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September 25th and 26th

Sponsorship Opportunities 2015

Please contact Cortni at (256) 328-4843 or [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities

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EVENT DESCRIPTION

COUNTRY On The SOUND is a two-day country music festival held September 25th & 26th 2015 on the

beautiful white sand beaches of Navarre, FL. Located on the Santa Rosa Sound, this unique festival will

mix live country music on two stages while offering the excitement of watersports activities, including

helicopter tours, pontoon rentals, waverunner tours, the Wibit waterpark adventure, miniature golf and

much more. The event will bring fun to all ages both in and out of town.

COUNTRY On The SOUND will start on Friday afternoon and conclude in the moonlight over the beach on Sunday morning. Guests will be able to enjoy watersports during the day, live country music beginning in the afternoon at 2:00pm, and as the day turns to night, the event will transform to a county music ocean breeze beach concert. This festival will bring in big name national talent and commingle local flavor right on Navarre Beach on the Santa Rosa Sound. After the headliners complete their performances for the evening, there will be a Late Night Beach Jam until 1:30am.

EVENT VISION

The team has established a 2020 vision for the event. The first year the event will be held specifically at

the Navarre Family Watersports venue. The growth plan for the event is to include neighbors such that

the event will eventually make its way to the Navarre Bridge. Further expansion of the event could be

possible in the out years with the development of a board walk such that all properties are connected

from Navarre Family Watersports to include the Navarre park. Multiple stages will be apart of the event

and different music genres will be included in the festival. Spread out through the festival would be

vendors of food, drinks, and music merchandise. The event would turn into a multi-day event; which

would bring in some of the most famous musical artists around.

The management team has a very strong commitment to this event and is well known for loyal

partnerships. The loyalty of our partners today will be the key factor for who we partner with in the

future.



SEPT 25th - FRIDAY NIGHT LINE-UP

SEPT 26th - SATURDAY NIGHT LINE-UP

Headliner – Trace Adkins

Opening Act – JT Hodges

Headliner – Big and Rich

Opening Act – Michael Ray



Presenting Sponsor $50,000

Quantity Available: 1

Your company name/logo on all print advertisements, which include billboards, posters,

brochures, newspaper ads & news releases. Name in sponsorship brochure.

News Release announcing sponsorship

Mention/Name/Logo in TV commercials to be aired on select networks, and placed on festival

website and socials (YouTube, Facebook, etc)

Mention in radio commercials

Logo/link on Festival website

Social media mentions (30)

10 x 20 booth during festival

Inclusion on Highway 98 banner

Inclusion in eBlasts (6)

Excellent banner placement throughout the festival, including stage backdrop or stage wings

Stage mentions daily (6)

Festival 2 day VIP pass tickets (20)

VIP festival parking (10)

Festival 2 day pass tickets (50)

Unlimited waterpark activity lanyards (10)

Meet & Greet with headliner entertainers (6)

Listed in the “Thank You” ad post-festival

First right of refusal for 2016 Festival



Event Day Sponsor $30,000 Quantity Available: 2

Your company name/logo on all print advertisements, which include billboards, posters,

brochures, rack cards, newspaper ads & news releases. Name in sponsorship brochure.


Name/Logo in TV commercials to be aired on select networks, and placed on festival website

and socials (YouTube, Facebook, etc)

Mention in radio commercials



10 x 20 booth during festival

Inclusion on Highway 98 banner


Excellent banner placement throughout the festival, including stage backdrop or stage wings on

sponsored event day

Stage mentions on sponsored day (6)


VIP festival parking (5)


Unlimited waterpark activity lanyards (6)

Meet & Greet with headliner entertainer on sponsored event day (6)





Headliner Sponsor $12,000 Quantity Available: 2

Your company name/logo on select print advertisements, brochures, rack cards & news

releases. Name in sponsorship brochure.





Company supplied banner displayed at festival

Stage mentions before Headliner performs


VIP Parking (3)


Meet & Greet with sponsored Artist (6)

Photo with sponsored Artist (6)

Autographed Guitar by sponsored Artist (2)

Meet & Greet with every performing Artist (2)





Opening Act Sponsor $5,000 Quantity Available: 2








Stage mentions before sponsored Artist performs


VIP Parking (3)







Artist Sponsor $2,500 Quantity Available: 10










VIP Parking (3)



Lunch with sponsored Artist (6)





Late Night Beach Jam Sponsor - Friday $2,500 Quantity Available: 1







Company supplied banner displayed on Beach Stage on Friday



VIP Parking (3)

Meet & Greet with Late Night Beach Jam Artist (6)

Photo with Late Night Jam Artist (6)

Lunch with Late Night Jam Beach Jam Artist (6)





Late Night Beach Jam Sponsor - Saturday $2,500 Quantity Available: 1







Company supplied banner displayed on Beach Stage on Saturday



VIP Parking (3)

Meet & Greet with Late Night Beach Jam Artist (6)

Photo with Late Night Jam Artist (6)

Lunch with Late Night Jam Beach Jam Artist (6)





Gate Sponsor $2,500 Quantity Available: 1



Your company supplied wrap on Entryway Gate into festival




Stage mentions (4)


VIP Parking (3)



VIP Section Sponsor $2,000 Quantity Available: 1



Your company supplied wrap on barricade into VIP Section. VIP Section sponsored by “Your

Company Name”




Stage mentions (4)


VIP Parking (5)

Meet and Greet with Artist of your choice (4)





Artist Catering Sponsor $1,500 Quantity Available: 2



Company signage backstage in Artist area




Company supplied banner placement at festival

Stage mentions (4)


Meet & Greet with Artist of choice (4)



Tower Sponsor $1,500 Quantity Available: 1



Your company supplied wrap on the two spotlight towers during festival




Stage mentions (4)


VIP Parking (2)





Supporting Sponsor – Ticket Sponsor Half Page $5,000 Quantity Available: 1 (unless Ticket Sponsor Quarter Page sells first)

Your company name/logo/color advertisement on tickets, 5.5” x 8”. Tickets are “print at home”

and this sponsorship puts your advertisement right in the ticket holder’s hands.






Company supplied 2’ x 6’ banner placed at festival

Stage mentions (4)




Supporting Sponsor – Ticket Sponsor Quarter Page $3,000 Quantity Available: 2 (unless Ticket Sponsor Half Page sells first)

Your company name/logo/color advertisement on tickets, 5.5” x 4”. Tickets are “print at home”

and this sponsorship puts your advertisement right in the ticket holder’s hands.







Stage mentions (2)






Supporting Sponsor - Wristbands $1,000 Quantity Available: 2



Your company name/logo on wristbands worn by all attendees





Stage mentions (4)




Supporting Sponsor – Food & Beverage Coupons $1,000 Quantity Available: 1



Your company name/logo on Food & Beverage coupons used by attendees for food & beverage

purchases throughout Festival





Stage mentions (4)






Supporting Sponsor – Barrel Branding $1,000





All garbage barrels wrapped with company supplied wrap




Stage mentions (4)




Supporting Sponsor – Fence Banner (facing outward towards traffic) $1,000 Quantity Available: 14



Company supplied 12 x 6 banner displayed on fence facing outward toward Highway 98 through

October 12th 2015









Supporting Sponsor – Pontoon Banner $750 Quantity Available: 12



Company supplied banner displayed on one side on pontoon through October 12th 2015.

Pontoons are driven daily throughout the Santa Rosa Sound.







Supporting Sponsor – Fence Banner (facing inward to festival attendees) $500 Quantity Available: 14



Company supplied 12 x 6 banner displayed on fence facing inward towards festival attendees









Supporting Sponsor – Staff Shirts $500 plus cost of shirts




Your company name/logo on staff shirts worn throughout festival







Supporting Sponsor – Souvenir Cup $500 Quantity Available: 6



Your company name/logo on Souvenir Cups







Custom Sponsor TBD Customized sponsorship to fit your specific needs and/or budget

COUNTRY On The SOUND offers a wide variety of sponsorship opportunities for this unique

event. Our sponsorship team will work with you to tailor your package to fit your specific needs and create a successful partnership. Please contact Cortni at (256) 328-4843 or [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities.

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ABOUT TRACE ADKINS: Trace Adkins’ trademark baritone has powered countless hits to the top of the charts and sold over 10 million albums, cumulatively. His hit list includes “You're Gonna Miss This,” “Ladies Love Country Boys,” “Songs About Me,” “Every Light In The House,” “Hillbilly Bone (Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins),” and “Just Fishin’,” to name a few. The Grammy-nominated member of the Grand Ole Opry is a TV personality, actor, author, spokesman for the Wounded Warrior Program and the American Red Cross, for whom he raised over $1.5 million dollars as winner of NBC’s All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. In recent years, Adkins has performed seven USO Tours. In his 2007 autobiography, A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck, the former oil-rigger recounted his rise to fame, brushes with death, and battles with personal demons. Trace has played a tough as nails biker in The Lincoln Lawyer (starring Matthew McConaughey), and a wise oracle of a tattoo artist in the family-friendly film Moms' Night Out (starring Patricia Heaton, Sean Astin, Sarah Drew). He also developed and hosted GAC’s “Great American Heroes” honoring every-day heroes.



BIG & RICH:

As Big & Rich, John Rich and Big Kenny Alphin have exerted a definite “gravitational pull” to the direction modern

country music has taken. Their much anticipated new project, “Gravity” provides a stellar example of the genius of

their creative brotherhood--the result of two unique musical personalities colliding to form an even greater

positive sum total.

From the vantage point of today’s career success, John notes:

“When Kenny and I were first considering doing music together some 15 years ago, I can recall like it was yesterday

him saying, ‘Man, we are like two individual planets— wouldn’t it be awesome to collide and smash the universe

together,” he recalls. “We definitely felt that creative gravitational pull from the beginning and I think it continues

to translate into the music.”

They are America's Technicolor cowboys, brothers-in-arms in service to the creed that great music has no

boundaries. Individually, John and Big Kenny are first-rate musicians, songwriters, producers, entertainers—and

now the creative force behind their own label imprint, Big & Rich Records. Together, they are one of the most truly

original musical forces ever unleashed on a welcoming world.

The new label is fueling even more passion to produce and present their music. “We now have the freedom to write

songs, call our own shots and put every ounce of our guts, soul and DNA into music that we have complete creative

control over—from creation to release schedule,” notes Kenny. “We can bring the best gunslingers to the shoot out

and know everyone is 100% committed to our success. From making the music to getting it out there to our

audience, it’s a great place to be. As John says—we’re like wild horses that don’t do good in a stall—we’d rather be

running the wild range.”

As witnessed too by their new single, “Look At You,” their influence on their musical universe shows no signs of

being eclipsed. “The unusual twist of this lyric really makes the song stand-out, notes John. “It’s a Shannon Lawson

co-write that dead-on nails the gut wrenching feeling of being that guy that loses the hot chick—something I think a

lot of us guys can relate to.”



Big & Rich have, of course, made a career of being relatable and musically relevant since exploding into the public

consciousness in 2003 as the rarest of breeds—true country music game changers. With 2004’s triple-

platinum Horse of a Different Color, they were able to tap into the best strands of a wide spectrum of popular music,

filter them through their pens and voices and produce a sound that is instantly recognizable, if not classifiable.

"You still can't really define what that sound is," says John. "Even we can't."

It begins, of course, with that one-of-a-kind vocal blend, as unique and compelling as any in the history of the

popular airwaves.

"I listen to a lot of music and I haven't heard any two voices go together like this," says Kenny. "John and I can

match each other anywhere. He can sing anything and I can make an entirely different melody around it, and vice

versa."

If radio didn't fully know what to make of them at first, fans of every musical stripe did. They packed arenas with a

flying circus of sight, sound and spectacle, a touring renaissance fair of the mind, complete with raised glasses and

danceable beats.

With a much anticipated new studio album that finds them at the top of their creative game, their live performances

find them at their hell-raising best, with crowds as intense and appreciative as any they've ever faced.

"It seems like when you put John and Kenny together and we become Big & Rich, it's like Clark Kent walking into

the phone booth and coming out a superman," says John. "We can't explain it. It's like a chemical reaction between

Kenny and me on stage, something you can feel there. It's funny to think about but it's really true, we walk out on

stage and start laying into this thing, the energy goes back and forth between us and the crowd and it's palpable."

They are, in addition to everything musical, noted philanthropists and good-will ambassadors. Both remain

committed and enthusiastic livers of life and givers of time, talent and fortune to great causes. Kenny has become a

world traveler, fighting poverty and supporting education through agencies including the United Nations

Foundation and the Red Cross from North America to Africa. John takes part in any number of charitable

outreaches, and his win on The Celebrity Apprentice brought well over a million dollars to St. Jude Children's

Research Hospital. Those things go to the core of two men whose music and worldviews intersect seamlessly.

"We continue to try to inspire," says Kenny. "We just try to be ourselves in a world that sometimes insinuates you

shouldn't go outside the boundaries. And now the fact that we've got the family thing going on has made a

tremendous difference for both of us, but we're still the same guys. I think life in general moves you forward in a

positive way if you let it. Our relationship has grown more positively here than you could ever imagine. I think we

just continue to grow, to respect each other more and more and respect the kind of ability we have when we're

singing together."



"We both have a lot of things that we do creatively," adds John, "but there's been something magical about this

since the beginning. As good as we are at what we do separately; neither of us is as good as Big & Rich are together.

The Big & Rich thing is like a new color in the crayon box."

"No question in my mind," says Kenny, "that we have put forward as high quality music as we can do. And we

believe we just keep getting better."

http://www.bigandrich.com/

http://www.bigandrich.com/



When rising country singer Michael Ray made his first exploratory trip to Nashville, he got a life-changing piece of advice from an industry insider. Go home. “He said, ‘Don’t move. The way the music industry’s going to become, you’re not going to be able to get a record deal just doing a showcase anymore. You’ve got to bring something to the table,’” Ray said. “He said, ‘I want to you to go back to Florida, grab a band and become the biggest you can be in Florida on your own, and then I want you to come back.’ So I put a band together of friends of mine and we started to play.” Turns out it was the best thing Ray ever did. He built a rowdy fan base tilling the same fertile Southeastern soil Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan used to start their careers and returned to Nashville three years later to claim a record deal, a publishing contract and a few unexpected opportunities along the way. Ray will soon complete the journey from tiny Eustis, Florida, to the big time with the release of his first single “Kiss You In The Morning” from his forthcoming Warner Bros. Records album due spring of 2015. He arrives with fans in the know already numbering in the thousands, the ability to sell out large clubs in presale and the promise of a future star. Scott Hendricks, Warner Music Nashville’s executive vice president of A&R and Ray’s producer, calls Ray “country with an edge.” “Michael, he’s got it all,” said Hendricks, known for his work with Blake Shelton, Brooks & Dunn and Alan Jackson. “He sings well. He’s a really seasoned entertainer. Girls find him not hard to look at. He’s got the drive, the motivation, the work ethic, the right attitude going into this thing. He’s been great to work with in the studio, just getting better and better every time we’re recording. He takes it seriously, and we do have really high hopes for him.” Something else Ray has? Authenticity. Raised in rural central Florida an hour from Orlando, but world’s away, Ray grew up hunting alligators and fishing for tarpon at the end of white sand dirt roads. The child of a family full of musicians, he began his professional career before he was a teenager, graduated to the bar scene as soon as he could drive and hasn’t let up on the pedal since. “When I was 9 years old I wanted to learn how to play. I started playing guitar with my grandfather. Two, three nights a week we’d play community centers, Moose Lodges, assisted living homes, the VFW. I grew up with him on very, very old country music, I grew up playing Porter Wagoner, Bobby Bare, Earl Thomas Conley, Merle Haggard, Waylon _ that was my first introduction to country music.” Not long after, he went to his first big concert: Garth Brooks in Orlando. “That was one of the big things that changed everything to me,” Ray said. “That was my visual of what I wanted to do.” The show was the start of a chain of musical events that would help shape Ray’s dynamic, muscular, thoroughly modern sound. “I started watching everything Garth did. And Gary Allan



came out with ‘It Would Be You.’ I started listening to my generation’s country. And then I started listening to my generation’s punk. And my generation’s rock ‘n’ roll, my generation’s R&B, even a little bit of hip-hop. I could relate to all of this stuff.” He started writing his own songs, blending the ragged spirit of those early favorites and the bombastic new sounds of modern country around the turn of the century with pleasing bits and pieces from all over the musical map. What emerges in a thoroughly modern sound that’s sonically adventurous, lyrically diverse and over the top on the voltage meter. “He is all about energy, energy, energy, both in his music and how he presents it on stage,” Hendricks said. “There aren’t very many moments where you’re going to have time to rest when you watch him because there’s a lot of energy he’s putting out.” He developed the approach in a grassroots way, plying club owners and promoters with press packets that included music, fun facts and a headshot. His pitch: “Dude, I’ll play for free.” He’d stay glued to the riser four and five hours a night at the bar, armored with an acoustic guitar and a growing repertoire of original songs. He put together his first band after returning from that early trip to Nashville and got his first break playing the Boots N Buckles Saloon in Lakeland, Florida, opening for Jason Michael Carroll. A DJ who didn’t give her name approached him after the set and took a CD with her. The next day a friend called to announce he was on the radio. That DJ turned out to be Sara Michaels of WPCV-97 Country and she started playing his music every day at 5:15 during the rush hour, “Right between Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean,” Ray said with a smile. The next time he came back to Lakeland, he sold out the club as a headliner. Not long after he graduated to some of the largest regional clubs, selling out Orlando’s House of Blues, for instance, during presale multiple times a year. He came to the conclusion he’d hit the mark he was aiming for: “There was nothing else I could do there on my own. I didn’t know how to take that next step.” It was time to move to Nashville, he shared a small apartment with his band. He slept on the floor. The bass player got the couch and the keyboard player had the closet all to himself. He continued to spend about half his time on the road, traveling back and forth to the Deep South, and the work he was putting in began to pay off quickly. He soon met manager Tony Conway, a 40 year industry veteran and owner/CEO at Ontourage Management. Conway helped guide Ray to a publishing contract with Warner/Chappell Music and went on to sign a record deal with Warner Music Nashville. Ray has continued to grow his following, joining his band on tour with Chase Rise this fall and Sam Hunt next spring along with a string of his own dates. “Now he’s stretching the boundaries from state to state to state to stretch those fan bases,”

Hendricks said. “Some guys kind of stop when they get here. This guy is a road warrior. He’s

out there all the time, playing wherever they will allow him to play to build his fan base. We just

need to get those fans some food, some new music to have.”

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