Operation Song - Veterans, Active Military Write Songs w/ Pr

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OPERATION SONG™
A Collaboration With Veterans, Active Military and Professional Songwriters - Empowering Them To Tell Their Stories Through Song
 WRITERS TO PERFORM THE SINGLE
“THE LAST MONDAY IN MAY”
AT THE WWII MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON DC
 Album Forthcoming June 9

OPERATION SONG's mission is to empower veterans and active duty military to tell their stories through the process of songwriting in creative and therapeutic settings. They are paired with top Nashville songwriters to share their experiences through music. Thus far, there have been more than 200 songs created. The single “Last Monday in May” was co-created by six veterans of Viet Nam, Iraq, or Afghanistan along with longtime Nashville songwriters Bob Regan and Don Goodman.
The single, "Last Monday in May" is being released exclusively by Operation Song™ Records on Memorial Day, and is availlable at Operationsong.org and wherever downloads are sold. All profits from the sale of "Last Monday in May" will directly benefit the non-profit “Operation Song.”™
Listen to Last Monday in May

Several of the writers will perform the “Last Monday in May” at the WWII Memorial on the National Mall as well as in the parade for the coming Memorial Day celebration. The single will be released to radio and media to raise the awareness of the program, and the full album Operation Song will be available via online retailers on June 9, 2015.
The vision of Operation Song™ is to become the premmier songwriting organization serving the military community stateside and overseas, and to train others in their therapeutic model. It is a unique treatment option to help individuals recover from the stress of war. The participants need no musical background, only the desire to tell their story. In a typical session, the songwriter listens and encourages the military participants to share his or her experiences. Together, they arrange the narrative and the end result is a complete song they can call their own.
Over these past 2 years, Operation Song™ has had coontinuous weekly programs at the Alvin C. York Veterans Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN and in Clarksville, TN. They have put on songwriting retreats at the VA Women’s Center in Nashville, TN, The Wounded Warrior Project in Colorado Springs, CO, at Ft Benning, GA, at Fort Campbell KY, and in partnership with the VA in Chattanooga, TN. Tina Haynes, a licensed music therapist who has worked over three decades with veterans, also contributes her services.
Ward Davis is the vocalist on the first single. He is an American singer/songwriter from Southeast Arkansas. Since moving to Nashville in 2000, Ward has written songs recorded by Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Wade Hayes, Sammy Kershaw, Trace Adkins, and many others. While writing has always been a passion for Ward, his first love is singing and playing. He recently released his first full-length album, Fifteen Years In a Ten Year Town.
 About the event
The event at the WWII Memorial will commence at 9:00AM and the Parade will commence at 1:00PM. The reviewing stand location for the parade is on Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th Streets. The reviewing stand tent is set up on the Gallery of Art side of the street, and The National Archives will provide the backdrop. Operation Song participants will perform on the street for the pre-parade.