{"id":10515,"date":"2019-08-05T12:20:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T16:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=10515"},"modified":"2019-08-05T12:21:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T16:21:07","slug":"want-to-be-a-songwriter-learn-from-chuck-jones-and-tony-arata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=10515","title":{"rendered":"Want to be a songwriter? Learn from Chuck Jones and Tony Arata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VALDOSTA — Do you want to try your hand at songwriting? You have a chance to learn from two country songwriting legends who have several top hits under their collective belts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday, August 17, Valdosta Main Street is hosting a Songwriter Showcase featuring Nashville, Tennessee artists Tony Arata and Chuck Jones. The Songwriter Showcase will take place at the Dosta Playhouse in Downtown Valdosta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singer & songwriter Tony Arata grew up in Savannah and attended Georgia Southern University. He is best known for writing the No. 1 U.S. country hit \u201cThe Dance\u201dby Garth Brooks<\/a>, and another No. 1 hit \u201cDreaming with My Eyes Open\u201d by Clay Walker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chuck Jones has also had multiple No. 1 hits with Diamond Rio\u2019s \u201cLove a Little Stronger\u201d and Billy Dean\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s What I Do\u201d. <\/em>Throughout the years, he has worked with many established artists, such as Reba McIntire, Montgomery Gentry, Patti Labelle, and Ronnie Milsap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doors will open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are available on the Valdosta Main Street website, Facebook page and at the Valdosta Main Street office located at 300 N. Lee Street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

General admission tickets will be sold for $20. With less than 200 total seats available, so time is limited. A cash bar will also be provided by Covington\u2019s Dining & Catering. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VALDOSTA — Do you want to try your hand at songwriting? You have a chance to learn from two country songwriting legends who have several top hits under their collective belts. On Saturday, August 17, Valdosta Main Street is hosting a Songwriter Showcase featuring Nashville, Tennessee artists Tony Arata and Chuck Jones. The Songwriter Showcase […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3391],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}