{"id":1320314,"date":"2020-06-02T23:01:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T05:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1821680"},"modified":"2020-06-02T23:01:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T05:01:47","slug":"the-seven-heroic-moments-that-will-make-your-wednesday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/the-seven-heroic-moments-that-will-make-your-wednesday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seven Heroic Moments That Will Make Your Wednesday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 12m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

On Wednesday night (June 3), CMT will air a very special special. It\u2019s called CMT Celebrates Our Heroes: An Artists of the Year Special<\/em>. The live-from-home show will have country artists and celebrity guests paying tribute to the countless heroes who have worked tirelessly during the entire coronavirus pandemic since day one: the teachers, the healthcare workers, the police officers, the problem solvers and all the others who have been standing their ground on the front lines of this fight.<\/p>\n

The two-hour show will have music, but there is so much more to this story. It\u2019s the perfect balance of uplifting entertainment and heartfelt, real-life stories that shine a well-deserved light on everyday people doing extraordinary things to make a difference, sometimes right in their own neighborhoods, and sometimes for the entire world.<\/p>\n

Here are just seven of the many, many moments you won\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n

1. Carrie Underwood Shows Up with a Shout Out<\/strong><\/p>\n

Underwood isn\u2019t singing on this special, but the spotlight she has on seven educators from around the country is brighter than ever as she thanks the ones who\u2019ve had to pivot in order to do their jobs in brand new ways. Both of Underwood\u2019s sisters and her mother have spent years in the classroom, so she admits she has a special place in her heart for teachers. \u201cThere was no playbook for this,\u201d Underwood says. \u201cThere was no lesson plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. Darius Rucker Thanks Americans for Their Ingenuity<\/strong><\/p>\n

With so many stories of companies that chose to stop their business-as-usual routines so they could come up with inventive ways to help \u2014 whiskey distilleries that started making hand sanitizer, costumers that started making protective face masks, and sheet metal fabricators that started making ventilator components \u2014 Rucker says thank you to all of them and their ingenuity with the 1987 Randy Travis hit, \u201cForever and Ever, Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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