Nashville, TN. (MCA Nashville) - Organizers for the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Olympic Games announced today that multi-platinum, multi Grammy award- winning star
Trisha Yearwood will perform during the July 15th Olympic-sized celebration in Centennial Olympic Park. The Georgia native and MCA recording artist, who performed during the closing ceremonies of the 1996 Olympic Games, will join thousands in the Park to reunite, reminisce and relive the excitement shared a decade ago. With Yearwood's larger-than-life vocals, Olympic athletes, video highlights and fireworks, this is guaranteed to be a very moving event.
One of the most popular female country singers, Trisha Yearwood staked out her own identity as an assertive yet vulnerable modern woman. Her self-titled debut album was released in 1991, and the lead single, "She's in Love With the Boy," rocketed to the top of the country charts, making her an instant star. She went on to score nine No 1 hits, in addition to 11 Top-10 hits, and helped to define contemporary country music. In 1999, Yearwood was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. The Monticello, Georgia native has won back-to-back CMA awards as country's Female Vocalist of the Year in 1997 and 1998, along with three Grammy Awards including one for the No 1 hit single "How Do I Live." Yearwood has also contributed to soundtracks of several popular films including "Hope Floats," "Stuart Little," "Thing Called Love" and "Honeymoon In Vegas." Yearwood's most recent album, Jasper County, was released in September 2005.
The 1996 Olympics had a lasting impact on the city of Atlanta and confirmed the city's status as an international destination. The 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Centennial Olympics is an opportunity to share the legacy with future generations, as well as to give thanks to those who volunteered during the Centennial Olympics. The volunteers that worked so hard will have the opportunity to come together ten years later and relive the emotion of the Centennial Olympic Games. Guaranteed to be a very moving event, the 10th Anniversary of the Centennial Olympics is one celebration you won't want to miss.
In conjunction with the Celebration in the Park, the Atlanta History Center is launching their Centennial Olympic Games Museum earlier the same day. The festivities begin Saturday morning at 10:30am in the Atlanta History Center, with special guests from the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) joining Mayor Shirley Franklin for the official ribbon cutting.
We would like to thank the following companies for their support of the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Olympic Games: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bank of America, Delta Air Lines, Southern Co. Charitable Foundation, Inc., Anheuser-Busch, UPS, Coca-Cola, The Home Depot, BellSouth, IBM, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Collegiate Licensing Co., WXIA-TV and two anonymous donors.
