All day long all it did was rain. And there were some very heavy downpours. That pretty much kept us in most of the day. Opry Mills Mall is still closed so that was out as an option for spending the day. I did see a sign saying it will reopen in the Spring of 2012. That is good news. It has been closed since May of 2010 and the great flood.
Later in the afternoon we left the campground and decided to spend a little time at Camping World. We didn't spend any money but did check out a couple of things. After that we headed over to the Opry House to pick up our tickets and look at stuff in the store. We were soon let into the hall and we settled down to enjoy the show.
We knew that the Oak Ridge Boys were being inducted into the Opry tonight and were expecting most of the evening to be devoted to that. Turned out that they were only involved in the last half hour. The rest of the show was just a regular show. There were a number of older Opry stars, some of whom we have seen before, and there were a couple of new guys on their first appearance. I didn't know either of them but enjoyed both. One was from Australia and it was funny to hear him sing with no accent and then talk with a very heavy one.
The Oaks sang two songs, Bobbie Sue and Elvira, before the presentation of their awards and induction into the Opry. I had always assumed that they had been members long before this. I am really glad the Opry corrected this tonight. There was also a video congratulating them from President Bush (41). During the show the Oaks were honored with 3 standing ovations. A really good night for them.
We were sitting up in the second balcony so I had to use the zoom on my camera. I am really glad I got the new camera. I don't think my old camera would have given me any decent pictures. Here are all the people we saw perform.
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