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3rd Annual “Bella Bash”

Presented by The Angel Wings Foundation at The Loveless Barn

October 21-September 27, 2010

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Award winning Nashville singer/songwriter/producer Regie Hamm has a dream. A dream of a world where special needs children and the families that love them have an “Angel Center” in Middle Tennessee where comprehensive therapy, diagnosis, and support is available for those children most profoundly challenged with genetic and/or mental disabilities.

To help turn that dream into reality, on Thursday, October 21, Regie will assemble a stellar list of celebrity friends for Nashville’s 3rd Annual “Bella Bash,” being held at the Loveless Barn on Highway 100 in West Nashville. Already scheduled for the evening of “music that makes a difference,” guests including Delilah, the most listened to female voice in radio history, American Idol favorites Melinda Doolittle and Danny Gokey, multi-Grammy winning Christian artist, Russ Taff, and nationally known comedian, Henry Cho, will join Regie Hamm onstage with additional music by Tim Akers & the Smoking Section. Celebrity red carpet is scheduled for 6:30pm with doors at 7:00pm.

The story behind the “Bella Bash” is a very personal one. In 2003, Hamm and his wife, Yolanda, flew to China to adopt their first child, Isabella Xin Meng Hamm. Unknown to them at the time, baby “Bella” suffered from a rare genetic disorder, Angelman Syndrome. Often mis-diagnosed by doctors because of the rarity of the still incurable condition, “Angels” like Bella are missing a tiny piece of maternal chromosome that renders them in need of constant care throughout life.

In honor of Bella, the “Bella Bash” was established in 2008 as a evening of music dedicated to raising much needed funds and awareness of Angelman Syndrome and the myriad of rare genetic and mental disorders still in the shadows, and often mis-diagnosed.

Regie, a multi-Grammy nominee and four time SESAC “Songrwiter of the Year,” has this year founded The Angel Wings Foundation. The vision is to not only assist in providing diagnoses for those suffering from genetic and/or mental disabilities, but to be a complete resource for the families, providing physical, speech/communication and occupational therapies, nutritional, emotional, and logistical ‘real world’ support for those facing the challenge and their caregivers. Registered as a 501(c)(3) non profit, The Angel Wings Foundation is dedicated to a quality of life and care for a segment of children too often under-served.

Long term goal of the newly formed Angel Wings Foundation is to ultimately establish an “Angel Center” here in Middle Tennessee. Partnering with Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, plans are currently on the drawing board for a center that would offer a full array of medical services and comprehensive therapy for children and adults battling the most severe forms of genetic and/or mental disabilities. It would be the first center of its kind in the U.S.