Facing The Music In Nashville

Hey all,

Today, we're visiting two areas in Nashville: the Music Valley Area and Broadway Street. The Music Valley Area is home to the Grand Ole Opry Auditorium, where the Grand Ole Opry show takes place from Tuesday to Saturday. Visitors can enjoy a tour that includes the dressing rooms and the chance to stand on a stage where many musical artists have performed. In Downtown Nashville, the Ryman Auditorium, the original venue for the Grand Ole Opry Radio Show, awaits. This location offers a similar tour that highlights the history of this legendary auditorium and lets visitors stand in the famous "Circle," where numerous country artists have been inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Both of these experiences are must-sees when visiting Nashville.

Check out the photos below. I'll start with the tour of the Grand Ole Opry Theater and then proceed with the photo report at the Ryman Auditorium.

Welcome To the Grand Ole Opry, Where you start with a neat projection show on the history of it all.

There are Acoustic Guitars haning from the cealing as you leave the Pre-show

There Are Portraits of some of the top performers that are part of The Grand Ole Opry

Hey! Its Hannah Montana's Dad!

Just some of the performers inducted into the Grand Ole Opry

One of the dressing rooms for the Grand Ole Opry

Some Artifacts From Carrie Underwood

Some of the Dressing Rooms are dedicated to only be for one performer and no one else. Dolly Parton is one of the only ones left that has their own Dressing room

Each Dressing Room has a distinct style

To think of all the history that has been in these rooms

Its a Purple Room with a interesting Christmas tree

A Portrait of the Grand Ole Opry in one of the hallways

We are walking onto the stage that many legends performed on

This stage is more modern then where we will be next

The Auditorium is huge

We are now off to Rhyman Auditorium

Now this is Rhyman Auditorium. This is located in Downtown Nashville

This Auditorium is where the Grand Ole Opry began.

The Seats are set up like the pews in a chruch

An Alternate View of the stage.

Some Classic Signs are in their Museum area

This is where they would record the show

The Two that started it all!

Little Jimmy Dickles was one of the original members of the Grand Ole Opry

And with that... We are off to explore more of the Nashville area

Thats a wrap, As always, Keep On Coast 'N'