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The LaBella Mansion in Nashville was a hotspot of activity Monday night as music and film industry from the West Coast and the Third Coast (Los Angeles and Nashville) mixed, mingled and hoped to stimulate business and collaboration In attendance: party host Donna Caldwell of Songs by Accident publishing, former rodeo cowboy Hollywood Yates, singer Carlos Deford Bailey, the Annie Moses Band and many others. 

The Academy of Country Music takes on some heavy duty lifting when it comes to putting together their awards show weekend: From the awards show itself  to the special tribute taping of the “Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert,” as well as philanthropic events like Big Machine's Outnumbering Hunger drive with Racal Flatts as well as the NRA's ACM Celebrity Shoot hosted by Blake Shelto - the Academy has a full plate of industry and fan events.

Country Radio Seminar attendees had a lot of choices for music on Thursday, from Alan Jackson at the Capitol Nashville luncheon to the Sony/BMG General Jackson cruise with Carrie Underwood, Jake Owen and Sony Nashville Chairman/CEO Gary Overton in the evening.