NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Mt. Zion Baptist Church's annual Back to School Bash is this Saturday, July 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at 2261 Murfreesboro Pike.
The event offers all sorts of essentials, all for free!
It includes school supplies, haircuts, health screenings from MeHarry Medical College and Southern Hills Hospital, diapers from the Nashville Diaper Collection, a shoe showroom with shoes for kids, school physicals and immunizations, and food trucks.
NFL Alumni and former Tennessee Titans players Blaine Bishop, Derric, Mason, Dexter McCluster and Al Smith will also be there to sign autographs and take photos with kids.
Free backpacks and school supplies will be available as long as supplies last.
For people of my generation, in our younger days we spent part of our weekends watching music shows like American Bandstand and Soul Train. That was before the age of music videos. Several years before Soul Train was syndicated out of Chicago, another syndicated R&B show was taped in Nashville at NewsChannel 5. Night Train aired in the 60s and included what may have been the first TV appearance for legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Forrest Sanders has another great look back at station history.
-Lelan Statom
