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Grand Ole Opry Celebrates 80 Years of Country Music [4min]

The Grand Ole Opry is the longest-running radio show on the air in the United States and it recently held its 80th birthday party in Nashville, Tennessee. This institution of country music has kept listeners, and now viewers, entertained for eight decades. VOA's Craig Fitzpatrick went to the birthday party and talked to some of those who have been picking and singing on the Grand Ole Opry stage.
Read entire article at VOA News "This Week"