Mineola country music star nominated for 6 CMA awards

MINEOLA, TX (KLTV) -

A Mineola country music star is turning heads.

Musician, singer, and song writer Kacey Musgraves is nominated for 6 different Country Music Association, or CMA awards. 

Musgraves is also partnering with another East Texas star, Miranda Lambert.

"It's a nice feeling to watch, I sometimes call them my babies, doing that good," said John DeFoore, the music instructor that taught both Lambert and Musgraves how to play and write songs.

These "babies" DeFoore is referring to are Lambert and rising star Musgraves.

DeFoore started teaching Musgraves when she was 14-years-old, and now she is nominated for CMA's New Artist of the Year.

"Even though she's got a great voice, even though she's beautiful, all these things, what they talk about are her lyrics which makes me happy because that's what I push a lot," said DeFoore.

One of Musgraves' six CMA nominations is for Song of the Year. It's for the song she wrote called Mama's Broken Heart, which is performed by Lambert.

"They are two girls from East Texas and they talk real Texan and they know the same thing; big trucks and big hair and all that different stuff, so they get along pretty good," said DeFoore.

It was that song that Musgraves sent to her old mentor to look at.

"Right after Kacey wrote it she texted me part of the rough recording that they had done that night, right after they wrote it and she sent it to me," said DeFoore.

That's not the only song this rising star is nominated for.

Musgraves' song "Merry go 'Round'" is also topping the charts and is up for an award.

DeFoore says the quiet town of Mineola is full of supporters.

"She is a nice person so she has a lot of friends. It's not just people who knew her, they are people who are friends. Everybody is excited for her," said DeFoore. "There's a difference between being excited because you know someone who got famous and being excited for someone you care about who got famous."

The CMA Awards will take place November 6th.

To see Kacey's and Miranda's nominations, click here.

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Huntington Beach Wet Electric Music Festival Will Go Forward

Santa Ana, CA -

With thousands of party goers expected in huntington beach tomorrow, for a big rave police say there will be beefed up patrols in the afternoon and evening, and extra traffic and dui enforcement teams to make sure its peaceful. One thing police have going for them, it will be a sober event. 

The Wet Electric beach party tomorrow here in Huntington Beach, is going to  be a dry one.  The Department of Alcohol Beverage and Control denied their permit to sell booze. Some area residents say it's a good thing for the community. 

HB resident Lynh Ngo says "As a mother I think it's good they didn't approve the liquor license for the party."

The organizers did pass one major hurdle this week after a judge denied the city's request to cancel the event altogether.  The city argued the music festival was in violation of city code but it's being held on a state beach with state approval. 

Then the Huntington Beach police chief appealed to the ABC to deny a liquor license for the event, saying there is no way to control excessive drinking and no safeguards to prevent drunk driving. 

The rioting in late July after the us open of surfing is still fresh in the minds of people here. Main Street businesses were vandalized and at least three people were arrested. 

Henry Ngo, resident, says "It got a little bit out of hand with the liquor flowing. we don't mind everyone having a good time but just you know, be responsible, and not make it a bad thing for the city."

A spokesperson for the ABC says there wasn't enough time to coordinate with law enforcement for an event this size and event organizers didn't apply for the permit 30 days in advance. 

Resident Taylor Stringer, resident says "It kind of takes out the fun but overall it's probably a good idea."

Fox 11 repeatedly reached out to the event organizer, Steve Thacher from Premiere Media Group but have not yet heard back.

The party is scheduled for tomorrow from noon to 9 at night. 

(FOX 11 / CNS) An Orange County judge today rejected a bid by Huntington Beach officials to stop an oceanfront rave from being held this weekend.

Judge Jamoa Moberly says the city failed to prove it might suffer irreparable harm from the Wet Electric music festival, which is scheduled for Saturday at Huntington State Beach.

The judge also said the city could have acted sooner in its effort to halt the event, noting that Huntington Beach officials must have known about the rave as early as August.

The Huntington Beach City Council voted recently to file a lawsuit in hopes of stopping the event, contending such a rave would be at odds with city zoning codes.

Event organizers noted that the rave was being held on a state beach, and had been approved by state officials.

The city's concerns over the rave came about a month after an outbreak of violence that followed the Vans U.S. Open of Surfing in late July.

During that riot, thousands of people took to the streets and broke store windows, looted businesses and overturned portable toilets. At least three people were arrested, with police posting photos and videos online in hopes of tracking down suspects.

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