BamaJam Garners High Praise from Down Home Alabama
Alabama House Resolution Honors Festival and Ronnie Gilley Entertainment
Enterprise, AL – The second annual Verizon Wireless BamaJam Music and Arts Festival drew accolades from music lovers who attended, as well as from the top acts in music that performed during the June festival.
The praise continues from the State of Alabama itself — home to the 3-day festival. House Representative Johnny Mack Morrow has drafted a Resolution honoring the success of the BamaJam Music and Arts Festival and paying tribute to Ronnie Gilley Entertainment (RGE), organizers of the annual music extravaganza, for “unquestioned positive effects on Alabama’s tourism industry and for the national and international exposure provided the great state of Alabama.”
In part, the resolution congratulates BamaJam and visionary entrepreneur Gilley for attracting unparalleled talent, for so quickly becoming the largest music festival in the United States and for the major economic boon BamaJam brings to Southeast Alabama.
The June 4-6, 2009 event drew record-breaking crowds with fans attending from 47 states and 7 countries. The jam-packed entertainment lineup included Taylor Swift, Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn and Kid Rock among others. The festival is billed as a celebration of the human spirit through music and arts which provides not only world-class entertainment and activities, but also provides financial support to serve the needs of Coffee County and the surrounding area.
“We are very proud of BamaJam and what the festival means to fans as well as to our state,” says Ronnie Gilley, CEO of RGE. “To have the Alabama Legislature recognize our contributions and our success is a tremendous honor and we are humbled by the tribute.”
Plans are already underway for 2010 and beyond. Organizers have announced that country music’s hottest act, Kenny Chesney, will headline BamaJam 2010, slated for June 3-5 in Enterprise.
For event and ticket information, visit www.bamajammusicfestival.com
