The 18th annual International Country Music Conference (ICMC) will be held May 31- June 1, 2001, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. ICMC solicits proposals in all disciplines related to all aspects of the history and contemporary status of country music. ICMC broadly defines country music to include variants from precommercial and old time country to bluegrass, honky tonk, and alternative country. Proposals on the educational applications of country music from kindergarten through the collegiate curriculum are also welcome. For details, check ICMC’s Web site (http://plato.ess.tntech.edu/www/ci/icmc.html).

All presenters will be expected to pay the $60.00 (U.S.) registration fee. Proposals should include title of paper, a 75-100 word abstract, name of presenter(s), institutional affiliation(s), complete address(es), phone and fax numbers, e-mail address(es). Proposals may be submitted by e-mail to JAkenson@tntech.edu or sent by conventional mail to James E. Akenson, Box 5042, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN 38505, U.S.A. Deadline for receipt of proposals is Friday, October 27, 2000.