John Rich and Big Kenny join the ACM Lifting Lives campers on stage to sing their song at The Grand Ole Opry on June 22, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Ed Rode/Getty Images for ACM)
Luke Bryan, Lauren Alaina, Big & Rich, Jana Kramer and Brett Eldredge were among the country stars that helped give a group of campers a Nashville experience they’ll never forget.
Last week marked the Academy of Country Music’s third annual ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp, a week-long residential program in Nashville that hosts a nationwide group of musically inclined campers with developmental disabilities.
Throughout their week in Music City, campers took part in a songwriting workshop with Eldredge and David Lee Murphy, recorded a song in Ocean Way Studio with Bryan and Paul Worley, sang karaoke with Alaina, had a cookout with Kramer, and capped off their week by performing on the Grand Ole Opry stage with Big & Rich.
The camp is a partnership between ACM Lifting Lives - the charitable arm of the Academy of Country Music - and Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. To learn more, visit www.acmliftinglives.org.
