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Best of Nashville again in 2007!
Dion's South owner Richard Dion has been voted Nashville's best stylist again in 2007, and the Salon was honored in the top 3 for the third straight year! Thanks to the readers of the Nashville scene that voted for us. The full poll results can be found on the Nashville Scene website.
Paris in September
Dion's South packed up and went to the famed City of Light! We attended an International Hair Show . . . Mondial Coiffure Beaute 2007.
Honored in Notables of Williamson County for the second straight year
Dion's South has been recognized in the 2007 edition of "Notables of Williamson County" for the second straight year. We are all very excited about the article, and thank them for having such great things to say. Read the full article here.
Dion's is the Best of Nashville 2006!
Dion's South owner Richard Dion and the Salon were honored once again in the Nashville Scene's "Best of Nashville" reader's poll this year. Dion's was voted the BEST SALON and owner Richard Dion was voted the BEST HAIR STYLIST. Read the full 2006 list on their website.
Notables of Williamson County Article
Dion's South has been featured in the latest edition of "Notables of Williamson County". We would like to thank them for the kind words and for coming in to take pictures of the salon.
Read the full article on their website . . .
Dion's included in Best of Nashville 2005
Dion's South owner Richard Dion and the Salon were honored recently by being voted into the Nashville Scene's "Best of Nashville" readers' poll. Richard was voted in the Top Two Stylists, and the salon was also voted in the Top Two Salons. This was big news for the salon to be included, especially since they are technically not in Nashville, but right outside in Historic Downtown Franklin.
Read the Best of 2005 List here . . .
Mom's Night Out, The Tennessean
. . . Their "Mom's Night Out" was the idea and work of Jessica Perry and Lindsay Packer, who are rather more familiar with downtown Franklin.
"We were having chocolate martinis at Sandy's, just the two of us," Perry said. "I have two children, and she is married with no children. Lindsay said she sees me working so hard. Being a parent, you don't even have time to get your hair done. That conversation went on into talking about single moms and how much more of a struggle they have. We decided we wanted to do something for deserving single mothers."
The idea for a night of pampering was born. Perry started right away. "I'm a public relations major. I thought, 'We can do this thing.' I give all the glory to God because he was the one who made this all happen," Perry said.
God did have a little help. Perry started with a salon. She knew Richard Dion of Dion's South Hair Salon on Main Street. Although she could only afford to go the salon on the nights Dion had students cutting hair, she had struck up a friendship with the owner. "I started with Richard. I knew if we had the salon on board, everything else would fall into place. I knew God would provide. I asked him, and Richard said 'How many?' I hadn't even thought about that, but I pulled a number out of my head -- 'A half-dozen?' Then he asked me when. I said, 'August?' Perry said.
Dion, who moved here from California 15 years ago, said he was taken with the project at once. He said he would close the salon for the evening, provide his staff and give free haircuts, massages, hair products, manicures and pedicures. "We're always looking for opportunities to bless this area. This area has blessed us so much, it would be silly and stupid and selfish not to give back to it," Dion said.
Download the rest of the article here . . .
Feature in Southern Living Magazine
In an article about historic downtown Franklin where Dion's South is located, the salon was participated in a feature for Southern Living Magazine. To download the full article in PDF format, click here.
