The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Behavior recently hosted its third annual music camp for young adults (ages 16+) with Williams syndrome. It is a weeklong residential camp held on the Vanderbilt campus (in Nashville, TN) in conjunction with the Blair School of Music. Campers celebrate music by participating in a songwriting workshop, recording session, and songwriter's night.
The week's activities culminated on June 29 with a performance on the historic stage of the Grand Ole Opry during its Friday night live radio broadcast on 650-AM WSM. Introduced by country legend Bill Anderson, Meghan and the rest of the performers "rocked the house down", as one Williams camper proudly exclaimed as they left to a standing ovation.
Backstage, the exuberant campers enjoyed a private "after-party" with friends, family, and a couple of surprise drop-ins -- country singers Jim Ed Brown and current Universal South recording artist & rising star, Joe Nichols, whose recent releases Man With a Memory, Size Matters (Someday), and Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off have soared to the top of the country music charts.
