The feature program was the WSM Barn Dance, which followed an hour of classical music. The Barn Dance eventually became the Grand Ole Opry after host George Hay said into his microphone, “For the past ...

She even went by L.C. Naff to avoid criticism and bias. Her influence on the Ryman really began in 1904, as a secretary/bookkeeper for the Delong Rice Lyceum Bureau that booked entertainment for the ...