Good morning, Nashville, and happy Fourth of July. Earlier this year we welcomed a whole new genre into Music City when the Barbershop Harmony Society moved their international headquarters to downtown Nashville. This weekend more than 8,500 barbershop harmony singers are taking over the city for the 70th Annual Quartet and Chorus Convention. The thought of a few thousand barbershop singers wandering the streets of Nashville makes us smile, because in the words of one singer, “I don’t think you’ll find any depressed people in the barbershop.”
- More killer tomatoes. Just when you thought you’d heard the last of the Killer Tomatoes, the latest victim is from right here in Nashville. This makes seven Tennesseans who have been sickened by the salmonella-laced tomatoes, so you may way to think twice before you bring those tomatoes to your July 4th cookouts.
- From the Nashville 911 files. Several people called 911 yesterday when some parents nearly started a brawl at a Little League baseball game. The parents were upset over a bad call by the umpire, but grew violent enough that other parents were afraid someone would pull a gun. After lots and lots of calls to 911, police finally showed up 22 minutes later. Good thing no one was actually armed, right?
- Bits & pieces. Jason Priestley, meet Nashville … They heard you! Metro schools changes up their controversial rezoning plan to make sure kids aren’t being segregated … Former senator John Ford’s trial is finally underway and Gov. Phil Bredesen testified yesterday.
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