Trivia: The Grand Ole Opry
TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE QUOTE: "Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body." HINT: (1809-1894), American physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author. RANDOM TIDBITS Ryman Auditorium was long the home of the Grande Ole Opry, but the structure wasn't originally built for that purpose. When it opened in 1892, it was called the Union Gospel Tabernacle. In 1950, a young man took the stage at the Grand Ole Opry and exhibited the banjo prowess that allowed him to win a national competition on the instrument. That 17-year-old was future Hee-Haw star Roy Clark. The radio show known as The Grand Ole Opry began life in 1925 as the WSM Barn Dance. A couple years later, when announcer George "Judge" Hay described the show's music as "grand ole opry" in contrast to "grand opera," the name stuck. Many of the most popular women ever to perform at the ...