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The IncomparableMartina McBrideHer voice is as big and beautiful as a Texas prairie! Martina McBride isrenowned for bringing her special brand of country ballads and crossoverpop singles to audiences across the country and around the world for over20 years. She has sold over 14 million albums and has won the CountryMusic Association’s Female Vocalist of the Year Award four times, theAcademy of Country Music’s Top Female Vocalist award three times anda Grammy Award. She has appeared on VH1’s Divas, Today Show, 20/20,American Idol and Dancing with the Stars.McBride was born Martina Mariea Schiff in Sharon, KS. She startedperforming when she was very young, first with a local band that herfather fronted and then with bands in Wichita. In 1987, Martina mether husband John, who she married a year later. The couple moved toNashville, TN, where she landed a job as Garth Brooks’ opening act.She signed with RCA Records in 1991.When McBride’s contract with RCA expired in 2010, she started lookingfor a new recording home and found it in Republic Nashville, part of BigMachine Records. The company encouraged her to be bold and take risks,use her considerable songwriting skills and…frankly…be unconventional…in producing her eleventh album, appropriately titled, Eleven.McBride was thrilled by the chance to experience what she calls firsttimeopportunities the second time around and she made the most ofthem. Six of the eleven tracks on Eleven are songs that McBride co-wrote,something she’s especially proud of since she has not always felt secureabout her songwriting.With the success of Eleven, McBride is taking her newfound spirit tonew heights. She wants to continue recording and touring because,“I love it so much.”Join us for an evening of Margaritas, Memories and Martina McBride—dinner and a concert that will crown this unconventional week.2