A Great Party — A Great Venue — A Great Show!

Cece DuBois and Mike Montgomery at the viewing party

The viewing party was well-attended.

Anne Martin, Janis Ian

From left, Robert Ellis Orrall, Joanne Schwartz, Eddie Schwartz, Christine Orrall

Everybody loves a party, and I'm no exception. I thoroughly enjoyed the SAG Awards on TNT this year more than ever. Nashville's members started out the evening networking with fellow members, filmmakers, an agent or two, and the SAG-AFTRA staff.

Thirty-five local members of SAG-AFTRA Nashville and 19 of their industry guests enjoyed our Nashville Local’s second annual SAG Awards Viewing Party on Sunday, Jan. 27 at the Listening Room in downtown Nashville. The event was free to members in good standing, and there was a $10 cover charge for nonmembers. The $190 raised from the cover charge was donated to the Nashville Local Relief Fund.

The Listening Room turned out to be a great venue once everyone figured out that it had relocated to 2nd Avenue (you gotta read the fine print y'all). I was pleasantly surprised to find free parking and easy access to the location — bravo! That was especially great since it was a bit of a chilly evening in middle Tennessee. Once inside, I could not believe the 144-inch screen for viewing — it was gorgeous! The sound was amazing; there was plenty of room to watch the show, socialize, consume the eatables and win a door prize if you were lucky.

We plan to make this an annual event, another way to bring our membership together in celebration. See you next year!

Carla Christina Contreras
Nashville Board Co-Secretary