Grand Ole Opry To 'Go Dolly' For Dolly Parton's 77th Birthday

Opry 'Goes Dolly' For Her 77th

The GRAND OLE OPRY will celebrate DOLLY PARTON’s 77th birthday with special events on JANUARY 21st, when the OPRY continues its JANUARY run at NASHVILLE's RYMAN AUDITORIUM. The OPRY plans to celebrate her birthday, which falls on JANUARY 19th, through two shows, DOLLY tributes and other fun. Keeping with the “77” celebration, the Country icon's favorite number, the OPRY is set to spotlight hits from PARTON’s 1977 album, HERE YOU COME AGAIN, her first platinum set and a crossover smash. Among those scheduled for the JANUARY 21st shows are CHAPEL HART, THE FAIRFIELD FOUR, CAITLYN SMITH, MARTY STUART and CHRIS YOUNG.

Beginning TODAY (1/12), $5 from every ticket sold to both of the JANUARY 21st shows will be donated to the OPRY TRUST FUND in PARTON’s honor. For more than 50 years, the fund has assisted members of the Country music community in need.

Among other plans in celebration of PARTON's 77th are: 77 Hours of DOLLY giveaways on OPRY social media; birthday cupcakes baked using PARTON’s DUNCAN HINES cake mix given to OPRY HOUSE and RYMAN tour guests on JANUARY 19th (while supplies last); a larger-than-life 77th birthday card for fans to sign at the RYMAN JANUARY 19th-21st; and a DOLLY impersonator on RYMAN PLAZA for photos during the JANUARY 21st OPRY AT THE RYMAN shows.

OPRY Executive Producer DAN ROGERS said, “We love an OPRY party, and everyone around the world loves DOLLY! Though DOLLY herself can’t be with us this year due to her feature film schedule, I think we can all agree DOLLY deserves to be celebrated this year and every year. We’re going to have some fun DOLLY additions to the great schedule of shows lined up for our JANUARY run downtown at the RYMAN.”

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