A weekly column by the Ledgemont Redskins cheerleaders
Dear Readers,
On our third full day, we headed back into Nashville.
In honor of Opening Day in Cleveland, we wore matching baseball jerseys. We left our hotel at 8 a.m. to make it to the Country Music Hall of Fame when it opened. This, however, would not be the case. We were stuck in traffic for about a half-hour going into downtown. Then, we had to search the city for parking. We found out later that the N.R.A. convention was putting on a free concert in the evening, and they were expecting 70,000 people.
There were people everywhere! All over the news, they said that we were in the safest town in the United States! We certainly didn’t expect that!
After a while, we made it to the Country Music Hall of Fame. It had three levels and the building was shaped like a piano. We walked through looking at all of the exhibits and then headed into the actual Hall of Fame where the inductee’s plaques were hung.
After that we went to the gift shop and we stopped at the snack bar. We headed outside to eat our snack and to listen to the high school group that was performing outside on the steps. After a little while, we walked to Panera and had our lunch. Following lunch, we walked back to meet our tour guide for our walking tour of Nashville.
Our tour guide had trouble reaching us because of all of the traffic but the tour was worth the wait. We learned all about the different buildings in the heart of the city. We visited several historic spots including Fort Nash, Printer’s Alley and the Capital Building.
We learned that Nashville was originally known as the printing capital of the United States and how they wanted to be called the “Athens of the West,” before they became nicknamed “Music City.”
We also learned that Tennessee played a pivotal role in the Civil War, prohibition and passing the 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote. We found that Tennessee had a lot of connections to Ohio. We wrapped up our tour by learning about the Ryman Theatre, which was the original home of the Grand Ole Opry.
Next, we headed to get ice cream at Bobbi’s Ice Cream Shop, an icon in Nashville. The ice cream was really good! Then, we had to begin the long trek back to our parking spot. We crossed over the Cumberland River across the Shelby Street Bridge, and we stopped to take Shelby’s picture by the sign. We also passed by the Tennesee Titans’ football stadium. By the time we got back, our feet were sore! We had walked at least 3 miles!
We then set off for the Grand Ole Opry. The show started at 7 p.m., but we decided to go straight there rather than heading back to the hotel. We got to spend some time looking around the Opry Mills Mall. We shopped for a little while, and then we ate at Johnny Rockets. It was nice eating there, and we got to see the staff sing! After we finished eating, we headed across the parking lot for the Grand Ole Opry show. Our show was to include Jeannie Seele, Joe Diffe, John Conlee, Connie Smith, Mark Wills and many other great country singers. We got to sit in the second level and we could see the entire stage! It was a great venue, and we got to sing along with many of the performers. We just had such a great time!
It was really late when we got back to the hotel. so we all went to our rooms to get ready for the adventure to come tomorrow! We all had to agree that we were loving our trip, and we couldn’t wait to come back to Nashville some day in the future. It was another great day to be Ledgemont Redskin’ cheerleaders!
L.H.S. Cheerfully Yours,
Jenna and Jill
