I-Grand Ole Opry iqalile nje njengesixhobo sokuthengisa i-inshurensi yatshintshile yaba yinto efanelekileyo kunye nexesha elide elihlala kuyo imvumi yelizwe yomculo kwiimbali.
Konke kwaqala ngo-1901 xa i-CA Craig, owayengumlawuli we-inshurensi eyisizwe, kunye nabanini-zimali abaninzi abaphumelele kwintengiso (i-$ 17,250) kwi-National Accident ye-Agate kunye neNkampani ye-Inshurensi waza wabiza ngokuba yiNational Life and Accident Insurance Company.
Iiofisi zokuqala zazingezantsi kumgangatho wesibini wendawo yokuhlala e-Union Street emva kokuhamba iminyaka emininzi kwiminyaka yoBomi beSizwe wakha isakhiwo sebali ezintlanu kwi-7th Avenue kwaye wabiza ekhaya kwi-40 elandelayo into ethile. Iimpawu ziyinkokheli ngexesha, kwishishini lomshuwalense Ubomi bobuzwe buba nekhuselo njengombonakalo walo kunye ne "S Shield Millions" njenge logo. Le logo yayiza kuba neefowuni zeefowuni kumsebenzi wabo wokuqala kwi-rediyo, okwenzeka ngo-1923 xa unyana kaCra Craig, u-Edwin waqinisekisa iBhodi yeSizwe yoBomi ukuba yayiyinto efanelekileyo yokuthengisa.
I-WSM yahlala ngo-Oktobha ka-1925 ukusuka kwiiofisi ze-5 zolawulo lweSizwe soBomi ngesaziso esilula: "Lo yi-WSM, Sizikhusela izigidi. Ngenyanga yokuqala yokusebenza, "uMgwebi we-Solemn ole", uGeorge Hay, isaziso somsakazo owaziwayo esahamba phambili, ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba, kunye nenkqubo yakhe ye-hillbilly, etshintshela umkhangisi, uJack Keefe.
Kwiminyaka embalwa ezayo, lo mboniso waziwa ngokugqithiseleyo njengomdaniso we-WSM Barn kuze kube ngolunye ngoMgqibelo ebusuku ngo-1927, uGeorge Hay wenza le nkcazo emva kwenkqubo yokuvula imiyalezo nguDeFord Bailey; "Kwixesha elidlulileyo, siye saphula umculo othathwe ngokubanzi kwi-Grand Opera, kodwa ukususela ngoku siza kuzisa i-Grand Ole Opry" kwaye igama liye labamba kwaye iboniswe ngokuba yi-Grand Ole Opry ukususela ngelo xesha.
Njengoko ukuthandwa kowomnxeba kuboniswe ukwenjenjalo ngabaphulaphuli abaye babonakaliswa ngabantu kwaye ngoko ukuba imfuneko yendawo enkulu yandisa i-Grand Agor Opry yayibonisa ngokucacileyo kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zaseNashville ezibandakanya i-Belcourt Theater (eyaziwayo ngoko njenge-Hillsboro Theater), i-Dixie Tabernacle, kunye ne-War Memorial Memorial ngaphambi kokuba ekugqibeleni ihambele kwi-Ryman Auditorium (ngokusemthethweni i-Union Tabernacle) ngo-1943, apho yayihlala khona kwiminyaka emithathu ezayo.
Ngo-1963, i-inshorensi ye-National Life yathengisa i-Ryman Auditorium nge-$ 207,500 kwaye yaguqula igama lwakhiwo kwi-Grand Old Opry House, kodwa i-Opry yayijoliswe ukunyuka okungenani elinye ixesha xa ngo-1969, iNational Life yazisa izicwangciso zokuvula ipaki yepakethi kunye nehotele elisempuma kwidolophu yedolophu kwaye ezo zicwangciso ziquka ikhaya elitsha kwi-Old Old Opry.
Ngoko entwasahlobo ka-1974 i-Grand Old Opry yaphuma kwi-Ryman Auditorium kunye neDowntown Nashville ukuseka indawo entsha yokuhlala kwisakhiwo esitsha sakhiwo esichazwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi iGrand Old Opry House.
Ngowe-1982, i-American General yabamba i-National Life kwaye iipropati kwaye kungekudala emva koko, ukwenzela ukunciphisa ityala elibangelwa ukuthengwa okugqithiseleyo kwi-National Life American General, yaqala ukuxoxisana nokuthengiswa kwezinto ezithile ze-National Life's assets, ezibandakanya I-Opryland Ihotele kunye neCentral Centre, i-Opryland Theme park, iSiteshi se-WSM se-oseshini, i-Ryman Auditorium kunye nabanye.
Kwakungaziwa ukuba yikuphi ukuza kubakho i-Grand Ole Opry.
Kungekudala emva kokumenyezelwa kokuthengiswa okulindelekileyo, uMninimzi wase-Oklahoma kunye nomhlobo omhle waseMinnie Pearl ogama lakhe linguEd Edaynord wathenga iipropati ezingama-225 yezigidi ezigidi kunye nokuqhubeka nokusebenza kwe-Grand Ole Opry.
Namhlanje, i-Grand Ole Opry, esele ibe neGaylord Entertainment, iyaqina. Umboniso we-Grand Ole Opry usacatshulwa ekhompyutheni yomsakazo weWSM kwaye unikeza imiboniso ebonakalayo nganye ngeveki.
Hlola iMbali:
- Grand Ole Opry
- Ryman Auditorium
- I-Union Gospel Tabernacle Church
Grand Ole Opry
Ryman Auditorium
Isikhululo seWSM
AbaTyeleli Iingcebiso: Ngo-1999 i-Opry yabuyela kwi-Ryman Auditorium ngexesha loku-1 kwiminyaka eyi-25 kwaye iqhubeke nokutyelela ngonyaka rhoqo ngonyaka. Ukubuya kwabo ngonyaka kudla ixesha leenyanga kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo kubakho ngeenyanga zasebusika, ngoko ke xa uceba ukuya kwi-Grand Ole Opry ukhangele kwaye ubone indawo ebonisa ngayo.