Grand Ole Opry inayamba ngati chida chogulitsira inshuwaransi yakhala ngati imodzi mwa machitidwe abwino kwambiri ndi aatali kwambiri mawonetsero a ma wailesi m'dziko.
Zonsezi zinayamba mu 1901 pamene CA Craig, yemwe panthawiyo anali wothandizira inshuwalansi, pamodzi ndi anthu ambiri omwe amagulitsa malonda ($ 17,250) a National Accident and Insurance Company omwe adawatcha kuti National Life and Accident Insurance Company.
Maofesi oyambirira anali pa chipinda chachiwiri cha nyumba yomwe ili pa Union Street patapita zaka zambiri. National Life inamanga nyumba zisanu ndi ziwiri pa 7th Avenue ndipo inaitcha kunyumba kwa zaka 40 zotsatira. Ndi zizindikiro pokhala chikhalidwe panthawiyo, mu makampani a inshuwalansi Moyo wapamwamba unatenga chishango monga chizindikiro chake ndi "Ife Shield Mamilioni" ngati chizindikiro chake. Chojambulachi chikanakhala makalata oyitanidwa kuntchito yawo yoyamba mu radiyo, zomwe zinachitika mu 1923 pamene mwana wa CA Craig, Edwin adakhulupirira bungweli la National Life kuti lidzakhala chida chabwino chowonetsera.
WSM adakhala moyo mu Oktoba 1925 kuchokera kuofesi ya floor ya 5 ya National Life ndi chidziwitso chosavuta: "Ichi ndi WSM, Timatetezera mamiliyoni." Company National & Accident Insurance Company. M'mwezi wake woyamba, "Woweruza wa Solemn ole", George Hay, wofalitsa wailesi wotchuka wotchuka, adakwera, kumapeto kwa November, pamodzi ndi pulogalamu yake ya hillbilly, m'malo mwa mkonzi wotchuka, Jack Keefe.
Kwa zaka zingapo zotsatira, masewerowa adadziwika bwino ngati WSM Barn-dance mpaka Loweruka usiku mu 1927, George Hay adanena izi potsatira mawonedwe oyamba a DeFord Bailey; "Kwa ola lapitalo, takhala tikukumvetsera nyimbo zomwe zimatengedwa kuchokera ku Grand Opera, koma kuyambira tsopano tidzapereka Grand Ole Opry" ndipo dzinali linagwira ntchito kuyambira nthawi imeneyo mpaka lero.
Pamene kutchuka kwa wailesi kunayambika kotero anthu omwe anali akuwonetsedwa ndi masewerawa, ndipo chifukwa chosowa malo akuluakulu adawonjezeredwa ndi Grand Agry Opry adasonyeza malo osiyanasiyana ku Nashville kuphatikizapo The Belcourt Theatre (yomwe imadziwika ndiye monga Hillsboro Theatre), Dixie Tabernacle, ndi War Memorial Auditorium musanafike potsogoleredwa mu Ryman Auditorium (monga Union Tabernacle) mu 1943, komwe kukakhala zaka makumi atatu.
Mu 1963, Inshuwalansi ya National Life inagula Ryman Auditorium kwa $ 207,500 ndipo inasintha dzina la nyumbayo ku Grand Old Opry House, koma Opry adayenera kusuntha osachepera nthawi imodzi pamene 1969, National Life inalengeza kuti idzatsegule Paki ndi hotelo yomwe ili kummawa kwa mzindawu ndipo mapulaniwa anaphatikizapo nyumba yatsopano ya Grand Old Opry.
Kotero kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 1974, Grand Old Opry adachoka ku Ryman Auditorium ndi kumzinda wa Nashville kuti akhazikitse nyumba yatsopano mu nyumba yatsopano yotchedwa Grand Old Opry House.
Mu 1982, American General adagonjetsa National Life ndipo ndi katundu ndipo posakhalitsa pambuyo pake, pofuna kuchepetsa ngongole chifukwa cha kugulitsidwa kwakukulu kuchokera ku National Life American General, anayamba kukambirana za kugulitsa kwa chuma cha National Life chomwe chinaphatikizapo Opryland Hotel ndi Malo Osonkhana, Opryland Theme park, WSM radio Station, Ryman Auditorium ndi ena.
Sichidziwika kuti tsoka liti lidzafike posachedwa ku Grand Ole Opry.
Posakhalitsa kulengeza kwa malonda akugulitsidwa, munthu wamalonda wa Oklahoma ndi mnzanga wabwino wa Minnie Pearl wotchedwa Ed Gaylord adagula katundu wake $ 225 miliyoni ndipo anapitiriza ntchito ya Grand Ole Opry.
Masiku ano, Grand Ole Opry, adakali ndi Gaylord Entertainment, akupita patsogolo. Chiwonetsero cha Grand Ole Opry chikumvekanso kumakhala pa wailesi ya WSM ndikupereka mawonedwe amoyo sabata iliyonse.
Fufuzani Mbiri:
- Grand Ole Opry
- Ryman Auditorium
- Mpingo wa Church Gospel Tabernacle
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Alendo Tipangizo: Mu 1999 Opry adabwerera ku Ryman Auditorium kwa nthawi yoyamba mu zaka 25 ndipo apitiliza ulendo umenewu pachaka chaka chilichonse. Kubwerera kwawo pachaka kumakhala kwa miyezi yambiri ndipo nthawi zambiri imapezeka miyezi yozizira, choncho pamene mukukonzekera kukafika ku Great Ole Opry ndikuwona malo omwe akuwonetserako akuchitika.