Grand Prize Includes Trip to Nashville, TN to Meet Trace Adkins at
Grand Ole Opry, Plus $50,000 in Cash

Dollar General Corp. is offering customers the opportunity to win big this summer with the Big Stage sweepstakes. Country music star Trace Adkins is helping promote the sweepstakes, which kicks-off in all Dollar General stores this weekend on June 28 and runs through October 1.

"This is a great opportunity for country music fans to meet one of the great performers in country music: Trace Adkins," said Rick Dreiling, Dollar General's chairman and CEO. "This sweepstakes comes on the heels of Dollar General's Grand Ole Opry sponsorship announcement. We're delighted to offer our customers a variety of ways to experience country music."

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From John Gerome,

Trace Adkins was qualified to gloat about his two nominations at Tuesday night's CMT Music Awards.

After all, he had to persuade his label, Capitol Nashville, to let him make the video for "You're Gonna Miss This," which was up for video of the year and male video of the year (though it won neither). Trace sang the song — which topped the Billboard country chart for three straight weeks — during the show.

"The song was just a bonus track on a greatest-hits album. It was never intended to be a single," Trace explained recently.

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Cindy Watts - Tennessean

Trace Adkins showed up at the CMA Music Festival pressroom Saturday minus his hat and with no ponytail. His hair was hanging in wavy curls way down past his shoulders and, really, people were stunned. Adkins made a joke about the microphone being too short, and by that time everyone had regained their composure.

From there, the gruff singer talked about his upcoming tour with Toby Keith and how he has no control over the music that gets played in his house.

A reporter then lobbed a question: Who's tougher, him or Toby?

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Trace Adkins brought his family along Thursday morning (June 11) when he hosted his fan club party at Nashville's Belcourt Theatre during the CMA Music Festival. Seated alone on the stage, he spent about an hour answering questions previously submitted by his fan club members. Among other things, Adkins revealed he doesn't use computers ("don't like them," he said), his favorite interviewer is Craig Ferguson and he would not consider running for president. The 47-year-old singer also said it's awesome being a grandfather. He took a moment to describe 17-month-old Hadley as beautiful and smart, saying, "She even knows sign language." Later at the party, Adkins was joined onstage by two guitarists to accompany him on a short set of songs. The party closed with fans having their photos taken with Adkins. more!

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Trace is nominated for Male Video of the Year and Video of The Year for "You're Gonna Miss This." If he wins Trace's charity (FAAN) will receive up to a $5000.00 donation from CMT. This is a great opportunity for Trace's fans to not only show their support for him, but also to help raise money for a great cause! To thank you for voting, fans who register here and vote in the CMT Music Awards will be entered to win a weekly prize! If Trace wins a CMT Award then one participant will be entered at random to win a Grand Prize! Remember to vote with your emails and to spread the word by sharing this email with your friends and family and through your social networking sites! more!

The initial lineup of performers for 2009 CMA Music Festival is a strong mix of superstars and fan favorites.

"The talented folks that make up our initial artist lineup leave me in awe every time they perform," said Tammy Genovese, CMA Chief Executive Officer. "We know our attendees are going to be thrilled."

The list of performers on the main stage during the Nightly Concerts on the VAULT(TM) Concert Stage at LP Field includes:

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Trace will be part of Dollar General’s Big Stage Sweepstakes launching June 28 and running through Oct. 1, 2009. Dollar General will award more than 2,000 exciting prizes, including a grand prize trip to Nashville to meet Trace and watch him perform live on the Opry, plus $50,000 cash. Details on how to enter will be announced soon!

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