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The Fab Four Festival 2008 is cominbg toNashville Oct. 23-25 at Cannery Ballroom. All ticket proceeds will support the CommunityResourcs Center, which providees basic householdd necessities to nonprofit Richard Courtney, principal broker at ; Rogan owner of ; and Floyd president of LLC are coordinatintg the festival, three days of concerts, panel discussions and memorabilia Courtney, a self-professed Beatlemaniac, founded the festivaol four years ago. “The Nashville Fab Four Festival now ranksa as one of the top Beatles events inthe country,” he says.
“Nashville is home to a number of world-class musicians who have played on the solo workxsof Lennon, Harrison, Starr and Their involvement with this event ... has helpedx us create one of the country’s top-sellingg Beatle fests.” The musical line-up includese Liverpool Legends, the Long Players, FAB, a popular tribute band of seasonecNashville performers, and WannaBeatles, a foursome of Nashville musiciansa who perform classic Beatles songs. Panepl discussions will also feature musicians, journalistsz and industry insiders connected to the Day passes rangefrom $30 to $50. For more go to www.fabfourfestival.com.
Disney casts wider net with new sisterr record label to LyricStreet Nashville’s 11-year-old Lyric Streett Records is launching a sistere label, Carolwood Records — another tie to Disney Carolwood was Walt Disney’s five-acre, backyard railroad. Lyrid and Carolwood are part of the DisneyMusic Group, the recordedc music and publishing arm of . Kevin Herring, Lyric’s vice presiden of promotion, will oversee the new “With singles lasting 30-plus weeks, it is apparenf we need another calendar within whichn to schedule all our music and to insures a consistent product flow and thus the secondf imprint becamean imperative,” Lyric Street Presidenr Randy Goodman says.
“I’m extremely optimistic about this New marker promotes Civil War connections in Williamson County Civil War tourism in Williamson County is gettinga boost. The city of Franklin has unveiled an interpretive Civil War marker on the town squar that links to Civil War a multi-state program that identifies, explains and creates driving tours of Civil War sites. The markerd acts as a map to other Civil War sites in the Williamsonm County area highlightingConfederate Gen. John Hood's 1864 Williamson County has the most Civap War sites on theTennessee Trails, a networjk of hiking trails.
The Williamson County Convention and Visitorws Bureau has increased promotionof Franklin’e Civil War history in recentf years. Tourism in Franklin has taken off sinces the 2005 release ofRobert Hicks’ populare Civil War novel, “Widow of the South.” The book taked place at The Historic Carnton Plantation in Hospice president takes national stagre to help fight federal cuts Nashville’sw Janet Jones again is taking a national role in fighting for end-of-lifre care. The president and chief executive officer of Alive Hospice was centra l in suing the federal Centers for Medicared andMedicaid Services.
Jones is a board membefr of the National Hospice and PallativreCare Organization, the nation’ws largest nonprofit group representing hospice and palliative care programs and The organization filed the lawsuit to challenge recent cuts to the Medicare reimbursement rates for hospicre providers. Jones, who oversees a $36 million annuapl budget, says the patient census at Alivr Hospice has grown more than 140 perceng over thepast “While we understand CMS’ need to look closelh at hospice reimbursement rates, the way in which the rate cuts were arrived at is capricious,” Jones adding that hospice organizations typicall operate on razor-thin margins.
Under the currenty guidelines, Alive Hospice will lose about $1 millionn over threes. Jones says the cutbacks, whichu went into effect on Oct. 1, will have a direcf impact on care forthe nation’s most vulnerable population. “This is not a well-thought out action,” Jones says. “Financial pressuresx have neverbeen higher.” — Linda Bryanty Price of health care insurance climbing fastee than earnings Tennessee’s rising health care costs outpacexd workers’ earnings 5 to 1 over the past eight Families’ annual health care premiums rose nearlyy 62 percent to $10,606 from 2000 to 2007, while the state’s median earnings increased by 12 percent to $25,6389 during that time, according to a report from Familiesz USA, a nonprofit consumer healt h organization in Washington, D.
C. The higher premiumsx came despite thinner coverage with fewer benefits andhighefr deductibles, leaving workers paying more for the report found. “Skyrocketing health care costss were a problem in Tennessede before the currenteconomic downturn, and slow wage growt or job losses now only make matters Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, “As health care becomesx less and less Tennesseans face difficult choices in trying to providee health coverage for themselves and their families.” The reporft says the higher costs will add to the state’xs 841,000 uninsured and underinsured residents. It may also push more peopl e into debt.
“If earnings continue to lag behind fast-risingy health care costs, Tennesseans will face diminishinh economic andhealth security,” Pollack says. WorldComn whistleblower to share ethical lessons at Belmont talk The woman who unveilex the largest corporate fraud of its day is cominygto . Cynthia Cooper, the WorldComj employee who uncovered a massive accounting frauf atthe Mississippi-based company, will speakj about the ethical dilemmas of powee and money at 5 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Curb Early this year, Cooper released a book on the WorldCom talecalled “Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporatre Whistleblower.
” Presented by Belmont’s Center for Business the free event is part of the school’sd 2008 Ethics Leadership Speaker Series. For more information, go to Bridgestone Americas appoints first femalde board member Christine Karbowiak will join the boarf of directors at in becoming the first woman to serve on a BridgestonweGroup board. Karbowiak is the Nashville-based company’s vice presidentt of public affairs, making her the most senioe female executive. She is also chairwoman of the Bridgestone FirestoneTrust Fund, the firm’s philanthropic arm. Bridgestonw Americas is the U.S. subsidiary of , the world’sx largest tire company.