As a reminder (mostly to self), the Grand Ole Opry will have its 100th anniversary show on November 28th – that's next Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Don't forget to tune in. I have no idea who's on the schedule, but I'm guessing that it'll be all over the WSM web site by this time next week.
Remember, just as with classical music being performed on period instruments (see
Academy of Ancient Music), it's far better to listen to the Grand Ole Opry on AM radio. Fortunately this is fairly simple across most of the eastern half of the United States during dark evening hours: tune to 650 AM just before 8pm EST and you ought to have a listenable signal. You may have to physically turn a portable radio to point it toward Nashville; their internal antennas are somewhat directional. Of course, being out of a city center (this is
country music after all) and having a good radio will help considerably, but on the whole it's a pretty easy exercise. If the ionosphere doesn't cooperate (or worse, you're stuck in a city), streaming from the above-linked web site is a lesser but tolerable substitute.
Anyway, don't let this one slide. Tune in for a little piece of history as it happens.
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