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Trace Adkins has a Top Ten hit with the latest single, "Just Fishin'" from his new album, Proud To Be Here, but last weekend he made an even bigger splash with an invitation he extended to the Middle Tennessee chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters.

On Sunday, August 28th, a group of ten Big Brothers and Sisters and ten Little Brothers and Sisters enjoyed a day on the lake at Adkins' farm - the same farm featured in the "Just Fishin'" video shoot.

The song, which has become a new Country classic about spending quality time to make memories with your children, served as an appropriate theme song for the day. The Littles and Bigs enjoyed a day of swimming, paddle boats, zip lines and, of course, fishing. Everyone caught at least one fish, and all who attended left with a brand new fishing pole of their own, courtesy of Adkins.

Although he was away performing in Pennsylvania, Trace called the farm to welcome everyone and express his wish that he could've been out on the lake with them.

"The impact that can result from a quiet conversation between a Big Brother or Sister and their Little Brother or Sister while fishing is priceless," commented Lowell Perry, Jr. - CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee. "I had the opportunity to meet Trace Adkins and part of his management team in Las Vegas when my daughter Tucker was representing Tennessee in the Miss USA pageant in 2010. He indicated then a willingness to get involved, and his generosity in making his lake available to our Bigs and Littles speaks volumes about his commitment to children."

For more information on ways you can get involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters, visit www.mentorakid.org.

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert took to YouTube to excite all of their fans with the announcement that they are FINALLY working on an album together.....Neal McCoy's album, that is!

Country rocker Jason Aldean's No. 1 hit "My Kinda Party" will open ACC Network's telecasts of the 2011 ACC football season.

The smash hit will be featured in the opening video montage to lead into each week's syndicated game.

Aldean joins a star-studded list of artists featured in Raycom Sports' (rightsholder of syndicated ACC men's basketball and football telecasts) football and basketball telecasts over the years, which also includes Chris Brown, Brooks & Dunn and Daughtry.

Aldean's My Kinda Party Tour continues to crisscross the country, selling out the nation's biggest amphitheaters with openers Chris Young and Thompson Square.

For more information and a full list of tour dates, visit Jason Aldean's official website!

Rascal Flatts celebrated their 13th No. 1 hit, "I Won't Let Go" with a bash at the Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville, and Yallwire cameras were there to catch the acceptance speeches from members of the super group.

Songwriter Jason Sellers, who was personally celebrating his own No. 1 hit for the second time (after Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson's hit "Don't You Wanna Stay"), took a few minutes to talk with host Stephanie Langston about the song. Jason - who has a strong religious background and was raised singing gospel music with his family - shares that he really likes the "Christian undertones" of the song. "The uplifting element of the lyric is what means most to me," he says. "I tried to write it that way...to where it was more inspirational. It's like a hymn, you know."

Jason also claims that while there is no specific "character" in the tune,  he always tries to write through his own experiences in hopes for listeners to connect the lyrics with their own story.

Thanking songwriters Jason and Stephen Robson, Rascal Flatts' Gary LeVox shares how grateful he is to hear from fans who have been touched by the song. "The sign of a great song is just what it means to so many people. You've written something that has touched hearts in ways they didn't even know they could be touched," the frontman says while congratulating the songwriter duo.

Showing appreciation for everyone at the celebration, bassist Jay DeMarcus says, "We feel like we've been able - through God's help - to surround ourselves with some amazing team players and amazing team members, so thank you for hanging in there with us. We're gettitng it dialed in and we feel like we're reinvigorated and we've got more energy and more passion for our music than we have had in a long, long time...let's make it another great ten years!"

To hear more from Jason Stellar and the message behind Rascal Flatts' No. 1 hit "I Won't Let Go," check out this interview from their celebration in Nashville!