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On-Course PerformersBands on the Course

With 50 local bands playing live on 28 entertainment stages, the Country Music Marathon &1/2 Marathon will rock Nashville in a city-wide party. Jazz, country, rock ‘n’ roll, swing and more will pulsate the course and get you to the finish line.

If you're interested in being a Band on the Course, contact Stacy Grams at sgrams@nashvillesports.com

 

2008 Course Bands

A special thanks to all the performers on the course.

Stage 1

(West End/ 21st Ave., Qdoba Lot)
  • Les Kerr & The Bayou Band

Stage 2

(Broadway/ 12th Ave., McDonalds lot)
  • Silo

Stage 3

(Music Row Roundabout)
  • Country Music Mile

Stage 4

(17th Ave/ Chet Atkins, UA Tower)
  • August Christopher

Stage 5

(Wedgewood Ave/ Magnolia, Grass Island)
  • Laurie Killian Star

Stage 6

(Belmont Blvd. and Primrose Ave.)
  • Carrie Hickman

 

Stage 7

(Battlefield Ave. past Granny White)
  • Corinne Chapman

Stage 8

(Belmont Blvd/ Portland, Curb Gym)
  • 3 Girls and a Band
  • Greg Bates

Stage 9

(16th Ave. at merge from Wedgewood)
  • Natalie Thomas
  • Jessica Miller

Stage 10

(16th Ave. and Grand Ave., Belmont Church)
  • Belmont Church Worship Team

Stage 11

(11th Ave. past 11th / 12th split)
  • Strat 5
  • Lori Lee and Her Live Bait Band

Stage 12

(10th Circle at Gay Street)
  • Eric Dodd
  • The Little Uglies

Stage 13

(8th Ave. just past Monroe)
  • Wild Honey
  • Glenn Stewart and South Station

Stage 14

(Dominican / Athens Way, Millennium Maxwell House lot)
  • Jefferson Street Blues
  • Southern Vogue

Stage 15

(10th Ave. before Metro Center Blvd., Looby Library)
  • Jon Myers
  • Debra Bradshaw

Stage 16

(Freeland Station Road, beginning of greenway)
  • Blue Billy Outlawz
  • Randy McLellan Band

Stage 17

(Caremark Parking Lot)
  • Jessica Dawn
  • Justin Thomas

Stage 18

(Metro Center Blvd., Median in front of Waterfront Complex)
  • Sabrina
  • Paul Stout

Stage 19

(8th Ave. just past Hume, Boyce Church lot)
  • Ashlee Page
  • Cloudchase

Stage 20

(6th Ave. / Harrison St – Traffic Circle)
  • San Rafael Band
  • Mark Lonsway

Stage 21

(James Robertson / 4th Ave. intersection)
    • Stephen Salyers

Stage 22

(Woodland St., past interstate overpass)
  • Dave Landeo Band
  • Mulch Brothers

Stage 23

(Davidson St., Marshal & Bruce lot)
  • Court Priday
  • Skyla Spencer

Stage 24

(Shelby Park, opposite Vinny Links sign)
  • Brent White
  • David Byrnes

Stage 25

(Shelby Park between baseball fields, before
Water station 18)

  • Julius Curcio
  • Catch 22

Stage 26

(Davidson Street, in front of K Equity)
  • Terry Lee Bolton

Stage 27

(Davidson Street, just past 5th Street)
  • Emily White

Stage 28

(LP Field)
  • The Sammi Moore Band
  • Van Smashers

 

 

Spirit on the Course – 2008 Winners

Spirit was running high this year as more than 2,000 cheerleaders took to the race course, armed and ready to cheer runners on with more spirit, more energy, and more creative tactics to ever hit the Nashville race course. They stopped at nothing to put that extra pep in those runner’s steps – with posters, pom-poms, and megaphones to add to their constant cheering, clapping, and chanting.

First Place
McGavock High School

Second Place
Coffee County High School

Third Place
Sunset Middle School

Special thanks to all participating squads:

Antioch High School
Blackman High School
Croft Middle School
East Literature Magnet High School
East Robertson High School
Father Ryan High School
Lebanon High School
Macon County High School

Meigs Magnet School
Merrol Hyde Magnet School
Merrol Hyde Magnet Middle School
Mount Juliet Middle School
Nashville Christian School
Ravenwood High School
UNA Recreation Squad
Whites Creek High School

   

Thanks to everyone that participated! The Spirit on the Course helps make the Country Music Marathon & ½ Marathon a pleasure to partake in, and entices the runners and crowds alike. So come out and join us next year for some more high-spirited fun!

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