OPRY NEWS

Grand Ole Opry Returns to Opry House


Nashville, TN — February 28, 2007    


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - (Feb. 26, 2007) - The Grand Ole Opry® presented by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® will return to the Grand Ole Opry House after a four-month run at the historic Ryman Auditorium this Fri., March 2. Among those scheduled to appear during the Opry’s first weekend back at the Opry House are Carrie Underwood, Alison Krauss, John Waite, Craig Morgan, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Danielle Peck, Porter Wagoner, and more.

The popular Tuesday Night Opry will return on March 6 with Diamond Rio, Restless Heart, Del McCoury Band, and Jimmy Dickens among those scheduled to perform.

Other performers scheduled for the month of March include Alan Jackson, Loretta Lynn, Martina McBride, Gretchen Wilson, Terri Clark, Little Big Town, Bucky Covington, Ralph Stanley, Mel Tillis, Pam Tillis, Tracy Lawrence, and more.

On March 17 Lynn will be presented an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Berklee President Roger H. Brown will make the presentation which will air on Grand Ole Opry Live on Great American Country (GAC) at 7 p.m. Central.