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BMI Songwriter Helps Shine the Spotlight on Storytelling at Virginia Tourism Summit

Posted in News on November 26, 2019
Pictured (L-R) before the Virginia Tourism Summit session on storytelling are: (sitting) BMI songwriter Crys Matthews and Summit MC Kelli Lemon. (Standing): Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Tourism Association President & CEO Eric Terry and BMI’s Dan Spears.
Pictured (L-R) before the Virginia Tourism Summit session on storytelling are: (sitting) BMI songwriter Crys Matthews and Summit MC Kelli Lemon. (Standing): Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Tourism Association President & CEO Eric Terry and BMI’s Dan Spears.

BMI partnered with the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Tourism Association in presenting a session on storytelling at the 2019 Virginia Tourism Summit held recently (11/18) in Crystal City, VA. Entitled “Telling Powerful Heritage Through Music,” the session focused on where music and storytelling meet, and featured local BMI singer-songwriter Crys Matthews, who was interviewed by Richmond radio personality and podcaster Kelli Lemon. Matthews, a resident of Herndon, VA, shared her songs with the audience of more than 500 travel & tourism professionals and discussed how she uses her voice to be a “drum major for justice.”

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Richmond radio personality Kelli Lemon interviews BMI songwriter Crys Matthews at the 2019 Virginia Tourism Summit.