By: News 9
Oklahoma’s own Garth Brooks will receive Kennedy Center Honors this year.
The seven-time Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year is the third person from the Sooner State to earn the acclaimed recognition joining Reba McEntire and ballerina Maria Tallchief.
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With Christmas fast approaching, Twitter has shared a new set of tips and considerations to help brands maximize their outreach and promotions in the holiday season.
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And while most brands will already have their overarching strategies in place, these tips are simple pointers or add-ons which could provide extra inspiration, as opposed to being major strategic updates or changes.
And they re definitely worth considering - here are Twitter s eight tips to consider for your Christmas push:
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Refresh your profile and pinned Tweet
This is a simple, but effective way to refresh your brand Twitter feed. Twitter advises that businesses should consider updating their profile images and pinned tweets in line with the season.
Charley Pride – a Country Music Hall of Fame singer who rose from rural Mississippi to become the genre s first Black superstar – died Saturday at age 86.
The Kiss An Angel Good Mornin star died in Dallas because of complications from COVID-19, according to a news release from his publicist, Jeremy Westby.
With a career spanning more than five decades, Pride cemented a trailblazing legacy unlike any entertainer before him. Launching his career in the 1960s, in the height of civil rights movement, Pride became the first Black man to outright conquer country music fame.
He overcame audiences unwilling to hear a Black man cover Hank Williams and promoters equally skeptical at hosting his performances to once be the best-selling artist for RCA Records since Elvis Presley.
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Musician Ronnie Milsap is a native of Graham County
Smoky Mountain rain may soon fall on a western North Carolina highway with a new name.
The N.C. Department of Transportation board recently adopted a resolution to dedicate a section of U.S. 129 in Graham County in honor of six-time Grammy winner and Country Music Hall of Fame member Ronnie Milsap.
Signs designating this section from Yellow Creek Road to the Cheoah River, will be placed and a ceremony will be held at an appropriate time to honor the 77-year-old Milsap, who grew up in Robbinsville and recorded 40 No. 1 hits including “Smoky Mountain Rain.”