Vince Gill Lives Up to Will Rogers Standards

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Vince Gill will be presented with the 2009 Spirit of Will Rogers Award on Nov. 8 at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Okla, reported GAC. The award, presented by The Rotary Club of Will Rogers, honors those who live up to the standards of Will Rogers. Toby Keith, Jane Goodall and Garth Brooks are among the previous winners of the award.
 
Tickets for the ceremony start at $125, while table prices range from $1,700 to $10,000. Though, it is a pricey event, a percentage of the proceeds will benefit American Blue Star Mothers that sends care packages to troops serving overseas.
 
Yesterday, in Los Angeles, Gill performed on The Jay Leno Show with Emmy Lou Harris. Gill and Harris will also perform with Melissa Etheridge and Dwight Yoakam at Club Nokia to benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum through the All for the Hall fundraiser event.