Grand Ole Opry

The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville Tennessee started out as a small radio broadcasting station, but has since then turned into a massive variety show that people claim “made country music famous.” I visited and toured the Grand Ole Opry this past winter and was inspired to explore its history, what the small radio broadcasting station used to be like, and what made it grow into such a huge success that has attracted millions. In November of 1925, founder of the grand ole opry, George Dewey Hay, was

In the year 1927, George D. Hay a director at Nashville radio station was in his preparation to kick off on his program that he introduced in the year 1925 (Kyriakoudes, 2004). The program was known as the WSM Barn Dance that was locally listened to and was also well known countrywide. When the program started, Hay introduced a mixture of comedy and “hillbilly” music entertainment which was off schedule and later on the conductor who was known as Walter Damrosch shut off the show which was airing

past, present, and most importantly how they have grown. With the technology that is readily available, and as many pictures that are captured on a daily basis, a story can unfold. My Grand Ole Opry photo shows a huge smile on my face. It reminds me of my love for music and how just by attending that one show at the Opry, I knew that I wanted to be in the music business for the rest of my life. Being with my mom and grandma, I go back to the daily car rides to preschool with my karaoke machine in hand

have done fairy well with staying modern and up to date. The Grand Ole Opry is constantly inviting new artist to join their cast or “family.” Some of the newest inductees of this decade include; Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Darius Rucker, and many others (“History of the Opry” 1). Because of the flooding in 2010, The Grand Ole Opry went through some of the serious damage. According to “History of the Opry” It took the Grand Ole Opry a little over seven month to be completely redone on the inside

performances. As for the genre of country, one of Nashville’s radio stations WSM birthed the weekly radio program titled The Grand Ole Opry. This program at one time in the 1930s aired for four hours in length, showcasing several varieties of country music. Artists such as Bill Monroe and Hank Williams became common household names because of this show. To this present day The Grand Ole Opry is still in operation, making it one of the longest running radio programs of all

from hearing a black man on a broadcast of the Grand Old Opry in the 1 940s. The piece was "Lost John," played as a harmonica solo by Bailey, the first and for years the only black on the Opry” he says (CONWAY). The author mentions that Cockerham, who was famous folk fiddler and banjo player, who was adopted by some of Bailey’s musical style. He used in his music some of the famous tunes that Bailey played while he was the member of the Grand Ole Opry. It was not that easy to make these heroic decisions

In the summer of 2016 my family and I took a 2 week vacation to a couple different locations we all wanted to visit. We decided to drive to our first destination, which was a 13 hour drive! On the way to our first destination, we stopped in Athens, Alabama to stay the night and aquire some grub. We were able to eat some dinner while we were at the hotel and we ordered the most incomparable pizza ever! The pizza place's’ name was “Joe's Pizza” The owner’s name is Joe and has multiple Guinness World

Sunday after church, on a quiet balmy summer day, dinner is fresh, hot, and ready for immaculate consumption. After clearing the table, the men adjourn to the front porch to talk politics, church, and relax after a long week of satisfying the burdensome requirements of familial responsibilities. After all, what man is there who would not rather be fishing? The women, on the other hand, scurry in the kitchen, do the dishes, clean up, and put things away; while repeating the local gossip about who

Show Choir The road to show choir nationals was a long struggle with many roadblocks. There were many times when I dreaded going to rehearsal, and when I got there, I just wanted it to be over so I could leave. Show choir started to feel like a chore to me and I didn’t enjoy it like I did last year. That is, until March 31st. We started learning our show choir songs at the end of August, rehearsing every day after school for an hour. Then during the last two weeks of September, both show choirs

“God put us here on the carnival ride, we close our eyes never knowing, where it will take us” (Wheel of the World quoted In “Biography”). These were the words of Wheel of the World which inspired Carrie Underwood to write her latest album. Although at only 13 years old, she recorded her first album (“Carrie Underwood Biography”). Carrie also participated in several different celebrations around the US to prepare herself to audition for American Idol in 2004 (“Biography”). By winning this contest