Is your puppet a recording artist? SKETCH A Or is it something from your imagination? What clothing does your puppet wear? STRING CITY SEARCH! Does he/she play an instrument? Now that you’ve enjoyed String City: Nashville’s Tradition of Music and Puppetry, use these activities to EXPLORE String City in the Museum galleries. What can you find? Keep your completed activity sheet to remember your experience.
DRAW a line from each artist to their artifact on display in the Museum.
DeFord Bailey Reba McEntire Roy Acuff Sara Carter Charley Pride
Johnny Cash Loretta Lynn Nitty Gritty Taylor Swift Chet Atkins Dirt Band
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Co-created in collaboration with the Nashville Public Library’s Wishing Chair Productions and made possible by Judy and Steve Turner, String City Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission; Nashville Parent; and Tennessee Arts Commission. Evening Flour Sack Megaphone Tuxedo with Washboard is presented in partnership with the Nashville Public Library. Gown Brocade Trim
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George Jones 1992; George Strait 2006; Loretta Lynn 1988; Minnie Pearl 1975; Patsy Cline 1973; Reba McEntire 2011; Vince Gill 2007; Willie Nelson 1983; Tammy Wynette 1970; Charley Pride 2000 Pride Charley 1970; Wynette Tammy 1983; Nelson Willie 2007; Gill Vince 2011; McEntire Reba 1973; Cline Patsy 1975; Pearl Minnie 1988; Lynn Loretta 2006; Strait George 1992; Jones George Taylor GS6 Gibson J-50 Scrapbook Zimmerman Gibson Chet Atkins
Alabama 2005; Ricky Skaggs 2018; Bill Monroe 1970; The Carter Family 1970; Chet Atkins 1973; DeFord Bailey 2005; Dolly Parton 1999; Eddy Arnold 1966; Ernest Tubb 1965; Garth Brooks 2012; 2012; Brooks Garth 1965; Tubb Ernest 1966; Arnold Eddy 1999; Parton Dolly 2005; Bailey DeFord 1973; Atkins Chet 1970; Family Carter The 1970; Monroe Bill 2018; Skaggs Ricky 2005; Alabama
Hall of Fame Hunt: Hunt: Fame of Hall Autoharp Studio Classic
: 1. Hank Williams, 2. Lester Flatt, 3. Maybelle Carter Carter Maybelle 3. Flatt, Lester 2. Williams, Hank 1. : Guess Who Guitars Who Guess
Loretta Lynn (Gibson J-50), Reba McEntire (Evening Gown), Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Washboard), Charley Pride (Tuxedo with Brocade Trim), Taylor Swift (Taylor GS6) (Taylor Swift Taylor Trim), Brocade with (Tuxedo Pride Charley (Washboard), Band Dirt Gritty Nitty Gown), (Evening McEntire Reba J-50), (Gibson Lynn Loretta
Roy Acuff (Flour Sack), Chet Atkins (Gibson Chet Atkins Studio Classic), DeFord Bailey (Megaphone), Sara Carter (Zimmerman Autoharp), Johnny Cash (Scrapbook), (Scrapbook), Cash Johnny Autoharp), (Zimmerman Carter Sara (Megaphone), Bailey DeFord Classic), Studio Atkins Chet (Gibson Atkins Chet Sack), (Flour Acuff Roy ANSWER KEY Artifact Match: Match: Artifact KEY ANSWER String City features many artists who are members of the The Museum displays a few guitars belonging to artists Country Music Hall of Fame. LOOK for their plaques in the GUESS WHO featured in String City. Hall of Fame Rotunda. WRITE the name of the artist in the space. GUITARS CIRCLE features that are different on each instrument. 1. CHECK the ones you find. 2. FIND the year they were inducted. 3. CIRCLE the artists you would like to know more about.
Alabama 20 Ricky Skaggs 20 Bill Monroe 19 The Carter Family 19 Chet Atkins 19
DeFord Bailey 20 Dolly Parton 19 Eddy Arnold 19 Ernest Tubb 19 Garth Brooks 20
George Jones 19 George Strait 20 Loretta Lynn 19 Minnie Pearl 19 Patsy Cline 19
NOTE some other guitar brands you see in the Museum. How are they DIFFERENT from each other? How are they the SAME?
Reba McEntire 20 Vince Gill 20 Willie Nelson 19 Tammy Wynette 19 Charley Pride 20