Auction Highlights 2005

Miranda Lambert stikes a pose for attendees.

Naomi Judd auctions off daughter Wynonna's Copley guitar for $3,5oo.

JoDee Messina hands off her hit record "Burn" to the highest bidder.

XXL Keith Anderson gives a fan an autograph.

The 2005 YWCA Celebrity Auction getting heated up.

The 2005 YWCA Celebrity Auction was held the last day of the CMA Music Festival, Saturday, June 12, when Jo Dee Messina, Naomi Judd and many other country music personalities helped to raise $115,000 for the YWCA of Middle Tennessee, which provides education and aid for women in violent situations. Martina McBride has headlined the Auction for the past 13 years but due to the birth of her daughter, she did not attend in 2005. She will be back in the Auction spotlight for 2006.

Emcee Jay Teeter ("Football, Beer and You") was joined by JoDee Messina ("I'm Alright," "Burn"), Keith Anderson ("Pickin' Wildflowers"), Carolyn Dawn Johnson ("Complicated"), Miranda Lambert ("Kerosene"), Jimmy Wayne ("I Love You This Much") and Naomi Judd ("Love Can Build a Bridge") to promote successful bidding at the event.

The highest bids of the day were for Wynonna's personalized Copley black guitar, which went for $3,500, and her signed Gibson electric guitar that sold for $3,300. Other high-dollar items included signed lyrics from Big & Rich's "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" for $2,000; Martina's signed Barbie for $1,475; and Messina's framed and signed Greatest Hits for $1,675.

The YWCA wishes to recognize the following sponsors of the 2005 Auction:

• CMA Music Festival (www.cmafest.com)
• Carl Black Chevrolet (www.carlblackchevy.com)
• Verizon Wireless (www.verizonwireless.com)
• WSIX (www.wsix.com)
• Wrangler (www.wrangler.com)
• Copy Solutions Inc. (www.copysolutionsinc.com)
• Bush Beans (www.bushbeans.com)
• Lawry's (www.lawrys.com)
• Belle Meade Framers & Gallery (www.bellemeadeframers.com)
• DragonFly Screen Graphics (www.dragonflysg.com)

Without the support of Nashville businesses and media, the event would not continue to grow.