In response to the devastating floods that the city of Nashville and Middle Tennessee have suffered, the Country Music Association (CMA) said that 50 percent of net revenue for the CMA Music Festival 2010 (formerly Fan Fair) to the Foundation, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee will be donated "to help the victims of the floods. Previously been pledged by the CMA, an annual donation of 50 percent of net revenue to the public schools of the city of Nashville for the music education program "Keep the Music Playing". This brings the full proceeds of the festival the students of public schools in Nashville and affected by the tsunami benefit families in Middle Tennessee.

The CMA Music Festival is Nashville's Music attracts outstanding event and an annual 50000-60000 visitors from the region of the world from all U.S. states and 26 countries. The regional economy benefits of a total of $ 22,000,000 that these visitors spend here.

"This year it is because of the large losses suffered by businesses in the city and our tourism industry by flood damage, especially important for the economy in Nashville that the CMA Music Festival will go ahead as planned," said Steve Moore, CEO of CMA. "Having the CMA is proud to be an additional help to our major commitment to the youth and the music education of our region once again can, by donating the other half of the net revenue of the CMA Music Festival Foundation, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, as an aid to affected by the flood.

"The CMA was through his initiative," Keep the Music Playing "has always been a big supporter of the Music City," said Nashville Mayor Karl Dean. "This additional aid for the tsunami victims is extremely helpful and shows the high spirit of partnership between the city of Nashville, the CMA Music Festival and the Country Music industry there."

"Millions of people are affected by this disaster. Some will recover quickly, others will take months or years for the reconstruction and the Disaster Relief Fund of the Foundation will continue to provide emergency assistance in proven strategy," said Ellen Lehman, president of the Foundation, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. "It was very moving to experience the great wave of help in this city and we are delighted, but not really surprised that the CMA is involved in such a generous way in helping to rebuild the city."

The Foundation Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has, in partnership with the crisis of the city administration, activated its disaster relief fund for the city of Nashville, to support the relief efforts. This fund will support nonprofit organizations for immediate emergency relief and for reconstruction and cleanup work in the region of Davidson County. The Foundation manages more than 730 charitable funds and offer donors, nonprofit organizations and tailored to the community, to flexible solutions to help people. In the last 18 years the Foundation has 470 million U.S. dollars aid money to charitable programs and institutions has spread.

The CMA Music Festival since 2001, donating to charity, but in 2006 it was decided to allow all aid funds to a central concern to benefit - the musical education in public schools in the city of Nashville - in collaboration with the Nashville Alliance for Public Education ". To date, CMA has donated more than $ 3,300,000 for the purchase of more than 3,000 instruments, music equipment and accessories, leaving thousands of students in Nashville were given the opportunity to play instruments that they themselves had not afford, what many of them was a strong reason to stay in school. The urban school statistics shows that make 98 percent of the students with a focus on art and music a successful conclusion.

This held for 39 years CMA Music Festival began in 1972 as Fan Fair, the celebrated country singers and their fans in the middle of Music City jointly omitted. More than 2,000 acts from occurring in the country for almost four decades, including legends and superstars, but also the present Hitlieferanten and many hopefuls were there, and all have contributed their talents to the great success of this event.

Nashville's Music outstanding event offers concerts, autograph signings, family activities and much more. This unique celebration of music in North America each year attracts thousands of fans and the media from all over the world to Nashville. The CMA Music Festival was by the newspaper USA Today called the "crown jewel of Country Music Festivals" and in 2004, 2006 and 2008 LIVE! Winner of the International Entertainment Buyers Association donated Award for Festival of the Year.