{"id":2161634,"date":"2025-11-17T11:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2161634"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:12:10","slug":"full-circle-documentary-honors-100-years-of-the-grand-ole-opry-watch-it-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/full-circle-documentary-honors-100-years-of-the-grand-ole-opry-watch-it-here\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Full Circle&#8217; documentary honors 100 years of the Grand Ole Opry. Watch it here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For a century, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/08\/24\/nashville-grand-ole-opry-history-country-music\/84438747007\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=true&amp;gca-epti=z117040p000950n11----c11----d00----v117040b0046xxd004665&amp;gca-ft=156&amp;gca-ds=sophi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Grand Ole Opry;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Grand Ole Opry<\/a> has been the beating heart of country music, a stage where tradition and innovation share the same spotlight. For the past six months, I have been interviewing workers, stars and the Opry historian about how the institution has endured and thrived since its first broadcast in 1925.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">From the 2010 flood that submerged the Opry House to the silence of the 2020 pandemic, when performances carried on with no audience, &#8220;the Opry never stopped,&#8221; historian Byron Fay says in the 25-minute documentary. &#8220;That took commitment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Artists including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/10\/17\/trisha-yearwood-christmas-album\/86730845007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Trisha Yearwood;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Trisha Yearwood<\/a>, Carly Pearce, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/06\/04\/rascal-flatts-legacy-life-is-a-highway-refueled-duets\/83745364007\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=true&amp;gca-epti=z117240p003650c003650d00----v117240b0097xxd119765&amp;gca-ft=196&amp;gca-ds=sophi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rascal Flatts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rascal Flatts<\/a> and Pam Tillis share personal memories of the stage that shaped them. Behind the scenes, longtime staffers like security guard Jimmy Schermerhorn and concierge Diana &#8220;Lemonade&#8221; McBride reveal the family spirit that keeps the famous Opry circle unbroken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Full Circle&#8221; celebrates the people who made the show a national treasure and those ensuring it lasts another hundred years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The more it changes, the more it stays the same,&#8221; Opry Executive Producer Dan Rogers says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"marker\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pediment.com\/products\/full-circle-100-years-grand-ole-opry-history-hardcover-book?ownership=client&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_source=The_Tennessean&amp;utm_campaign=Grand_Ole_Opry_100&amp;variant=50752479166756\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Buy 'Full Circle' commemorative book;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Buy &#8216;Full Circle&#8217; commemorative book<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/11\/17\/grand-ole-opry-documentary-100-years\/87231300007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:100 years of the Grand Ole Opry honored in 'Full Circle' documentary;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">100 years of the Grand Ole Opry honored in &#8216;Full Circle&#8217; documentary<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a century, the Grand Ole Opry has been the beating heart of country music, a stage where tradition and innovation share the same spotlight. For the past six months, I have been interviewing workers, stars and the Opry historian about how the institution has endured and thrived since its first broadcast in 1925. 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