LIZZIE SIDER TO PERFORM AT O'REILLY AUTO PARTS NHRA SPRINGNATIONALS

From Music News Nashville By Dan Harr

LIZZIE SIDER, a 15-year-old emerging Country artist, is set to perform the National Anthem at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals. Lizzie, who has been performing the National Anthem since she was nine years old, will give her rendition on Sunday, April 27 at the event, which will be held at Royal Purple Raceway outside of Houston, Texas.

Lizzie is currently on a Texas state-wide school assembly tour to promote bullying prevention. During the two-month tour, which started April 9, Lizzie will appear at over 70 schools. This tour follows on the heels of her previous California and Florida tours in which she has already shared her positive message with young students at over 180 schools. By the end of the 2013-2014 school year, Lizzie will have met with nearly 100,000 students. During her assemblies, Lizzie encourages kids to help prevent bullying as she recounts her own personal journey as a young student who was teased. She performs her original song “Butterfly,”which Sider co-wrote about her experience and how she overcame the teasing.

Sider has been interviewed by Access Hollywood, Billboard, Hallmark’s Home & Family show, TIME for Kids, Nashville’s Crook & Chase, and was named by the Country Music Association as an “Artist to Watch in 2013.” Sider, who splits her time between Boca Raton, FL and Nashville, TN, is gearing up to participate in her second CMA Fest week this June with her own booth and live performances on the Roadhouse Stage and at the Bluebird Café. Both “Butterfly” and Sider’s follow-up single, “I Love You That Much,” charted in the Top 40 on MusicRow. The video for “I Love You That Much” was directed by award-winning Steven Goldmann, whose past credits include Alan Jackson, Martina McBride and Shania Twain. Sider is currently working on her first full-length studio album for release in 2014.