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903 Music Artists Unite for Benefit Concerts and fishing fun

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:59:44 -0400

Nashville, Tennessee - 903 Music recording artists and indefatigable humanitarians, Neal McCoy and Darryl Worley will perform at each others respective annual benefit concerts next month.

Worley's 5th Annual Tennessee River Run happens September 15 and 16 at Pickwick Landing State Park Resort in Hardin County, Tennessee. Joining Worley at the centerpiece concert on Saturday, September 16 are Neal McCoy, Diamond Rio, Rebecca Lynn Howard, and singer/actor John Corbett.

In addition to the concert, Tennessee River Run consists of a Celebrity Golf Tournament, Celebrity Bass Fishing Tournament, Celebrity Catfish Fishing Tournament, Boat Poker Run, Motorcycle Poker Run, 5k Run, Celebrity Live Auction, and an Arts and Crafts Fair.

The event benefits the Darryl Worley Foundation, Inc., organized as a 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation, to help serve the needs of Hardin and McNairy Counties in West Tennessee, the surrounding areas of West Tennessee, Northeastern Mississippi and Northwestern Alabama, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Ayers Children's Medical Center and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TRR 2005 raised in excess of $125,000, which in part provided the funds for the establishment of the Darryl Worley Outpatient Chemotherapy Clinic at Hardin Medical Center and, through the American Red Cross, provided aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Worley's Here and Now album, his 903 Music debut, will be released on October 31. For additional information, please visit www.darrylworley.com.

McCoy's 12th Annual East Texas Angel Network (ETAN) benefit Golf Tournament and Concert takes place the following weekend, Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23, in his hometown of Longview, Texas. Worley and The Drew Davis Band -- which just signed to McCoy's 903 Music label -- are among the talent slated for that Saturday night's concert at Longview's Lobo Coliseum.

McCoy and his wife, Melinda, founded ETAN eleven years ago to provide financial support for families of children living with terminal or life-threatening illnesses. ETAN has raised over $3 ½ million dollars to date and has helped ease some of the financial burden confronting these East Texas families. McCoy also supports our troops and has made nearly a dozen USO appearances in various regions of the world. McCoy also lends his time and talent to support numerous other causes. He was 2006 recipient of Country Radio Broadcasters' "Artist Humanitarian Award" and the Academy of Country Music's 2005 "Humanitarian Award."

McCoy's current album is titled That's Life. For additional information, go to www.nealmccoy.com.

Karen Kane, 903 Music's president, comments on the label-mates uniting for the benefit concerts, "Neal and Darryl are great humanitarians. Their coming together like this is a testament to the family atmosphere we foster at this label. We care about and support each other."

Parks' Place

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:57:01 -0400

Memphis co-angler nets top spot in division by netting the only 11-pound-plus stringer from back of the boat

Birmingham, Alabama - With their pros dictating nearly everything from fishing location to the amount of time spent on the water, tournament co-anglers will tell you that versatility is not only key, but unequivocally the single most important factor behind any successful title run. Case in point: Chad Parks.

In a textbook display of angling versatility, Parks reached into his bag of tricks, zigged when his pro zagged, caught fish on five different baits and walked off the weigh-in stage at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center with the largest sack recorded in the entire Co-angler Division - a five-fish stringer weighing 11 pounds, 4 ounces.

"It was a pretty awesome day I have to say," said Parks. "A lot of co-anglers don't practice a whole lot. But I really put my time in before this tournament. And if it weren't for my practice, I never would have decided on the right baits to use."

So what were Parks' baits of choice?

"Let's see," he said. "I caught two fish on two different jigs. I caught one Carolina rigging. I caught one on a Shaky-Head worm and another on a crankbait."

Parks said he also targeted fish on main-river ledges, fishing in 12 to 24 feet of water.

"When I was pre-fishing, I'd get so hot that I'd jump in the water just to cool off. And what I figured out by doing that was that the water temperature would drop off between 10 and 15 degrees when you got down 6 or 7 feet," he said. "So I figured the fish were probably going pretty deep to avoid the heat - at least that's what the smart ones would do. And usually, the smartest fish are the biggest fish."

But despite the fact that the tournament is still far from over, Parks said that he already feels like a winner.

"I've been fishing tournaments since I was 12 years old. In fact, the very first tournament I fished in, my parents had to sign a waiver because I was too young," he said. "So this is like a dream come true for me. It's definitely the biggest and most prestigious tournament I've ever fished in. When I first walked out from back stage today and saw the crowd, I couldn't even believe I was actually here. It's definitely a great feeling."

Now, with a huge leg up on the competition and a place in the top-24 cut all but guaranteed, Parks is in the enviable position of being able to coast during tomorrow's second day of tournament action.

"I'm going to fish hard tomorrow, but I should make the cut no matter what happens on Thursday," he said. "The pressure is really off for now. I'm going to sleep a lot better tonight than last night, that's for sure."

Phillips notches runner-up position

Bolstered by a five-fish sack weighing 10 pounds, 14 ounces, Mark Phillips of Fayetteville, Ark., grabbed second place overall in the Co-angler Division. However, it wasn't the second-place finish that had Phillips excited, it was the fact that he caught any fish at all.

"Last year I made the championship and I didn't weigh in a fish the entire tournament," he said. "So I've basically been waiting a whole year to redeem myself. But to finish the day in second place, that's just fantastic. It's really a big relief."

However, Phillips said that landing his impressive stringer was by no means an easy feat.

"I caught a fish in the first five minutes, but then I didn't catch another keeper until noon," he said. "I started thinking, "Uh-oh. But then the electric company started the current moving and the fishing really turned on from there."

Phillips said that he targeted humps and back-end arms with a combination of jigs, V&M worms and Carolina rigs to land the majority of his catch.

"I'll tell you what, I'm just tickled to death," Phillips said. "It's just so fun to be out here. I love fishing and these are just a great bunch of guys to be around."

Best of the rest

Bruce Dale of Jamestown, Ohio, finished the day in third place after landing a 10-pound, 4-ounce stringer.

Tyrone Phillips of Little Rock, Ark., took fourth place with a 9-pound, 14-ounce catch, and Andy Montgomery of Blacksburg, S.C., finished in fifth place with a catch of 9 pounds, 10 ounces.

Tournament format

While the pros are battling it out in a unique, bracket-style format, the co-angler competition is relatively straight forward. The top-48 co-anglers in the year-end standings will fish for two days. The 24 co-anglers with the largest two-day combined weights will make the cut after Thursday's weigh-in and advance to Friday's finals. Weights are then zeroed out before the top 24 co-anglers head out onto the water one last time on Friday. Ultimately, the angler with the largest stringer during the final day of competition will be crowned co-angler champion.

2006 Wal-Mart FLW Tournament action continues this morning at 7 a.m. (Central) at Pell City Lakeside Park, located at 2801 Stemley Bridge Road in Pell City, Ala.