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(photo by Mary Donaldson)
Grammy-nominated songwriter James Slater, right, treated patients and their families to a special performance last week at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Patient Kathy Dyer, center, joined Slater and several of his musical friends onstage for the high-energy show, which celebrated the upcoming 38th Annual Music City Tennis Invitational tournament on April 30 and May 1. The tournament is a fundraiser for the Center for Child Development at Children's Hospital.