During the month of May, the Grand Ole Opry will only mid-week shows on the schedule will be the Tuesday Night Opry and Opry Country Classics on three of the four Thursday nights.
Talking a look at the Tuesday night schedule, there is only one Opry member on the schedule and that is Jon Pardi, who will be closing out the show. That's it. Just one.
Tuesday May 5
7:00: Hudson Westbrook, Ashley Cooke, ERNEST, Stephanie Urbina Jones,
Intermission
8:20: Noeline Hofmann, Gavin Adcok, Jon Pardi
Opry Country Classics has Larry Gatlin back as host and Crystal Gayle as the Spotlight Artist.
Thursday May 7
7:00
Host: Larry Gatlin
Spotlight Artist: Crystal Gayle
Also Appearing: The Gatlin Brothers, Ashland Craft, Dillon Carmichael, John Foster
I was reading Bill Anderson's May Journal and he mentioned his anniversary recognition event July 18th and in a weak moment I looked at seating options for that show. We used to make the trip to Nashville about 2x a year and have wonderful memories of great times there, going to both shows on Friday and Saturday nights. The long shows with many many Opry members and some guests. There is no way I can justify the 10-hour almost 700 mile trip to see the type shows that are now the norm, and definitely cannot justify the price of those tickets. Our last trip was the 90th Anniversary and even then was the beginning of the change. We will just have to hold onto our memories of those trips and the many times we saw Bill in concert at various venues near us. We will be listening to the broadcast for his celebration instead.
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