Tiger Woods winning the Masters was the biggest golf moment of 2019, you say? Ok, perhaps. But our annual Swing for Joy golf fundraiser was a close second!

We had a wonderful turnout under sunny skies at the Gettysvue Polo, Golf & Country Club on Monday, Oct. 14. There were 68 golfers total, competing for trophies and prizes such as gift certificates and golf equipment.

Best of all, the day of golf and celebration event raised more than $12,000 for the Joy of Music School.

Swing for Joy is the brainchild of Cindi Alpert, our soon-to-be former board president (see page 3). She nearly made a hole-in-one that day but settled for a “Closest to the Hole” prize when her ball stopped about three inches from the cup.

“We had a lot of new golfers this year,” says Cindi. “People who were new to the event and new to the Joy of Music School.”

Part of the credit for that belongs to Cindi herself. She’s the owner of two radio stations, 106.1 The River and 104.9 Q-Country. They sponsored Swing for Joy and gave the event some very helpful promotional airtime leading up to the big day.

Special thanks to our other Swing for Joy sponsors, including presenting sponsor Pipe Wrench Plumbing, Heating & Cooling, Archer’s BBQ (caterer of our delicious lunch), AMS Corp., Tennessee Insurance Services, Knoxville Pediatric Associates and Baker Donelson. Hole-in-one prizes were offered by Duncan Automotive and Ted Russell Ford.
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