by Lorilee Craker | The Grand Rapids Press
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With little fanfare, country megastar Vince Gill strode onstage as casually as if he was ambling into a band rehearsal. His laid back attitude set the pace for the warmly receptive crowd of about 6,000 Christmas revelers at he and wife Amy Grant's Yuletide concert at Van Andel Arena Thursday night.

Mellow, soothing, and uplifting were three moods present during the two-hour show, featuring two of music's best-loved singers crooning and strumming some of the finest seasonal music, both old and new.

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By Troy ReiminkThe Grand Rapids Press
GRAND RAPIDS -- If Vince Gill were in charge of school funding, arts would be the last thing on the chopping block.

"They could cut algebra if it was up to me," he joked Thursday night at Van Andel Arena before his Christmas concert with wife Amy Grant. "Arts and music are always the first things to go."

The couple appeared at a pre-show reception to benefit the Grand Rapids Public Schools Arts Advocates, a nonprofit group that helps fund arts and music programs of the city's public schools.

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Legendary country superstar, Vince Gill, has donated a rare autographed Hatch Print from the premier of Country Music Across America with Storme Warren,and a rare promotional pack that includes the rare Red, White & Air force Blue Christmas with Vince Gill for the Jayron's Hope Charity Auction. Jayron is a 3 year old boy with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. The proceeds from this auction will go to help offset the cost to battle this disease. BID NOW!

By: Alison Bonaguro
As if it’s not an honor enough to be named the Country Music Hall of Fame’s artist-in-residence, Vince Gill will also get to enjoy some major perks of that gig. Like bringing a few of his favorite collaborators onto the stage to join him for a song or two. That’s what other artists have done in the past six years since the program began, inviting guests like Garth Brooks and Alison Krauss to join them. And Gill is kind of the king of collaborating, having won armloads of Grammys for songs done with other artists. So expect the unexpected if you get tickets to Gill’s February shows when they go on sale next week. (And here’s a hint if you want the best seats. Buy a CMHOF membership for just $25, so you can buy tickets a couple days earlier than everyone else.)

I'll Be Home For Christmas is the second yuletide release for the vocalist, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Brian McKnight after 1998's all-original collection Bethlehem. The new CD includes special appearances by classical crossover star Josh Groban, Grammy winners Take 6, and country artist Vince Gill.

McKnight asked Gill to sing on one of his original compositions, titled "Christmas You And Me." He explained: "Every now and then I try to do some sort of fantastical things in my brain, so I said, you know, if I was a trucker and I was on my way home to be with my wife for the first time, my first Christmas together, what song would that be? And that's where that song came from. And to make it authentic I called my friend Vince Gill and said, 'Vince, you gotta get on this song with me (laughs).'That's pretty much what it was, I was trying to figure out what story hadn't been heard yet, at least not that I had heard."

Intimate Ford Theater Performances Slated for February 3, 17 and 24

NASHVILLE, Tenn., December 9, 2008 – Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill will bring his guitars, his songs, his voice and, most likely, many of his favorite collaborators when he takes the Ford Theater stage as the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s 2009 Artist-in-Residence. The Tuesday evening performances are slated for February 3, 17 and 24, 2009.

Vince Gill residency event tickets ($40.00) will be on sale exclusively to Museum members December 15-16 by calling (615) 416-2001. (A one-year Museum membership is $25 for adults, $10 for youth.) Tickets will go on sale to the public at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 17, and should be purchased online at www.countrymusichalloffame.com .

For more information, call (615) 416-2001.

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'Tis the Season to sing holiday tunes! GAC asked it's hosts to pick their favorite country songs and Vince made the list! Country Music Across America host Storme Warren picked Vince's version of "O Come All Ye Faithful."

Storme Warren
"O Come All Ye Faithful"--Vince Gill

Vince's voice was built for Christmas music. Cracklin' fire, glass of wine, kids asleep. His Christmas albums are the perfect soundtrack for winding down from a hectic holiday.

Make sure to tune in to CBS on Tuesday, December 9th to see Vince Gill and Amy Grant perform. Vince and Amy are currently on a 15 date Christmas tour that will end Dec. 22 and 23 with two shows in Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium. Check local listings for showtime. more!

George Jones was among the recipients Sunday of the Kennedy Center Honors, one of the highest accolades given in American entertainers.

Among those who were slated to salute Jones, according to The Washington Examiner, were Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Garth Brooks and Shelby Lynne.

Meanwhile, some of country's biggest stars lined up to pay homage to the Possum in The Washington Post. Among George's admirers:

Vince Gill: "What's beautiful about George's singing is, if you get the opportunity to speak to him, you'll hear in the way that he speaks that it's the same kind of cadence, same kind of rhythm of the way he sings. That's what makes him so gifted. It's unaffected. It's very, very natural. I really study that in people that are great singers. If you don't talk like you sing, then you're not as honest as maybe you should be." more!