Bryce VineIf you go
› What: The Running of the Chihuahuas› When: 3 p.m. Saturday, May 5; dog races start at 6 p.m.› Where: First Tennessee Pavilion, 1826 Carter St.› Admission: Free› For more information: www.hits96.com
Bryce Vine is hardly a newcomer to the music scene, but even though he has been making music since he was 13, the now 29-year-old is just beginning to see some results from his work.
He will be part of the musical entertainment for The Running of the Chihuahuas on Saturday, May 5, in First Tennessee Pavilion. Also set to perform will be Unlikely Candidates, Livvia, Nina Nesbitt and Nick Lutsko, who will perform music to a couple of videos he created for Super Deluxe, a television company that features everything from short films and documentaries to original series.
The main attraction of the event will be more than 110 chihuahuas that will compete for prizes.
ROTC is presented by Hits 96, the first station in the country to begin playing Vine's song "Drew Barrymore."
"Big shout out to them," Vine said over the phone last week. "I'm, like, not a child. I'm 29 years old, and I've been doing this since I was 13. So to have this happening to me as an adult, I have a whole different appreciation for what is happening."
He especially appreciates that he has been on this ride with many of the same people working with him.
"I have all the same team," he said, "so we've all come up together; we get to enjoy the ride together and appreciate it."
He said the big turn came about a year ago when he finally embraced the idea that making music was a business.
"My whole program changed. I stopped going out. All I wanted to do was make music."
He started reading books to help him be a better writer and started working out.
"I loved it again. I had become lost for awhile. It stopped being fun. Then last year, I started treating it differently. There is so much to learn and so much to know."
Music begins at 3 p.m. at Saturday's Cinco de Mayo party; racing is tentatively set to begin at 6 p.m.
When the race starts, six dogs at a time will compete in heats, with each winner moving on to the next round of the competition. Big-screen TVs will surround the race site for optimum viewing.
J-Si from the nationally syndicated "Kidd Kraddick Morning Show" will emcee the event and be a guest judge.
Contact Barry Courter at bcourter@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6354.