an update on the ICMC just in... >>> "James E. Akenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/16 3:38 16TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC CONFERENCE 4-5 JUNE 1999 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE BELMONT UNIVERSITY http://www.tntech.edu/www/acad/ci/icmc.html The 16th annual International Country Music Conference (ICMC) will be held Friday and Saturday 4-5 June 1999 in The Massey Business Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Belmont University is located at the south end of Music Row. The Demonbreun Street exit off Interstate 40 brings one to the beginning of Music Row featuring the Country Music Foundation and Museum, BMI, ASCAP, and numerous tourist shops. ICMC broadly defines Country Music to include variants from Precommercial, Old Time Country, Cajun, Cowboy, Western Swing, and the Nashville Sound to BLUEGRASS, Honky Tonk, Country Rock, New Traditionalist, Hot New Country, and Alternative Country. ICMC is truly international with papers having been presented by scholars from Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, and Japan. Thursday evening, 3 June 1999 will provide an opportunity for attendees to gather and socialize informally and to hear a nationally recognized authority on country music. Friday and Saturday, 4-5 June 1999 will provide a wide variety of presentations dealing with the history and contemporary status of country music. ICMC will also feature an intriguing panel discussion on Alternative Country. The Friday, 4 June 1999 luncheon will feature the 1999 the Belmont University Country Music Book Of-The-Year Award. The Saturday, 5 June 1999 luncheon speaker will be Dr. Jimmie Rogers discussing aspects of the academic study of country music. Dr. Rogers will speak about *Near Death or Near Life: It All Depends On How Hot It Is Where You Are.} Presentations scheduled for the 1999 ICMC include: Dr. James Akenson. Tennessee Technological University. Cookeville, Tennessee. Teaching The Geography of Music Row. Dr. Don Cusic. Belmont University. Nashville, Tennessee. Chicago Country. Ms. Amy Corin. UCLA. The History of Country Music In Southern California: Issues, Resources, and Method. Dr. Wayne Daniel. Georgia State University. Atlanta, Georgia. Pretty as a Picture: La musique "country" e* tait en Vogue Dr. David Eason. Middle Tennessee State University. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Defining Country Music: The Meaning of Tradition in Recent Studies Dr. Louis Kyriakudos. University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Park. The Grand Ole Opry and the Emergence of the Urban South, 1925-1940. Ms. Jocelyn Neal. Eastman School of Music. Rochester, New York. Jimmie Rodgers' Blue Yodels: Which Chords Go Where? Dr. Ted Olson. Union College.Barbourville, Kentucky. Stand By Your God: Sacred Recordings By Major Country Music Singers, 1945 to The Present.} Dr. William K. McNeil. Ozark Folk Center. Mountain View, Arkansas. *A Lost Fiddler Found: Fiddlin* Sam Long of the Ozarks.} Dr. Nolan Porterfield. Bowling Green, KY. The Tangled Tale of the Dubious Documents: Jimmie Rodgers and Masonry. Dr. Richard Peterson. Vanderbilt. University. Nashville, Tennessee. "Alt.country: The Next Big Thing or the Next Bluegrass" Mr. Ronnie Pugh. Country Music Foundation and Library. Nashville, Tennessee. There*s A Little Bit of Everything in Texas: The Musical Roots of Ernest Tubb. Mr. Thomas Carl Townsend. Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana. Rhythmic Assymmetry in the Music of the Carter Family. Ms. Deanna Tribe. Ohio State University Extension, South District. Jackson, Ohio. Cornbread and Buttermilk: Rural Foodways in Country Song Lyrics. Ms. Kristine McCusker. Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana. A Voice Like a Locomotive Whistle and a Heart of Gold: Female Imagery on Barn Dance Stages, 1930-1950. Dr. Ivan Tribe. University of Rio Grande. Rio Grande, Ohio. Topical Ballads of the 1958 Kentucky School Bus Accident. Dr.Charles K. Wolfe. Middle Tennessee State University. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Early Country Field Recording Sessions: Beyond the Legends. Nashville is served by major airlines. Interstates 24, 40, and 65 pass through Nashville. The Holiday Inn Vanderbilt (1-800-HOLIDAY) on West End Avenue and two Hampton Inns (1-800-HAMPTON) on West End Avenue are conveniently located to Belmont University. Less expensive motels include Shoney's Inn (800-222-2222 or 615-255-9977) which is at the I-40 Demonbreun Street exit right at Music Row. Other less expensive choices include The Clubhouse Inn ( 800-258-2466/615- 244-0150), a LaQuinta (615-259-2130/800-531-5900), and a Days Inn on West End Avenue. A complete range of motels (Days Inn, Super 8, etc) are found in Nashville and may be contacted through their respective 1-800 reservation numbers. Preregistration will be $60 (U.S), $40 for non-waged persons. On-site regisration will be $10 higher. Please send a $60 (U.S) check made payable to ICMC by FRIDAY, 21 MAY 1999 TO: James E. Akenson. Box 5042. Tennessee Technological University. Cookeville, TN 38505. U.S.A.
