Department of Parks
Songwriting Seminar Jan. 27-28 at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park

GREENUP, Ky. – Greenbo Lake State Resort Park, in partnership with the Greenup County Extension Arts Council, presents a weekend seminar, “Become A Better Songwriter,” on Jan. 27-28.

The seminar will include workshops, jam sessions and a dinner concert on Saturday night, Jan. 28.

The special guest for the seminar will be singer-songwriter Rick Ferrell, writer of Tim McGraw’s “Something Like That” and Martina McBride’s “Where Would You Be.”

Rick Ferrell is a native of Portsmouth, Ohio, and has had his songs recorded by a wide range of artists, from Thomas Conley, Eddie Raven and Tanya Tucker to new country artists such as  Montgomery Gentry, Julianne Hough, Rio Grande and others.

At the end of 2009, Ferrell’s song “Something Like That” emerged as the most played song of the decade on radio in any musical genre.

Greenbo Lake State Resort Park is offering two packages. One offers two nights lodging, seminars and the dinner concert for $125 per person, plus tax, based on double occupancy. The second package offers two nights lodging and seminars only for $85 per person, also plus tax and based on double occupancy.

The dinner and concert only is $40 plus tax per person.

Greenbo Lake State Resort Park is on KY 1, 18 miles north of Interstate 64 from the Grayson exit, or 8 miles south of U.S. 23, the Country Music Highway on KY 1. The park features the Jesse Stuart Lodge with 36 rooms, convention center and Anglers’ Cove Restaurant. The park has a 225-acre lake for boating and fishing, tennis courts, and 25 miles of multi-use trails for hiking, biking and horseback riding. The campground is open April 1 through Oct. 31. Greenbo’s amphitheater features musical concerts and plays during the summer and fall.

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