HOMETOWN HEROES™
The Big Hoopla is a proud supporter of the Hometown Heroes™ program.
Founded in 2012, The Big Hoopla has supported the Dayton area military community by donating over 125,000 tickets to Airmen/Guardians/civilians and their families at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Veterans, and local students since inception. “These efforts branch out to foster sustainable and continued economic growth in our region,” says Terry Slaybaugh, Volunteer Chair of The Big Hoopla. “A natural partnership between The Big Hoopla and Hometown Heroes™ preserves the commitment our area volunteers and businesses have towards our own hometown military families.”
The Dayton Development Coalition’s Hometown Heroes™ program honors our community’s servicemen and women affiliated with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Air National Guard base in Springfield. The program began in 2003 and has grown with the generosity of local businesses to support thousands of military families in the region. For more information about the program, visit daytonregion.com/military/hometown-heroes.
Country Star COLE SWINDELL TO Headline Military Appreciation Night at Rose Music Center
Multi-Platinum-selling recording artist Cole Swindell will visit Huber Heights, OH to headline a Military Appreciation Night honoring local servicemen and women. Join the four-time ACM Award winner for an incredible night of music and celebration at Rose Music Center at The Heights on Thursday, September 5.
2024 celebrates the 10th anniversary of the release of Swindell’s self-titled debut album which landed in February 2014. The album is certified Platinum by the RIAA. The Georgia native burst on to the scene a few months before with the chart-topping, high-energy party anthem “Chillin’ It,” followed shortly with back-to-back No. 1 smashes like “Ain’t Worth The Whiskey” and “Let Me See Ya Girl” before quickly proving the depths of his songwriting and artistry with emotional ballads “You Should Be Here,” “Middle of a Memory” and “Break Up In The End.” Then more recently, with his fiery powerhouse duet “Never Say Never” and again showed his uniquely talented songwriting with his twist on a ‘90s classic with his career-changing 3X Platinum, Award-winning multi-week No. 1 “She Had Me At Heads Carolina.”
Country music superstar Cole Swindell released his fourth studio album, Stereotype, to massive success. The project charted three back-to-back, Platinum-certified, multi-week No. 1 hits: “Single Saturday Night,” “Never Say Never” (with Lainey Wilson) and, most recently, his five-week 3x Platinum chart-topper “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” that garnered three ACM Awards for Single of the Year and Song of the Year (as songwriter and artist), an iHeart Music Award for Country Song of the Year and recently received a nomination for Musical Event of the Year for “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” with Jo Dee Messina for the 57th CMA Awards.
In 2022 Swindell spent a total of 27 weeks in the Top 5 of the country singles chart with “Never Say Never” (8 weeks) and “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” (21 weeks). He released a special duet remix of his smash “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” featuring Messina that has produced multiple award nominations and is included on his new deluxe album Stereotype Broken. In the 10 years since his debut on Warner Music Nashville, Swindell has racked up 12 No. 1 singles as an artist – 13 as a songwriter – as well as 12 certified Platinum singles (including two singles at 3x Platinum and four at 2x Platinum), a Platinum-certified debut album (Cole Swindell), a Platinum-certified sophomore effort (You Should Be Here), a Gold-certified third entry (All Of It), and a Gold-certified fourth album (Stereotype). His massive, GRAMMY-nominated hit “Break Up In The End” was named the 2019 NSAI Song of the Year. Swindell earned two nominations (Musical Event of the Year and Music Video of the Year) for “Never Say Never” at the 56th CMA Awards. Swindell officially became a headliner on his own in 2018 with his Reason To Drink Tours, and his 2022 Back Down To The Bar Tour. In 2022, he toured with Thomas Rhett on the Home Team Tour and headlined his Twelve Tour in the fall. Swindell will headline in 2024 on his Win The Night Tour.
