Thompson Square, Zac Brown Among Acts At Prairie Jam

Prairie Jam, a festival of country music outdoors one day, will take care of Investors Group Field on August 10. Tickets start at $ 69.50 plus fees and go on sale at 10 am on Friday, April 25.



Grammy winners Zac Brown Band will headline a lineup that includes viral sensation Juno nominated Walk off the Earth,

Grammy-nominated country duo Thompson Square-pop, Canadian Country Music Award winner Kira Isabella and Beverley Mahood, Small Town Pistols the laundry and Trevor Panczak Union. More acts will be announced in the coming weeks.

BIG TICKET COUNTRY WITH THOMPSON SQUARE & NICK VUJICIC

The Big Ticket Festival announces a new musical event called Big Ticket Country presented by Jay Sporting Goods, Wednesday, June 18 in Gaylord - just 60 minutes from Traverse City in Northern Michigan and the Straits area.

Headlining the new event County Big Ticket is slow country duo ' Thompson Square' music. Jay Sporting Goods and Big Ticket Festival have partnered to present the first annual Big Country tickets. The night of the country will be held the day before the Big Ticket Festival June 19 to 21.

Thompson Square swept the Vocal Duo awards 2012 (CMA, ACM, CMT, and ACA). "Kiss" was the most played song on country radio in 2011 (Mediabase) and secure multi -week runs up sales and ringtone charts as well as two Grammy nominations. Mainstream media ( Leno, Kimmel , Conan and more) and major tours (Jason Aldean , Lady Antebellum, Luke Bryan ) 

put them in front of tens of millions of spectators and two million concert goers . Thompson Square is also the only married duo set to receive CMA Vocal Duo of the Year. Hot Streak Shawna Thompson and Keifer continued when they won the ACM Vocal Duo of the Year honors for the second consecutive year in April 2013.

In addition to Thompson Square, world famous representative of hope and motivation Nick Vujicic will take to the stage. Tonight the country is designed with the family in mind and is a foot tapping, safe event for all ages. Unique in most country programs, there will not be served alcohol or smoking allowed on the fairgrounds during the shows.

Nick Vujici born in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Although he was a child otherwise healthy, he was born without arms and legs, but two small feet, one of which had two toes.

During high school, Vujicic was elected captain of Runcorn State High School in Queensland and worked with the student council on fund-raising events for local charities and disability campaigns. When he was seventeen, he started to give talks at his prayer group and later founded his nonprofit organization, Life without Limbs.

Vujicic has written that he keeps a pair of shoes in your closet because of their belief in miracles. In 2005 Vujicic was nominated for Young Australian of the Year.

Vujicic graduated from Griffith University at the age of 21 with a Bachelor of Commerce with a double major in accounting and financial planning. Subsequently he became a motivational speaker, traveling internationally and focusing on teen issues.

Having addressed over three million people in over 44 countries on five continents, he speaks to corporate audiences, congregations and schools.

Vujicic promotes his work through television shows and through his writing. His first book, Life without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life (Random House, 2010) was published in 2010 sells a motivational DVD, Great Purpose of Life, a short documentary filmed in 2005 highlighting his home life and regular activities. .

The second part of the DVD was filmed at his local church in Brisbane - one of his first professional motivational speeches. A DVD for young graduates No arms, no legs, and no worries! Marketed. [6]



In March 2008, he was interviewed by Bob Cummings for the television program 20/20 plan.

He starred in the short film The Butterfly Circus, which won first prize at the Film Project jamb 2009 and the award for Best Short Film at the Festival Film Fest method, where Vujicic was also awarded Best Actor in a short film Circus Butterfly also won the best short film award at the Feel Good Film Festival in Hollywood in 2010.

Ticket Big Country is the pre - party for one of the major festivals of the family of the nation. 2014 marks the ninth year of the Big Ticket Festival, and will feature the biggest names in music based on faith, including Chris Tomlin and Third Day and more than 60 other bands.

Besides that, there will be activities and experiences for all. “In the nine years of our festival, we've never done anything like this. Indeed, it is a unique event of its kind. Nick Vujicic is possibly world's most popular speaker and pair it with such powerful group as Thompson Square is to make for a truly memorable evening! “Drew spanding State, President of the Grand Festival tickets.

The doors for the event Ticket Big Country opened on June 18 at 5 pm and runs until 11 pm at the fairgrounds in Otsego, Gaylord, Michigan.

Thompson Square Shares “10 Year Overnight Success” Story In Origins: Thompson Square

Thompson Square photo by Joseph Anthony Baker, courtesy of Media Dashboard.

Every husband and wife duo Thompson Square need is love - and the hard work and perseverance. Shawna and Keifer Thompson will share the story behind their "success 10 years overnight," Sources: Thompson Square, which Thursday, November 21 premieres at, 8/7c on Great American Country. The special will include interviews with parents and colleagues, as well as acoustic performances of some of his biggest hits.

At the beginning of their relationship that developed a routine to perform and bartending on the Lower Broadway in downtown Nashville. "We spend 90 % of our ' directions ' time at Legends bar," Keifer said. Sixty to 70 hours per week were normal for the pair. Each had solo record deals fell through and when they were first offered a deal as a duo, which proved to be a false alarm.

"I do not think I ever would be the man to fall into something, it was really a bad time for us," Keifer said. The couple decided to give it one more year. Continued to serve and play whenever possible and agreed to make a final showcase.

There was no guest list, because I thought that if everyone pays to enter, they at least have money to eat that night. That last showcase resulted in record deal with Stoney Creek Records.

Being married to each other and their work suits the couple very well. "We do not function very well if we are not together all the time,” Keifer said. "That does not mean we do not fight like cats and dogs," Shawna said. "We have the same problems as other married couples.”

Being a couple and a duo that travels the country to perform for the fans have a problem, however. “The strange thing is that when you get into a fight in a tour bus that you cannot slam the door," said Keifer. “Because these doors have air compression you have, liked, 45 seconds to close.”

Thompson Square Concert Tickets Sehedule

Venue    Date/Time

Billy Bobs    Saturday
Fort Worth, TX    4/19/2014
    10:30 PM
   
Auburn Performing Arts Center    Saturday
Auburn, WA    5/17/2014
    8:00 PM
   
American Music Theatre    Thursday
Lancaster, PA    6/12/2014
    8:00 PM
   
Horseshoe Casino - Tunica    Friday
Robinsonville, MS    6/27/2014
    8:00 PM
   
Heartland Events Center    Thursday
Grand Island, NE    7/10/2014
    8:00 PM
   
Calvert Marine Museum    Friday
Solomons, MD    7/18/2014
    7:30 PM
   
Silver Legacy Casino    Friday
Reno, NV    8/15/2014
    8:00 PM

Thompson Square Talks About Headlining Day One Of Country Thunder, And What It's Like To Work As A Married Couple

Thompson Square, the country duo Keifer and Shawna married Thompson, who last played at the Country Thunder in 2012, this year will be headlining the first day of the festival. The explorer found Keifer telephone to obtain their opinion on the upcoming performance and making it work with his wife.



Explorer”. Did you like Country Thunder enough to return this year what is your favorite part of this music festival? "

Keifer : "The response we got was amazing last time , so for you people Great Time You simply could not keep us away . . ."

E: " What do you fans think of Country Thunder? "

K: “They are our blood is really important for them to know that they are the reason we do what we do the feeling we get is as important as the feeling that we give. “.

E: " Boys will be headlining this year Is there any added pressure or emotion.

K: "It's absolutely thrilling was really good to grow in recent years, and this year we will have a larger than last production I do not mind the pressure at all I love fans have many more Thompson. . . Square this year. "

E: "What have you guys been up to lately?”

K: “Just returned from playing for the military during the month, and it was a life changing experience but it's great to be back in continental soil and make Country Thunder again.”

E: “What artists have acted as an inspiration to you?”

K : "The list is huge , from Elvis, Roger Miller Reba Springsteen , The Wallflowers , The Spiders , Jimi Hendrix ... is all over the map are crazy fans of music. " .

E: “Talk about your new single.”

K: "It's called “Testing the water " , and this song kind of symbol of where I came from and Shawna - a small town is to test the water and learn to fall in love and not get hurt. . It is a fun game in that; it's not serious at all. 's a great,, song of summer fun, and we love playing live.

The first time we heard that we are what we did when we played "Kiss me Or Not.”It's just one of those songs that made us feel a certain way, so I recorded it and waited for the right of choice. "

E: “What’s it like to work as a married couple? "

K: " She 's amazing and I were solo artists for several years, so it's been amazing to be together When we married , we however, ' What if we do a duet? ' We'd been singing forever. . And our sound together was unique. Sounded good. Was there a natural harmony, so it was very easy for us?

I mean, we fight like everyone else. Argue and make up, but in the end is right. A she loves, and I love, and we are able to fulfill the dream of musical artists, and being a team together. "