Thirty -seven years ago a new radio station in Nashville called WSM launched a show called the WSM Barn Dance which had as its first performer 80 year- old Uncle Jimmy Thompson seated on a chair in front of the carbon mike answering requests from farm people and folks up in the hills. Who could have known then what this would lead to 37 years later? The show was the forerunner of what is now the world famous Grand Ole Opry which sports the talents of some of the biggest names in Country Music. This week, the entire music industry migrates to Nashville to celebrate WSM’s 37th anniver- sary and the 11th Annual Country Music Festival. On Saturday night, Nov. 10th, visitors will watch a super Opry show at the Ryman Auditorium fea- turing many of the Opry’s current cast shown above. The Opry cast includes: 1-Ferlin Husky 2-Roy Drusky 3-Jimmy Newman 4-Chet Atkins 5-Stonewall Jackson 6-Bobby Lord 7-George Hamilton, IV 8-Faron Young 9-Minnie Pearl 10-Marty Robbins 11-Margie Bowes 12-Archie Campbell 13-June Carter 14- Don Gibson 15-Cowboy Copas 16-Jim Reeves 17-Bill Monroe 18-Justin Tubb 19-Stringbean 20-Ernest Tubb 21-The Louvin Brothers 22-Cousin Jody 23- Hank Locklin 24-Bill Anderson 25-Roy Acufif 26-The Jordanaires 27-Lonzo and Oscar 28-Hawkshaw Hawkins 29-Jean Shepard 30-Loretta Lynn 31-Del Wood 32-Kitty Wells 33- Johnny and Jack 34-Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs 35-Sonny James 36-Leroy Van Dyke 37-The Wilburn Brothers 38-The Glaser Brothers 39-The Willis Brothers 40-Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper 41-Curley Fox 42- Texas Ruby 43-Skeeter Davis 44-Patsy Cline 45-Hank Snow 46-Billy Walker 47-George Morgan 48-Porter Wagoner 49-Carl Butler 50-Billy Grammer 51- Bill Carlisle 52-Jimmy Driftwood 53-Ray Price