Spring Break! 5

After we finished up at the Country Music hall of Fame, we headed over to the Ryman Theatre, original home of The Grand Ole Opry. We did a self guided tour where we walked around in the theater and read the history of the place and what all it used to be. Before it was a performing center, it was a place for religious revivals, political meetings, and other various activities. After the self-guided tour, we went on a guided tour and got to go behind the scenes and see the dressing rooms.

Each room had a theme, one was the "Carter Cash" dressing room in honor of johnny cash and June Carter cash. Another room was designated as the "Women of Country Music" dressing room filled with timeless photos of stars from the past. It was a really cool feeling to know that countless skilled and famous artist, young and old, had stood in the very room we were in. After that we had an opprotunity to stand on the stage itself which was pretty cool.

The Ryman Theatre was the original home of the GOO, but several years ago they opened up a new place for the GOO to be held. In the winter and fall seasons, the GOO is held at the Ryman. In the summer and spring seasons it is held at the new place. They still have performers come and perform at the Ryman on a regular basis and many performers love it because it has the second best acoustics int he world second the the mormon tabernacle, or something like that.

To be continued...