Brittini at CMA FEST 2010!

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:38

Hello Everyone! Sorry it's been awhile since I"ve blogged... been a busy little bee! :) I never even got to tell ya'll how awesome CMA FEST week was! Wednesday night were the CMT awards.. how fun! This pic was me in front of the Bridgestone arena by an outdoor stage before we went in to watch the awards. You can't see much since it's dark, but at least you can see my cee-uu-te dress! LOL!

We got to watch the awards from a suite.. so fancy! :) And then we realized that next door was the room for Brooks & Dunn's people!

Friday I got to perform and it was so awesome because it was my first "initmate" acoustic show for CMA FEST. It was inside the Bridgestone Arena near their visitors center... Fans got to come in, cool off, and we really got to interact with eachother. It was a blast! People were singing along and I got to see their emotional reactions to a couple new songs. I was so glad they got to hear the words closely and give me some positive feedback. YAY!

The next day, I got to sign autographs at the GACTV booth! It was craziness in that convention center! :) Country music fans are just the best... it was so much fun to get to meet all of you and I can't wait for next year already!

There was an "Artist Lounge" at the Convention Center for all of us to rest, mingle and eat ( wow, did they have yummy food!) and much to my pleasant suprise, I got to chat and take a quick photo with RF... they are one of my absolute favs!!

I also got to see the amazing Victoria Shaw who I hadn't seen in a while... For those of you who don't know her by name, you sure know her by her unbelievable songwriting ( "The River"- Garth Brooks, " I Love the Way You Love Me"- John Michael Montgomery and sooo many more) plus she is behind the fab Lady A who I know you're all fans of too! Ain't she awesome?! Great to see you Vic!

Needless to say, I had a wonderful, fun, exciting, fan-filled, blessed week and every year I'm so thrilled to be a part of  CMA FEST! Next week starts my recording of the new Aaron's Inc jingle "Nobody Beats Aaron's" and I can't wait!! How much fun will that be?! I'm going to be a part of all of Aaron's commercials and national ads... you hopefully will hear yours truly on the radio or a tv commercial soon! Whoo hoo!

I'll be keeping you posted on all of the recording and video shooting we'll be doing.

Have a great week everyone! Blessings to you all!

Brittini

Brittini Black Sings at the Aaron's Dream Weekend at Talladega!

Tuesday, 27 April 2010 21:03

WOW! Ok guys... I can't even tell you how cool it was go to to Talladega this past weekend!! I had never been to a race before so this was a real treat! I got to go watch AND sing the National Anthem at both the 312 and 499 races! It was really amazing to be there and feel the 'action'. I can't believe these drivers go THAT fast in those cars!! I got to go in a pace car and we went up to 130 mph! That was definitely enough for me!! :) I'm a wimp.

This was so crazy... Miss America 2010 was supposed to sing for the 499 race but she got heat stroke and passed out so they called me up on stage at the last  minute I had about 2 minutes to run on stage and get ready to sing. Thank goodness I didn't mess it up! LOL! We felt so bad for her but she was ok after getting out of the heat.  I was definitely honored to be able to sing it at the BIG race though!

One of my friends was there and I didn't know it... she took this cool photo of me singing at the 312 Race from her camp-out area!

Ok... I didn't realize how LOUD it would be watching the race from the fence area... obviously REALLY LOUD! :))

Sandra Lee and I sang the "new" Aaron's theme song that she wrote before the 499 Race... it was awesome and everyone in the massive crowd was saying "NOBODY BEATS AARON'S... NOBODY" with us!

I want to shout out to Aaron's, and MBP Productions and Dream Girls for the great A+ treatment this weekend! I was so thrilled to be there and sing our Nation's Anthem as the races began! So glad the tornadoes and storms on Saturday rolled on by and that we were able to do both races on Sunday... it was such a cool experience to be RIGHT THERE as the cars were speeding by!

Congrats to the winners of both races and so glad no one was hurt badly!

Blessings to you all!
Brittini

Brittini Visits the Wounded Warriors and Reaches out to our Youth!

Monday, 01 March 2010 20:24

Wow ya'll... what an eventful week!

I just got back from Washington - our Nation's amazing capitol! I love that darn city. The feeling you get there is so powerful, so awesome. It was mighty windy, blustery and cold, but I already can't wait to go back (in nice weather) and have some time to sit outside on the Liocoln Memorial all afternoon, my face up to the sun, picnic on the stairs just taking it all in... ahhhhhh. :)

I had a full week and it was so awesome. Tuesday night was the National Guard Youth Challenge Gala. What an event!! They raised over $1 million dollars for the program... Dale Earnhart Jr was at my table, one of the BIG Fox News anchors, Senators, governors, and more... so cool! It was a pleasure to perform and be a part of that night. I so believe in the program and think it is SO INCREDIBLY important. TENNESSEE WE NEED ONE!!

The next day I got to go to the senate building and listen to a panel supporting the program. It was so enlightening to be in Washington seeing how things happen... I was so official! :) The WWE wrestler MVP was on the panel and I found out he's good friends with one of my good friends. Small world!

That afternoon I moved hotels and got to go to the Ritz Carlton!! Holy smokes that place is nice. We had a dinner for America's Adopt A Soldier and I got a service award! It was an honor to be recognized... I don't feel like I do that much, in fact I always get a lot more from the folks I'm trying to give a little smile to than anything! But it was still so nice to get an award! :) Helping our military, their families and our vets is the best! Hey I just rhymed! haha

The next day was a busy day! I got to sing the National Anthem at a ceremony for one of our wonderful military men at Walter Reed hospital, then I got to go into another area of the hospital and sing a whole 30 mins! It was so great to be there and chat with our soldiers for a little while... was so glad to be there! After that, I left to go to the National Guard building and sing the Anthem for the Change of Command ceremony. I signed autographs and took pictures with everyone there. Happy to have met everyone!

I finished out the week at a fundraiser at the Tysons Cole Haan store Thursday night... it was benefiting America's Adopt a Soldier. It was great!! I got some really awesome boots and a jacket - whoohoo!- and got to sing a bunch! The people at Cole Haan were so sweet and kind and helpful! I hope to go back and do another event sometime soon!

Well, we woke up Friday morning to leave DC and head back to Nashville... and guess what happened?!?! Flights cancelled. Huge Storm in the Northeast. Not snowing in DC but 40-50 mile an hour winds. OH NO!!!!!! We spent hours on the phone trying to get out... but there was nothing. SO after much discussion and even though we were worn out from the week, we hoped in a rental car and DROVE BACK TO NASHVILLE! 10 hours! It was craziness but we had to get back so there ya go! You do what you gotta do! :)) It's all good, we're back safe and sound and ready for another great week! More soon

Hope you are all doing well!

Much love and blessings,

Brittini

YOUTH CHALLENGE GALA and Upcoming Trip to DC!

Monday, 01 February 2010 23:03

Hey Everyone! Happy Feburary 2010 already! I can't believe it!

First of all, how about those Grammy Awards last night?!? Carrie Underwood's dress was INSANE! I loved it! And most of the performances I thought really rocked the house... Zac Brown and Lady A really did country music good! And how about Andrea Bocelli and Mary J? Wow. I also loved Dave Matthews song! Downloaded it as soon as I got home. So much fun watching award shows!! Can't wait til I'm there rubbin elbows with everyone!! :)

I'm excited for a trip to DC soon... I get to visit the wounded warriors, have a fancy dinner at the Ritz, go to Capitol Hill and the WHITE HOUSE... and get to perform at the Youth Challenge Gala!! I think I get to open for Craig Morgan too! Wheee... Won't that be a good time! The program just came in the mail with my face on it so I got all excited and wanted to share it with you! See me?? YAY!

I had a really fun show at the Hard Rock Nashville a couple weeks ago... what a cool venue in town! It really rocks now that they renovated it!! We had a packed house and I just have to say it was one of the most fun shows to have so many Nashville fans and friends there! Thanks to everyone who came out on such a cold night! :) It was great to jam out with all of you! Here's a few photos... I did a full band set but these are a couple from the acoustic part of the evening!

Don't know if you've heard in the news that Nashville has gotten a crazy amount of snow in the last few days! Really new for us... like 5 inches! I know I know, it's nothing for those who live in the North.. we're wimps! :) It's been fun though seeing the city all white and seeing families sledding and making snowmen! Kinda like it..... minus the icy conditions and freezing temps! haha.

Hope you all have a great week ahead! Many blessings!

Brittini