At the end of our Deltek ProjectCon conference, we were treated to live entertainment. First up was Sixwire.Sister Hazel.Sara Evans.Gary LeVox, formerly of Rascal Flatts.Steve Augeri, formerly of Journey. They played quite a few of Journey’s hits. Pretty cool.
So by November 15th, it’s Christmas at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville.So. Much. Christmas.Very impressive nativity scene. Figures are larger than life-size.Entrance foyer at the Opryland Hotel.Jack is here.They dress up all their shops and cafe’s with Christmas names.So they had a Parade of Trees fundraiser going on. Several stars donated trees to be raffled off, with other pretty nice prizes as well. This is the tree donated by Jordan Davis.Donated by Maddie and Tae.Donated by Little Big Town.Donated by Reba McIntyre.Donated by Brad Paisley.Donated by Tyler Hubbard.Donated by Luke Bryan.Donated by Kacey Musgraves.Donated by Keith Urban.Donated by John Pardi.Donated by Sam Hunt.Donated by George Strait.Donated by Alan Jackson.Big tree made of poinsettias.
Covenant Presbyterian Church. We went to worship service here Sunday morning.Beautiful sanctuary. The pipe organ is magnificent.Downtown Nashville. The AT&T building, AKA The Batman Building.Bridgestone Arena, home of the Nashville Predators hockey team.Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, next to Bridgestone Arena.Historic Ryman Auditorium, former home of the Grand Ole Opry.Loretta Lynn statue.Bill Monroe statue.Legends Corner on Broadway. Can you name all of the legends? (Answer at the bottom of this post).So we had lunch at Paula Deen’s. Plenty of country style food. Delicious!Christmas at Bass Pro Shops at Opry Mills Mall.Nissan Stadium, home of the Tennessee Titans.Nashville skyline from the west.
The Legends on Legends Corner (left to right): Tim McGraw, Loretta Lynn, Charlie Pride, Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Johnny Cash, Keith Urban, Merle Haggard, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Luke Bryan, George Strait, Dolly Parton, Miranda Lambert and Garth Brooks.
Friday night in Nashville…Grand Ole Opry.Mark Wills.Emily Ann Roberts. Beautiful song, “The Building”.John Conlee.Brothers Osborne.Brothers Osborne.Connie Smith.Jason Eady.Oak Ridge Boys. “Elvira”!
The Tennessee State Capitol was completed in 1859.Statue of Andrew Jackson on the grounds of the state capitol. Tennessee was home to three presidents – Jackson (7th), James K. Polk (11th) and Andrew Johnson (17th).President James K. Polk and First Lady Sara Polk are buried on the grounds of the state capitol.Statue of President Andrew Johnson.Liberty Bell replica.Senate chamber.House chamber.Tennessee State Supreme Court chamber.Portrait of significant Tennesseans.Andrew Jackson.Andrew Jackson. He is so popular he gets two busts in the capitol!Andrew Jackson.James K. Polk.James K. Polk.Andrew Johnson.Andrew Johnson.David Crockett, Tennessee native and hero of the Alamo.Cordell Hull, the longest-serving Secretary of State in US history. He served for 11 years under President Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II.Sampson W. Keeble, first African American elected to the Tennessee state legislature.
