Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 15, 1990                   TAG: 9003152597
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: NASHVILLE, TENN.                                LENGTH: Short

WOULD YOU LIKE PIECE OF STAGE OF `OPRY'?

"We probably will sell it and charge a nominal fee," Opry House Manager Jerry Strobel said Wednesday. "I think we need to see how we can make it attractive to someone, like maybe stamping it with the Opry logo, verifying that it was the Opry stage."

The old stage, where stars like Loretta Lynn, Randy Travis and Roy Acuff have performed since 1974, wore out and developed cracks.

-Associated Press