TUESDAY, JULY 15

9:30 AM TO 1:00 PM

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IMAGINE RECORDINGS AT SOUND STAGE STUDIOS

At Imagine Recordings, you’ll enter the inner sanctum of historic Sound Stage Studios on Music Row where 1000 #1 hits and counting have been recorded. During your Imagine Recordings visit, you’ll watch and listen as music magic is created in the very same control room and tracking spaces that have hosted some of country music’s biggest stars as they performed their most important recordings.

For 90 minutes, we will give you rare access to a genuine and carefully curated live recording session. You’ll meet our gifted engineers and mu sicians and sit side-by-side with them as they make and record music art.  Each Imagine session is different as we record fresh new songs written and performed by some of Music Row’s most talented emerging artists.  – so it’s quite possible that you may be the first to hear tomorrow’s next big hit!

Imagine Recordings’ founder and Grammy-winning music producer Steve Fishell is a self-described music junkie. “I’ve been lucky to be in the studio playing and producing with extraordinary artists my entire life. It’s a world I deeply love and a world I’m excited to share with our Imagine guests.”

Whether playing steel guitar on top hits for Emmylou Harris, Eric Church, Thomas Rhett, John Prine, Lady Antebellum, Dolly Parton, Rodney Crowell and Reba McEntire, producing groundbreaking projects for Radney Foster, The Mavericks, Pam Tillis and Willie Nelson, or serving as an A&R executive for Universal Music and Sugar Hill Records, Steve has always believed that “if you get the music right, success will follow.”

Each Imagine session is carefully curated by Steve, who often hosts as well. And his lifelong passion for the music and the process shines through in every authentic and entertaining recording session experience. Come visit the residence and workplace of the governor general and the grounds!  Our Imagine Studio recording session will include two songs, an artist original and a cover song. Soon after your event, Imagine will send to the event organizer the cover song which will be shared with guests as an audio souvenir.

Timeline

•          9:30am:           Depart from the Renaissance Nashville to Imagine Recordings

•          10:00am:         Recording Session

•          11:30am:           Lunch

•          12:30pm:           Depart Imagine Recordings

•          1:00pm:           Arrive Renaissance Nashville

THURSDAY, JULY 17

9:30 AM TO 3:30 PM

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CHEEKWOOD ESTATES

Cheekwood is a 55-acre botanical garden and art museum located on the historic Cheek estate. Originally built as the home of Leslie and Mabel Cheek in 1929, Cheekwood is one of the finest examples of an American Country Place Era estate. Since being converted into a museum of art and botanical garden in 1960, Cheekwood has presented world-class art exhibitions, spectacular gardens and an historic estate unlike anything else.

Experience Cheekwood’s incomparable beauty and the exhilaration its historic landscape provides as a setting for outdoor contemporary sculpture. Enjoy a visually enticing stroll along a 1.5 mile woodland sculpture trail or a meandering walk through 13 distinct gardens and delight in an extraordinary array of horticultural displays. Visit the Cheek Mansion, now a museum, for a look at the lifestyle of the American Country Place Era, and walk through family rooms restored to showcase original furnishings and converted to galleries where artworks from our permanent collection or a traveling exhibition will inspire you.

Each year, Cheekwood welcomes over 400,000 visitors, making it one of the city’s top cultural attractions, with over 20,000 member households. Visitors enjoy family activities, programming for all ages and year-round festivals celebrating the four seasons. From 250,000 blooming bulbs in the spring to one mile of holiday lights in the winter, there’s always something to see at Cheekwood.

Cheekwood offers many diverse experiences, but a singularly serene environment that will leave you restored and rejuvenated. The Cheeks’ hospitality, once meant for their immediate family and friends, now extends to you. Leave the world behind and indulge yourself in the beauty and magnificence of Cheekwood!

ACTIVITIES POLICIES

Participation: All participants in the NSREC activities must be conference attendees, registered guests of a conference attendee, registered exhibitors or registered guests of an exhibitor. Any children under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult at all times; no children will be allowed to attend any function without this adult supervision.

Cancellation: To encourage advance registration for conference social activities, NSREC will refund all activity fees for conference attendees and/or their companions who, for any reason, are unable to attend the conference as long as that notice is provided as follows. If your plans change after your Activities Registration form is submitted, simply request a refund by notifying John Teehan via e-mail (j.teehan@ ieee.org) by no later than June 30th.

Wheelchairs and Strollers: Both wheelchairs and strollers can be stored in the luggage compartment of the buses but please note that you must provide your own personnel to push these devices.

Olga Paillet received her PhD degree in Sports Physiology from the University of Health and Sports in Saint Petersbourg, Russia in 1992. She also graduated from the University of Paris as a sport trainer in 2001, and from the Faculty of Medicine of the Paris University as a nutritionist in 2012. She has been practicing in Paris for the last 20 years. Alongside her professional activities, she is also a highly-level professional and trained instructor in fitness and gymnastics, as well as a dance teacher and choreographer. She is a personal trainer and teaches Group Workout fitness.

Workout schedule:

Monday: 4:30 PM after sessions

Tuesday: 4:00 PM after sessions

Wednesday: 4:30 PM after the sessions

Thursday: 3:00 PM after the sessions

Classes are 45-60 minutes. The workout consists of fitness cardio/strength circuit training accompanied by top-hits of popular music. The workouts have simple but efficient exercises and movements designed to boost cardiovascular health, strength, muscle tone, and endurance. Participants will receive one-on-one attention from Olga during class and can ask Olga questions before or after class. Suitable for all fitness levels. Join this fun group class workout!

Class location is TBD. Wear your workout clothes!