Athletes, Country and Bluegrass Stars Step Up for Children

Nashville, TN --- Former Tennessee Titan Kevin Carter, along with Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts, hosted the 11th annual Waiting for Wishes celebrity waiters dinner at The Palm Restaurant in Nashville. Celebrity waiters, including Jamie Johnson of The Grascals, donned waiters jackets to serve diners, sign autographs and accept donations.

Celebrity participants included Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts, skating champion Scott Hamilton, singer Guy Penrod and NFL greats Eddie George, Craig Hentrich, Derrick Mason, Brad Hopkins and Eric Winston among many others. Silent and live auctions offered plenty of opportunity for giving with proceeds benefitting The Kevin Carter Foundation and The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee. More than $1 million has been raised over the past decade to support this vital charity.

Jamie Johnson took the stage with young cancer patient, Ansley McLaurin, to share a song with the crowd.

Multi-award winners, The Grascals, recently made their 117^th appearance on the stage of the legendary Grand Ole Opry followed by a sold out performance at the famed Cumberland Caverns for an installment of the very unique “Bluegrass Underground” series.

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(Top) Kevin Carter, Jamie Johnson, Jay DeMarcus

(Bottom) Jamie Johnson, Ansley McLaurin

"The Grascals are arguably one of the biggest groups in bluegrass music, given their many wins at the IBMA Awards and other high profile events. With a new record label in the Mountain Home Music Company, they've wasted no time in putting out another incredible album...'Life Finds A Way.' While it might be a little more country than some of their past albums, this surely will satisfy their die-hard fans. Here's Kelly at a special listening party for the release of that new album."

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Multi-award winning bluegrass artists The Grascals appeared on GAC-TVs Headline Country! The band recently celebrated the release of their latest CD, Life Finds A Way (Mountain Home Music) with a “blue carpet” event at the SiriusXM Music City Theater in Nashville.

Watch the video from it above.

Check GACTV.com for more information on the show.