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Country Stars and VIPs Show Up for Unveiling of Guitar Town II

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Henry Juszkiewicz holds one of the 30 ha

Henry Juszkiewicz holds one of the 30 handpainted showcase guitars.

Country music stars and industry VIPS showed up for the unveiling of Guitartown II held at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday, July 7, 2005. Wynonna Judd signed her official 10 foot tall Gibson Guitar (photo #3) which will be on display in Nashville until the end of the year. Country music group Little Texas unveiled their Texas themed guitar which will also be on display and then be used to kick off Guitartown Austin in early 2006 (photo #2) and Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, the presenting sponsor of Guitartown, showed off one of the 30 showcase guitars handpainted by visual artists and autographed by country music stars (photo #1). Nashville's Guitartown is an arts project featuring 39 ten foot tall Gibson Guitar sculptures all around town and 30 regular size handpainted showcase guitars also on display. All will be auctioned by Juliens Auctions www.juliensauctions.com in February 2006 for charity.

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