA Music Fest</a>...you're in luck. Our friends at USA TODAY compiled a list of the highlights just for our you!  FYI-350,000 country music fans CAN'T be wrong!</p>
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		<title>CMA Announces 1st Round Of Festival Lineup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Crist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots and lots of Acadiana folks go to FAN FAIR every year in June&#8230;.yes, I know it&#8217;s now called CMA Music Fest, but it will always be Fan Fair to me. Here&#8217;s the preliminary lineup, with more artists being added every day. If you&#8217;ve never been&#8230;..join over 350,000 avid country music fans for the PARTY [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lots and lots of Acadiana folks go to FAN FAIR every year in June....yes, I know it's now called CMA Music Fest, but it will always be Fan Fair to me. Here's the preliminary lineup, with more artists being added every day. If you've never been.....join over 350,000 avid country music fans for the PARTY of the year!</p>
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