{"id":61654,"date":"2016-11-17T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=61654"},"modified":"2016-11-17T07:00:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T13:00:14","slug":"crystal-gayle-invited-to-join-grand-ole-opry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/17\/crystal-gayle-invited-to-join-grand-ole-opry\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Gayle Invited To Join Grand Ole Opry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61655\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/crystalgayle002.jpg\" alt=\"crystalgayle002\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/crystalgayle002.jpg 750w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/crystalgayle002-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>Crystal Gayle Invited To Join Grand Ole Opry<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Crystal Gayle was surprised during her Grand Ole Opry performance this evening by Opry member Carrie Underwood with an invitation to become an official Opry member<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-325 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/countrymusictattletale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/crystal-gayle-opry-2.jpg?resize=450%2C300\" alt=\"Crystal Gayle Invited To Join Grand Ole Opry\" width=\"311\" height=\"207\" \/>Gayle will be formally inducted into the Opry on Jan. 21st, 2017 by her sister, Opry legend Loretta Lynn. Gayle made her Opry debut nearly 50 years ago on the Ryman Auditorium stage, singing the country classic \u201cRibbon of Darkness\u201d at age 16.<\/p>\n<p>Underwood surprised the sold-out Opry at the Ryman crowd by joining Gayle on the smash hit \u201cDon\u2019t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.\u201d Seconds after finishing the duet, Underwood turned to Gayle and said,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYou are an inspiration to so many of us. You are important to country music, and you are important to the Opry, which is why I was asked tonight to ask you if you would like to join our Opry family officially.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-40218 \" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/crystalgayle001.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"CrystalGayle001\" width=\"327\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/crystalgayle001.jpg 750w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/crystalgayle001-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/>Accepting her friend\u2019s invitation with a hug, Gayle said,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI have always felt like I was a member of the family and this is just so special.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFor more than half of the Opry\u2019s 91 years, Crystal Gayle has been lending her signature vocals to Opry shows and connecting with Opry audiences as well as with everyone backstage,\u201d said Opry Vice President and General Manager Pete Fisher.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cShe is family, and we are very excited that she\u2019ll become an official Opry member early next year.\u201d Pete Fisher<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As Crystal Gayle is invited To Join Grand Ole Opry, Tickets for Gayle\u2019s Opry induction night and all upcoming Opry performances are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/opry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opry.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; CMTT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Gayle Invited To Join Grand Ole Opry Crystal Gayle was surprised during her Grand Ole Opry performance this evening by Opry member Carrie Underwood with an invitation to become an official Opry member Gayle will be formally inducted into the Opry on Jan. 21st, 2017 by her sister, Opry legend Loretta Lynn. Gayle made her Opry debut nearly 50 years ago on the Ryman Auditorium stage, singing the country classic \u201cRibbon of Darkness\u201d at age 16. Underwood surprised the sold-out Opry at the Ryman crowd by joining Gayle on<a href=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/17\/crystal-gayle-invited-to-join-grand-ole-opry\/\" class=\"read-more\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}