Now we are in Nashville Tennessee, at the ever so famous Grand Ole Opry. We had originally just stopped there too look around (or that's what my parents told me). One Direction happened to be in town that week so there were a good amount of people walking around, trying to soke in the experience that hundreds of thousands had before them. My favorite part of that day wasn't taking a picture in front of the guitars though, it was the shocking announcement my dad made before we left, we were going back that night to see a show, specifically featuring Carrie Underwood and Trace Adkins.
That night we went out to eat before the show, and boy are the restaurants in Tennessee different than any other place in the country. The way people talk to you and the accents thrown out are an experience in themselves. After we went to eat and enjoyed a rather bitter sweet discussion with our waiter, we were off to see the Opry show.
That night the show just happened to be one that was going to be broadcasted all over the world, and how incredible it was to hear the roar of the crowd and see the ever so famous "On Air" sign light up bright, just as it has ever since the Opry first began. Seeing the circle from the original Opry stage was one of the most breathtaking moments of my life, and knowing that I get to preform there in just one short year (for show choir nationals) made the moment even more incredible.
I remember Carrie sharing that the Opry was home to all of the existing country singers and all that came before them and between that and knowing that every country performer EVER has preformed on that stage made me realize how special of a place it really was.
That night Sam Hunt had his first ever performance at the Opry, and I have never seen a famous person more nervous in my life, what and incredible experience it was to see just how important this really was to all that take the stage. Even Carrie said that she still gets nervous walking on that stage, knowing all of those that had come before her. Wow.
After the show, we walked through the gift shop and I got a pin for my Happiness jacket and a coffee mug that said "The Grand Ole Opry" on it. I will never forget how it felt to even walk through the gift shop. You could feel how important it was to that of many incredible people, and how much of a home it really is. No matter how many hundreds, thousands, millions, billions of people that walk through it, it will never lose it's value. And that alone, is truly inspiring.
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