Top 10 Reasons to be at Music & Memories

Now, some may ask: Why should I pay to see the WannaBeatles at the FiftyForward Martin Center Thursday night when I can see them for free on June 28th at Crockett Park?

Let us count the reasons....

1. Because you can!

2. Over the past three years, the Music and Memories at the Martin benefit concert has proven to be a fundraiser worth far more than its very affordable ticket price (a mere $35).

3. Can you spell M-O-S-Q-U-I-T-O-E-S?

4. Because I'm four months from turning 50, the age you can officially become a Martin Center member (FiftyForward, get it?) so I'm taking this ticket promotion task seriously!

5. Because Martin Center's executive director Joyce Keistler is a great lady who needs to keep her job.

6. At the Martin Center, you'll be sitting in an intimate audience instead of contending with all those pesky teenagers at the park.

7. Did we mention that Mallory Lane Wine and Spirits is one of the concert's sponsors, the operative word here being wine?

8. There are only two real Beatles left but at the Martin Center you can hear four of them.

9. Because two WannaBeatles concerts are better than one.

10. And finally, because you wannabe!

Tickets for Thursday's concert are only $35 and can be purchased at the center, 960 Heritage Way, just north of Concord Road. Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert begins at 7. For more information, call 376-0102.

For more information on the center, visit http://www.themartincentertn.org/.