Hot Ticket: Mandy Barnett plays Brentwood

Jim Bradford's one talker. When he gets going on the Brentwood Morning Rotary Club (not to mention other topics close to his heart) he gets on a roll.
I'm not complaining. I now have about seven new story ideas to write on.
But the one most pressing is Friday night's Mandy Barnett concert in Brentwood High's Campbell Center. Jim tells me the $35 reserved tickets are going fast but $30 general admission ones are still plentiful and will be sold at the door, which opens at 6 p.m.
This is the 9th year the morning club has hosted a concert and "100 percent of the profits go right back into the community," Jim told me.
But where?
The club gives four $1,000 college scholarships each year; sponsors programs in area middle schools; has built a Habitat for Humanity house and contributed to numerous other local organizations and charities. The club has funded several international projects as well.
"We expect a large audience and a wonderful evening," he said. Mandy's 90-minute show will start at 7:30 p.m. and run without an intermission. "People really seem to enjoy that format better."
Barnett has just finished her most recent run as star of Always ... Patsy Cline at the Ryman Theater. It's a role she first won as an 18-year-old when she went up against singers auditioning around the country. According to her online bio, she appeared on the "Midnight Jamboree" broadcast from Nashville's Ernest Tubb Record Shop after WSM's Grand Ole Opry when she was just 12. Before she hit her 13th birthday, she also appeared on the Opry.
Her self-titled album on Asylum Records won critical reviews and was a commercial success. her hit single "I've Got a Right to Cry" led to mainstream recognition.
I'll be there. Hope to see you too!
If you want more information, or to order a reserved ticket, give Jim a call at 232-0901 ext. 5.