The Country Music Concert headlines with Grammy nominee and top Billboard artist Keith Anderson performing at the 31st annual Christmas in Ida on Saturday, December 7th.

Anderson will be performing "Pickin' Wildflowers" which quickly jumped to the top 10 Billboard Charts. Other top songs include Wild Girls, Sunday Morning in America, Somebody Needs A Hug, I Still Miss You, She Could've Been Mine, Tight White Wife Beater and Your Town For Now.

His album Three Cord Country and American Rock and Roll which included Pickin' Wildflowers, XXL, Every Time I Hear Your Name, and Podunk was certified gold by the RIAA. In 2008 Anderson recorded the album C'mon! which included Sunday Morning in America and I Still Miss You which hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Anderson has proven himself as an ace songwriter with the Grammy-nominated Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?,) recorded as a duet by Garth Brooks and George Jones, and The Bed, recorded by the multi-Platinum Gretchen Wilson as a vocal event with Big & Rich.

Anderson's high-energy performances and genuine love of people is drawing standing room only crowds that enjoy a sound that hits home with the core of Middle America country music audiences.

The small town charm of Keith Anderson has earned a reputation for hard work and openhearted friendliness that got him named as the Number 1 New Male Artist in 2005 and was named one of the 50 Hottest Bachelors by Peoples Magazine.

Anderson who was raised in Miami, OK where he pursued several passions. He was an avid sportsman until a shoulder injury forced him to retreat from professional athletics. He graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in engineering but soon after found himself at another crossroads as he began to pursue a career in music.

After moving to Nashville, Anderson used his time to write songs which sparked his career as a songwriter. "It was a blessing because I got to spend those years writing and developing a song catalog. And not just writing, but writing with people like Jeffrey Steele, Bob DiPiero, Craig Wiseman, guys like that." Anderson went on to write Lost in This Moment which later scored a CMA and ACM Song of the Year nomination.

Featuring

Taylor Taylor

The exciting Pop-Music Concert features Michigan native and up-and-coming star Taylor Taylor. She presents a blend of Jazz and Pop that offers an eclectic sound with the accompaniment of acoustic guitar. At the young age of 16, Taylor’s music offers maturity and insight beyond her years into life and love. She has played at several events including the Bluebird Cafe in Tennessee where she opened for Radio Disney's Shane Harper.

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Friday Night

Commemorative Concert

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The Christmas in Ida Family Concert Series opens its doors to the world on Friday evening with a Commemorative Concert featuring the Saline Fiddlers presented by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Performing traditional bluegrass, western swing, Celtic and Christmas music, the Saline Fiddlers present a positive influence by today's wholesome American youth, the ensemble will perform an upbeat inspirational concert that will bring Holiday smiles to the young and young at heart. The concert is in cooperation with the Cornerstone Baptist Church, Ida United Methodist church, West Ida Lutheran Church and St. Joseph Catholic Church and is funded in part by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Michigan Humanities Council.

In true Christmas in Ida tradition, all concerts are free with many opportunities to meet you're the stars of the concerts.

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