We are so excited to announce that hometown favorite, John Wiggins will be performing at The Colonial Theatre on Saturday, December 3rd at 7:30pm to kick off the Balsam Range Winter Concert Series with a bang. John, an acoustic guitar, and Balsam Range. Only 300 seats and knowing John will doing all his #1 Country hits…the seats are going fast! And all to help Meals on Wheels of Haywood County.
We have comprised a list of unique acts for this series. They are all musical legends and heroes of ours. John is no exception and to partner it in such in way is very special to us.
We approached John about doing the series and asked what he would charge? He simply said “I’ll do it, but you take my part and give it to a charity at home.” And we said “If that’s how you’re going to be then we’ll match your generosity”. Now John and I are asking the same of you.
We are asking our neighbors for help. Please help us raise money for a great local cause by participating in our challenge. Currently, tickets are available through a “Donation Challenge” that we, the artists, have requested. We have started the process by each making a tier donation of $500 ($1000 total) and we challenge all of our residential, organizational, and/or business friends throughout Haywood County to donate something. We’ve already raised over $4000 dollars as of today (10/18/11). Please participate and be recognized with your peers for contributing to a great cause and need in our home county.
Please know if you donate:
Your contribution is tax deductable
You can get free concert tickets and meet-n-greet with John
You can get recognition and advertisements for your business or orgnanization
You can get free signed cd’s
You can get recognized on our websites and local media
You can get special recognition at the concert
And lots more….
The concert is to celebrate those who donated and matched our challenge. It will be an amazing night of music with John for sure. Thanks for your time and consideration in our endeavor.
You can contact Jeanne with your donation, more info, tier levels, and/or if you have any questions. Her email is JNaber@haywoodnc.net.
Jeanne Naber
Haywood County
Meals on Wheels Coordinator
828-356-2442
Who is John Wiggins? If you don’t know….
John Wiggins a Haywood County NC super talent and Country Music Star.
An amazing singer/guitar player signed a major deal with Mercury Records in the 1990′s with sister Audrey. Now John is making a name for himself and solidifying his place in Country Music history as a hit songwriter for today’s biggest names. John wrote “Break Each Other’s Hearts Again” (Reba McEntire and Don Henley); “I Slipped and Fell in Love” (Alan Jackson); “Spread a Little Love Around” (Ricky Skaggs); “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off” (Joe Nichols); “Who Are You When I’m Not Looking” (Blake Shelton); and songs recorded by Gary Allan, John Michael Montgomery, Mountain Heart, Darryl Worley, and others.
A rare WNC appearance from John is a huge deal. This guy is a MAJOR force in commercial Country Music. We’re proud to know John is on his way to the Country Music Hall of Fame and he’s from Haywood County. John is like a Warren Haynes or Steve Martin caliber of celebrity for our region. But he’s kind of slipped through the cracks for some because of his many years spent in Nashville. I mean MILLIONS of records sold because of John’s songs. We are so proud to get him back to Canton and all he wanted was for a local charity to benefit. We are so happy to be a part of something like this.
We just feel this is exciting for WNC, a GREAT cause gets some much needed help, and we feel it’s a story of major interest because of who John is. People around here seem to love popular country music like 99.9 Kiss Country where John’s songs can be heard a few dozen times a day.
We (Balsam Range) participate in about 60+ fundraisers annually for different organizations all over WNC. And we’re glad to do so. But we have also wanted to do an event of our own since the band started. John, Balsam Range, and I really wanted to start something that could grow as big for Haywood County as some of these other events in our area. John is in a great spot to help see this come to light. This community has been so supportive of us and we have a huge desire to help people in need. We are very excited about the idea of what this could do for local charities in the future if we can get some momentum behind our concept of an annual event. We’d love to see a huge yearly gathering with some huge stars eventually coming to Haywood County to help our community. Please …YOU can help make this happen. We’re aware that a great need exists at home. In this case, we’ve all had Meal on Wheels impact our lives somehow…friends, family members getting services. And it’s always been in a positive way. For some folks, the interaction during a delivery means more than the meal. It makes me feel good that people like John recognize that. He’s a great guy.
Needless to say we are stoked about this concert. And we’re proud to call John friend. We’re excited about a rare and special night of music. Feel free to pass this email along to anyone who might be interested. And place this information on your calendar and web-pages and let’s try to help some folks in need. It would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Darren Nicholson
