{"id":1994524,"date":"2023-08-08T16:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldean-morgan-wallen-and-other-music-artists-unite-for-the-covenant-school-benefit\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T16:44:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:44:36","slug":"jason-aldean-morgan-wallen-and-other-music-artists-unite-for-the-covenant-school-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldean-morgan-wallen-and-other-music-artists-unite-for-the-covenant-school-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Aldean, Morgan Wallen, And Other Music Artists Unite For The Covenant School Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjason-aldean-morgan-wallen-and-other-music-artists-unite-for-the-covenant-school-benefit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1994524&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Artists from\u2062 the \u200bcountry and Christian music genres came\u2064 together to\u2064 perform \u2064in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nashville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nashville<\/a>,\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee<\/a>, on\u2062 Monday evening \u200cfor\u2063 a \u200cbenefit event for The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/the-covenant-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Covenant\u200d School<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>\u201cA \u2064Covenant Knight\u201d at the Grand Ole Opry<\/h2>\n<p> featured \u200cperformances by\u2063 Jason Aldean, Morgan Wallen, Old Dominion, Anne Wilson, and others\u2062 several months after a\u200d deadly mass shooting at \u2064the \u2064local \u2062Christian school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so grateful for the way music impacts\u200c our \u2062lives and can \u2063bring\u2064 us together, and I\u2019m hoping this event will help everyone \u2063feel Jesus\u2019 presence,\u201d Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Annewilsonmusic\/status\/1674048785603870721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a post to X ahead of the event.<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds from the show \u2062are being\u2064 directed to The Covenant \u200dSchool Community\u200c Fund to \u201ccontinue mental health support for healing, ease the\u2062 transition back into\u200b the building and equip the school for a safe,\u2062 successful new year together,\u201d \u200caccording to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opry.com\/show\/2023-08-07-covenant-benefit-at-7-30-pm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event\u200d page on Opry\u2019s \u200dwebsite<\/a>. The event was put together with the help\u2064 of two parents \u200dof students \u2063who attend \u2062the school, \u200bHouston Phillips and Chad\u200b Schultz, who are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-non-fungible-tokens-and-blockchain-are-changing-the-art-and-music-worlds\/\" title=\"How Non-Fungible Tokens And Blockchain Are Changing The Art And Music Worlds\">music industry veterans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064shooting at The Covenant School\u200b in late March\u2063 killed three children and three adults. The victims have\u200b been identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9; Hallie \u200dScruggs, 9; William Kinney, 9; Cynthia Peak, 61; Katherine Koonce, 60; and Mike Hill, 61.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities released body camera video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/graphic-bodycam-footage-shows-heroic-police-response-to-nashville-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showing<\/a> police \u2062officers\u200b responding to the shooting and taking out the shooter, who allegedly was a 28-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-charged-after-death-threat-sent-to-media-ceo-over-request-for-nashville-school-shooter-manifesto\/\" title=\"Man charged for death threat to media CEO over Nashville school shooter manifesto request.\">transgender-identifying woman<\/a>. The Daily Wire is not \u2063naming the suspect\u2063 to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nashville-police-deny-daily-wires-request-for-trans-shooters-manifesto\/\" title=\"Nashville Police Deny Daily Wire\u2019s Request For Trans Shooter\u2019s Manifesto\">avoid giving notoriety<\/a> to \u200cmass killers.<\/p>\n<p>People who missed the benefit can expect the \u2063show to air for six consecutive nights \u2064on the Circle Network starting \u2062on August 19, the Opry event page\u200c said. A smattering of posts\u200c and clips from the show made their way to \u200bsocial \u2063media that offered a glimpse \u200bof the \u200dperformances and remarks given by some of\u2063 the artists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u200d want to give a \u200dshout-out\u2064 to the first responders \u200chere \u200cin Nashville who did such an amazing job,\u201d\u2063 Aldean told people in attendance, as shown in a \u200bclip posted to Instagram by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/98wsix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-the-guy-who-created-talk-radio-megyn-kelly-and-eric-bolling-discuss-rush-limbaughs-legacy\/\" title=\"\u2018This Is The Guy Who Created Talk Radio\u2019: Megyn Kelly And Eric Bolling Discuss Rush Limbaugh\u2019s Legacy\">local radio station<\/a> The Big 98<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 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href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CvsBzppRSHS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A \u200dpost shared by The BIG 98 \u2062(@98wsix)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGlad to be here, glad to help out, and I think about you guys \u2014\u00a0have been\u2063 for \u2064a \u200blong time,\u201d\u200c Aldean \u2063added.<\/p>\n<p>One\u2064 TikTok account \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@hannaheatsnashville\/video\/7264813293833997614?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted a video<\/a> showing Wallen addressing the audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody should ever\u2062 have to go through what \u2063you went through,\u201d Wallen said. \u201cBut I just wanted to let you know that \u200cme and my \u200cfamily have been praying for \u200byou and\u2062 that \u2062we\u2019re here for you and we\u2019ve just been thinking about you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u200b know,\u2063 I\u2019ve got a 3-year-old boy, and he\u2019s not at school yet, but whenever I\u2062 heard this news my mind couldn\u2019t help but go straight to him and\u2064 think about what you guys are going through,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s just an honor to be here, to try to give \u200dyou guys\u200d some hope, to try to \u200dhopefully have a little bit \u2062of fun as well tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The benefit event \u200dtook\u200d place as children \u200dacross \u200cthe country begin to return to classrooms\u200c for the new school year.<\/p>\n<p>As of press \u200dtime, The Covenant School Community Fund website <a href=\"https:\/\/factsmgtadmin.com\/give\/appeal\/iWSuCKbG7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said \u2062it \u2064had raised<\/a> more than $570,000 across 279 donations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artists from the country and Christian music genres came together to 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