Leave a Legacy Concert

About the Event

Leave a Legacy allows The Magdalen House to provide alcoholic women, men, and families the opportunity to obtain longterm sobriety and sustain recovery. The Magdalen House’s annual fundraising event includes live music, a silent and live auction, and dinner to celebrate the joy found in recovery.

About the Artist

Happiness has always come naturally to Cory Morrow. With his rollicking, soulful, feel-good Texas country, he has made thousands jump on tabletops, shimmy, scream, and suspend worries for almost two decades, like a honky-tonk pied piperand he shows no signs of stopping. But these days, Morrow is also devoted to something more. “I’ve always been able to find happiness and help others find happiness,” he says. “But there’s a difference between happiness and joy. Now, I feel like there’s a deeper sense of joy that’s not circumstantial.”

The music revels in a life full of love and purpose, drawing on gritty rock, thumping gospel, and Morrow’s signature juke-joint country. Many of the songs address faith and relationships, both human and holy, with urgency, gratitude, and wonder. “I think there has always been a thread of spirituality in everything I’ve done––I’ve always been searching for something more,” he says. When asked what “doing for others” looks like for him, Morrow doesn’t hesitate: “Serving. It’s little things all the time.” He mentions his band, and the urge to care for them as people and friends.

Event Committee Chairs

Barrett Ball, Natalie Guerry, Allison Sumner

Host Committee

Jenny Adams
Amy Anderson
Arelli & Jorge Azpe
Becky and Todd Baumann
Rebecca Black
Lucinda & Barry Buford
Erin Cavanaugh
Neva Cochran
Angela & Mayan Corioso
Jessica Evans & David Elliott
Tina Shuey & Laurie Evans
Jameye Gardner
Mary Katharine Gill
Susan & Michael Glassmoyer
Cathleen Griffith
Natalie & Klint Guerry
Megan Hawthorne
Ann Henson
Ashley Holbrook
Dr. Randy Hunter
Delia Johnson
Maggie Kipp

Jenny Adams
Amy Anderson
Arelli & Jorge Azpe
Becky and Todd Baumann
Rebecca Black
Lucinda & Barry Buford
Erin Cavanaugh
Neva Cochran
Angela & Mayan Corioso
Jessica Evans & David Elliott
Tina Shuey & Laurie Evans
Jameye Gardner
Mary Katharine Gill
Susan & Michael Glassmoyer
Cathleen Griffith
Natalie & Klint Guerry
Megan Hawthorne
Ann Henson
Ashley Holbrook
Dr. Randy Hunter
Delia Johnson
Maggie Kipp
Ashley & Jeff Lamont
Meredith Mabus
Melissa & Allen McClure
Nancy & Doug McMahon
Dr. Ashwini & Mr. Rajee Mehta
Mary & Baker Montgomery
JoAnne & Eddy Moore
Elizabeth & Neil Moseley
Kallie & Craig Myers
Becky Nelson
Allison & Ben Parkey
Tosca & Hector Patino
Chris Ferguson & John Schoggins
Christy & Jai Singhania
Christiana & Wes Smith
Joan Stockton
Allyson Griffith & Duke Stone
David Tompkins
Ashley & Lance Travis
Carolyn & Rick Waghorne
Carol Ann Zelley

Ashley & Jeff Lamont
Meredith Mabus
Melissa & Allen McClure
Nancy & Doug McMahon
Dr. Ashwini & Mr. Rajee Mehta
Mary & Baker Montgomery
JoAnne & Eddy Moore
Elizabeth & Neil Moseley
Kallie & Craig Myers
Becky Nelson
Allison & Ben Parkey
Tosca & Hector Patino
Chris Ferguson & John Schoggins
Christy & Jai Singhania
Christiana & Wes Smith
Joan Stockton
Allyson Griffith & Duke Stone
David Tompkins
Ashley & Lance Travis
Carolyn & Rick Waghorne
Carol Ann Zelley

Previous Year Recipients

Paul Tate Advocacy Award Recipients

2024 | Lucinda Buford

2023 | David Elliot

2022 | Robin Bagwell

2021 | The Gaston Construction Team: BufordHawthorne, OMNIPLAN, KDC, Hector Patino & Christian Walker

2019 | Sandra Hallmark & Delia Johnson

2018 | Paul Tate