PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

February 12, 2015

GRAMMY-WINNING SOPRANO NANCY CURTIS

RETURNS TO OPEN THE WOODLANDS MARATHON
THE WOODLANDS, TX The Woodlands Marathon Management, Inc. is pleased
to announce that recent Grammy-winning soprano Nancy Curtis will return to sing
the National Anthem for this years fourth annual Fidelity Investments The Woodlands
Marathon and CHI St. Luke's Health The Woodlands Half Marathon, to be held on
Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 7:00 a.m. in The Woodlands.
Curtis, who resides in The Woodlands with her husband, Ryan, and two sons,
Ashton and R.J., is part of Conspirare, an Austin-based and internationally acclaimed
choral group that won the Grammy for Best Choral Performance for its album, The
Sacred Spirit of Russia, at Sunday nights 57th annual Grammy awards in Los Angeles.
She will also once again sing God Bless America at the Marathons Opening
Ceremony on Friday morning at 11 a.m. during The Woodlands Marathon Mangement
Health and Wellness Expo at the Marriott Waterway Hotel.
We are incredibly fortunate to have someone of Nancys acclaim and stature
grace us again this year with her beautiful voice, said race director Willie Fowlkes.
Were even more honored in having her sing for us just weeks after winning her first
Grammy award.
The Baylor University honors graduate enjoys a multifaceted career as a singer
of opera, oratorio, symphonic repertoire, and recitals. She has studied at the Verdi
Conservatory in Milan, Italy, the Dante Alghieri School in Florence, Italy and the Geothe
Institute in Rothenburg, German.
She has been invited to sing for many of our nations leaders including former
Presidents George Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan and former Texas governor Rick
Perry.
Curtis has also had the privilege of singing our National Anthem for the Houston
Texans, the Houston Rockets, the Houston Comets, the Chevron Houston Marathon and
was recently honored to sing for the national commissioning of the USS Texas featuring
former First Lady, Laura Bush.
For more information about the fourth annual Fidelity Investments The
Woodlands Marathon, CHI St. Lukes Health The Woodlands Half Marathon, the 5Point
Credit Union Marathon Relay, the Fleet Feet Sports 5K or the Pathfinder Pediatric
Homecare, please visit thewoodlandsmarathon.com.

The Woodlands Marathon Management 14 Snowbird Pl The Woodlands, Texas 77381

About The Woodlands Marathon Management

The Woodlands Marathon Management is an event production company that operates with a
primary goal of providing individuals the opportunity to participate in a running event that
promotes the advancement of running. The directors of The Woodlands Marathon
Management share a passion for The Woodlands community, the Houston region and the
active sport lifestyle. They have teamed up to produce this premier event that will provide
The Woodlands and surrounding communities options for living a healthy lifestyle with
purpose.

About The Woodlands

Located just 30 minutes north of Houston, Texas and minutes from George Bush
Intercontinental Airport, The Woodlands is the destination for leisure guests, individual
business travelers and groups of all sizes. Visitors to The Woodlands and residents of the
community enjoy more than eight million square feet of world-class shopping, dining and
entertainment options, more than 194 miles of hike-and-bike trails, 124 parks, the 1,700-acre
George Mitchell Nature Preserve, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, kayaking on Lake
Woodlands, and taking a cruise on The Woodlands Waterway. The Woodlands features worldclass sporting events including the Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas, Insperity Golf
Championship and the Nike South Invitational. The Woodlands also is home to more than
1,650 guestrooms in upscale and boutique properties, select service, limited service,
conference and convention centers and a resort.
For more information on The Woodlands, go to www.VisitTheWoodlands.com. Also, like
The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau on Facebook at
www.Facebook.com/VisitTheWoodlands, follow them on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/TheWoodlandsCVB and view them on YouTube at
www.YouTube.com/TheWoodlandsCVB.

-TWM-

The Woodlands Marathon Management 14 Snowbird Pl The Woodlands, Texas 77381