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1927 Society

The 1927 Society is the primary giving society for individuals, couples, and families. Membership is based on support given during a rolling 12-month period. All members are featured on the Donor Wall in the museum.

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1927 Society

The 1927 Society is the primary giving society for individuals, couples, and families. Membership is based on support given during a rolling 12-month period. All members are featured on the Donor Wall in the museum.

Below you can find out more about the benefits of becoming a member of The 1927 Society as well as all of the current members.

THE 1927 SOCIETY GIVING LEVELS AND BENEFITS

Fan
$250-$499
Advocate
$500-$999
Promoter
$1000-$2499
Ambassador
$2500-$4999
Benefactor
$5000-$9999
Champion
$10,000+

1927 Society membership card that allows unlimited entry to the Museum

Listed at level in Donor Display at Museum, in newsletter, and on website

1927 Society newsletter

1927 Society decal and lapel pin

Single-day Museum passes to share with others
6
10
12
20
25
30

Smithsonian membership

Opportunity to purchase a limited number of Festival tickets at lowest available price
2
4
6
8
12
20

Invitation to 1927 Society Concert Series

Contribution will count toward inclusion in the Unbroken Circle Society

Advance purchase opportunities and discounts on select events

10% discount at The Museum Store

Single discounted rental at Museum (based on availability)
5%
10%
20%
25%
50%

Complimentary weekend Festival tickets
2
4
6
8

Complimentary tickets (2) to quarterly 1927 Society Concert Series

THE 1927 SOCIETY GIVING LEVELS AND BENEFITS

1927 Society membership card that allows unlimited entry to the Museum

Fan $250-$499

Advocate $500-$999

Promoter $1000-$2499

Ambassabor $2500-$4999

Benefactor $5000-$9999

Champion $10,000+

Listed at level in Donor Display at Museum, in newsletter, and on website

Fan $250-$499

Advocate $500-$999

Promoter $1000-$2499

Ambassabor $2500-$4999

Benefactor $5000-$9999

Champion $10,000+

1927 Society newsletter

Fan $250-$499

Advocate $500-$999

Promoter $1000-$2499

Ambassabor $2500-$4999

Benefactor $5000-$9999

Champion $10,000+

1927 Society decal and lapel pin

Fan $250-$499

Advocate $500-$999

Promoter $1000-$2499

Ambassabor $2500-$4999

Benefactor $5000-$9999

Champion $10,000+

Single-day Museum passes to share with others

Fan $250-$499
6

Advocate $500-$999
10

Promoter $1000-$2499
12

Ambassabor $2500-$4999
20

Benefactor $5000-$9999
25

Champion $10,000+
30

Smithsonian membership

Fan $250-$499

Advocate $500-$999

Promoter $1000-$2499

Ambassabor $2500-$4999

Benefactor $5000-$9999

Champion $10,000+

Opportunity to purchase a limited number of Festival tickets at lowest available price

Fan $250-$499
2

Advocate $500-$999
4

Promoter $1000-$2499
6

Ambassabor $2500-$4999
8

Benefactor $5000-$9999
12

Champion $10,000+
20

Invitation to 1927 Society Concert Series

Fan $250-$499

Advocate $500-$999

Promoter $1000-$2499

Ambassabor $2500-$4999

Benefactor $5000-$9999

Champion $10,000+

Contribution will count toward inclusion in the Unbroken Circle Society

Fan $250-$499

Advocate $500-$999

Promoter $1000-$2499

Ambassabor $2500-$4999

Benefactor $5000-$9999

Champion $10,000+

Advance purchase opportunities and discounts on select events

Advocate $500-$999

Promoter $1000-$2499

Ambassabor $2500-$4999

Benefactor $5000-$9999

Champion $10,000+

10% discount at The Museum Store

Advocate $500-$999

Promoter $1000-$2499

Ambassabor $2500-$4999

Benefactor $5000-$9999

Champion $10,000+

Single discounted rental at Museum (based on availability)

Advocate $500-$999
5%

Promoter $1000-$2499
10%

Ambassabor $2500-$4999
20%

Benefactor $5000-$9999
25%

Champion $10,000+
50%

Complimentary weekend Festival tickets

Promoter $1000-$2499
2

Ambassabor $2500-$4999
4

Benefactor $5000-$9999
6

Champion $10,000+
8

Complimentary tickets (2) to quarterly 1927 Society Concert Series

Champion $10,000+

Champion ($10,000 +)

$10,000 +

Anonymous
Beverly Fanning
Marvin & Marcia Gilliam
Anonymous
Terry & Larry Kirksey
Anna Sevier Morgan
John & Ann Tickle

Benefactor ($5,000 - $9,999)

$5,000 - $9,999

Joe & Sandy Armstrong
Bill & Rose Marie Burriss
Bill & Andrea Ford
J. Edd & Suzanne Hill
Jim & Kay Bunn
Keith & Bonnie Liskey
Rob Nicar
Mike & Debbie Quillen
Linda & Mike Riley
Jeff & Kim Rugel
Don & Ginia Shawl
Spike & Lisa Tickle
Ty & Jullann Warren
Scott & Brenda White

Ambassador ($2,500 - $4,999)

$2,500 - $4,999

William & Elizabeth Burriss
Lois & Larry Clarke
Ben & Anne Cowan
John & Peggy Cowan
John & Barb Dahlquist
Roger & Carol Leonard
Jerrie Moretz White
Todd & Crystal Peak
Jim & Linda Rainero
Richard Rogers
Thomas & Barbara Smith
John & Karen Vann
Audrey Zaidi

Promoter ($1,000 - $2,499)

$1,000 - $2,499

Dr. N. L. & Gay C. Adams
Anonymous
George & Karen Aprahamian
Vann & Rebecca Avirett
Ed & Pam Balaban
Jeff & Amy Benedict
Dan & Nell Bieger
Thelma S. Blair
Robert & Joday Blevins
Mike & Susan Brown
Pete & Melanie Buhls
Scott & Connie Bullock
Jason & Edie Cannon
Charlie & Ann Christ
David & Nancy Deal
Jasen & Christy Eige
Jim & Sharon Elliott
Dave & Patty Faulkner
Robin & Margaret Feierabend
Hugh & Annette Ferguson
John & Brenda Fincher
Rachel Fowlkes
Dr. & Mrs. Nelson Gwaltney
Ken & Cindy Hale
Larry & Debbie Hodge
Clinton J. Holley III & Bonnie Flinner
Richard & Peggy Horner
James & Paula Hurt
Sherri Jessee
Lucyann Jewell
Seldon & Margo Johnson
Ken & Kelly Kennerly
Justin Laughter
David & Peg Lester
Clyde & Susan Long
Joe & Annette Macione
Logan & Alison McCabe
Phil McFarland
Tom & Sandy McGlothlin
Anita Morrell & Liza Conway
Gerald & Deborah Prescott
Charles & Mary Beth Rainero
Steve Rainero
Joseph & Dana Robinette
Thomas & Beth Rogers
John & Leah Ross
Dale & Joneen Sargent
H.D. & Mary Lynn Satterwhite
Mitch & Angelique Skaggs
Bill & Becky Smith
Steven & Debbie Smith
John Snyder III
Mike & Karen Spear
Dr. Donna Stidham
Paul & Julie Thomas
David Thompson & Connie Thomas
Jeff & Robin Tickle
Maureen & Jim Tilley
Nita & Michael Vollmer
Bill & Billie Whisnant
George A. Whitley
Janet Woolwine

Advocate ($500 - $999)

$500 - $999

Dr. and Mrs. Chris Allen
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Jane W. Bachman
Eric & Christina Blevins
Ken & Linda Brittle
Kimberly Brown
Chip Burkholder & Beverly Robinette
Wes Burleson
Dr. Bob & Charlotte Campbell
Greg & Annette Cochran
John & Mary Connor
Chad & Lynn Couch
Dirk & Karen Crandell
Ron & Lois Crockett
Bruce & Tabitha Crowder
Brian & Julia Davis
Mark & Susan Davis
Ralph & Terri Davis
Brad & Bethany Deal
Preston & Jennifer Deal
Sarah Dupree
Joe & Ceil Dutton
Larry & Carolyn Dye
Terrell & Nancy Estes
Katherine Evans
Wayne & Shawna Feeley
Terry Fletcher
John Ed & Jackie Fuller
Ethan Fulwood
Mary E. Geiger
Rick & Diane Gentry
Frank Goodpasture III
Rick & Cindy Guthrie
Robert Harwood-Matthews
Kim & Beattie Hearst
Lawrence Inscho
Bill & Brenda Johnstone
Greg & Susan Jordan
Dale & Molly Keller
Ruth King
Thomas & Leigh King
Joe & Pat Lawson
Todd & Melissa Liskey
Wade & Meredith Massie
Roger & Karen McSharry
William & Maureen Moffet
Rex Montgomery & Shari Brown
Barbara Niemczak & Seth White
Joyce & Sid Oakley
Donald Poole
Rush & Lea Powers
John Rainero
Robyn Raines & Christopher Lambert
Patrick Saavedra & Jennifer Greiner
Craig Shrontz & Lynn Ristig
Bill & Beth Shumaker
Terrie Smith-Talbert
Becky & Bill Smith
Bill & Denice Smith
Nancy Smith
Stephen & Beth Spangler
Mark & Jennifer Stewart
Ed & Linda Stout
Josh Taylor
Dean & Karen Tillison
Garry VanPool
Nancy A. Vernon
John & Vicki Ward
Doug & Eileen Weberling
J.B. Weilepp
Beech Wells & Susan Elliott
David Winship
Diane D. Wright

Fan ($250 - $499)

$250 - $499

Tony & Emily Anderson
Fred & Ronna Arrington
Charles Austin
Sam Bailey
Glenn Barefoot & Janet Walters
Jane Reynolds Bellamy
Paul Bernacki
John & Deb Boczar
John Bornam
John & Deb Bozcar
Ed & Lynn Bunn
Lyn Burkett
Jim & Lynn Butcher
Billy Caldwell
Bill & Patty Canter
Jacob Canter
Angela Cardwell-Cox
Jim & Melanie Carr
Jalina Cason
Michael & Glennda Cleland
Darrell & Judy Cole
Patton & Mimi Coles
Paul & Diana Conco
David & Joyce Crockett
CRS Kilgore
Joel & Susan Cullum
Dwight Dailey
Paul DiGiacomo
Alisa Dishner
Gene Downing
Butch & Erin Downs
John & Jana Dreyzehner
Nancy Drum
Warren & Diane Edwards
Jay & Marianne Fischer
Levi Fitzgerald
Charles Flannagan
Richard & Kathy Gibian
Fred & Ann Greear
Bill Hardin
Bill Hartley
Ed Hendricks
Tony & Beth Hobbs
Archie & Gwen Hubbard
Mark & Sherry Hutton
Caroline Jenney
Charles & Rebecca Jones
Arthur & Rebecca Kaufmann
Brenda Kiser
John Kucin
Sara and Klyne Lauderback
Zachary & Emily Lee
Tony & Alice Legard
Thomson & Jane Lipscomb
Cathy Littreal
Matt Litz
Jon Luttrell
Val Lyle
Scott MacMorran
Dan & Lynn Manweiler
Allison Mays
Susan & Rogers McCall
Eugene & Audrey McClintic
Russ & Nancy McDaniel
Elizabeth McGurk
Sheri McRae
Martha Meade
Bryon Miller
Brian & Debbie Moore
Fred Mozenter & Debra Graner
Jeryl Mumpower
Charles & Helen Ogden
Jane Opliger
Jennifer Partica
Shirley Quillen
Kathe Rainwater
Don & Nancy Ratcliff
Tiffany R. Rawling
Todd Resnick
Tom Reynolds
Neel Rich
Teresa Ring
Craig & Brennan Rockett
Rene Rodgers
Robert & Joyce Rodgers
Byron Schiesz II
Sam & Amy Shuttle
Terry & Brenda Smith
Danielle Stone
Cynthia Tauscher
Channing Maria Thomas
Chasen A. & Meredith Thomas
Shauna Tilson
Brent & Katy Treash
James Truelsen
Jessica & Steve Turner
Bob Ward
Dallas Wayne & Jo Albers
Shauna, Michael, & James Webb
Theresa Burriss & James Werth, Jr
S. Smith Wham
Rebecca Wilkerson
Anonymous
Phyllis Wilson
Robin Wilson
Dan & Bonnie Witcher
Jerry Allen Wolfe

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Keep Bristol’s rich music heritage alive for future generations. Make a donation to the Museum or become a member of our 1927 Society.