I-Union Gospel Tabernacle - I-Mother Mother of Country Country
Ukuhamba enhliziyweni ye-Music City, e-USA, eNashville, eTennessee, futhi ungavakashela isonto lomama lomculo wezwe, i- Ryman Auditorium.
Abalandeli bomculo kuwo wonke umhlaba bayaqaphela i-Ryman Auditorium yomlando njengekhaya lendabuko lombukiso womsakazo we-Grand Ole Opry womculo wezwe, isikhungo somculo esibizwa ngokuthi sikhulisa umsindo ezweni lonke. Ngisho noma lo mbukiso uphumelele ekamelweni futhi wathuthela esikhungweni esikhulu kunawo wonke amashumi eminyaka adlule, i- Grand Old Opry isenza umjikelezo wonyaka wabuyela eRyman ubusika ngamunye.
Ngokuqinisekile isizathu esisodwa sokuthi i-Opry ithandwa kakhulu yi-caliber yabadlali abaye bakhanga eminyakeni. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakungu-Opry amalungu kusukela esikhathini esidlule njengoRoy Acuff, uMinnie Pearl, uHank Williams noBill Monroe, noma amalungu athile njengamanje uGarth Brooks, uVince Gill, uReba McEntire, uCharlie Daniels, no-Alan Jackson, aba yingxenye ye-Opry cast bekulokhu babhekwa njengenhlonipho ephakeme kanye nokuphumelela komqhele emisebenzini yomenzi wezwe.
Kodwa ubuhle bukaRyman buya emuva ekuqaleni kwawo futhi kahle ngaphambi kokuba i-Grand Ole Opry ingacatshangwa ...
Konke kwaqala emva nje kweMpi Yombango lapho uNashville eqala ukukhula ngokushesha futhi aphumelele kulokho okwakwaziwa ngaleso sikhathi njengeNew South. Ukukhula eNashville kuhlanganisa amabhange, amafemu yomshuwalense, izikole, kanye nemidlalo yaseshashalazini futhi ngokushesha waba isikhungo samasiko nezokuhweba eNingizimu futhi wathatha isiteketiso sase-Athens eNingizimu.
Ngokuhambisana nalokhu kukhula kwafika izithasiselo zokuba ichweba elibalulekile lomfula kanye nesikhungo sesitimela futhi lapho uTom Ryman, isikhulu somkhumbi sendawo esiya khona esithombeni.
Kuthiwa ngemuva kokulalela umshumayeli waseNingizimu waseSam Sam Jones, uTom Ryman waphenduka izinkolelo zakhe zenkolo futhi ngokushesha wabutha iqembu lendawo futhi waqala ukusebenza esontweni ukuze asize abanye baphenduke ezindleleni zabo ezimbi futhi basindise imiphefumulo yabo ekuqothulweni ngokubanika indawo yokukhulekela ngokukhululekile.
Ngokushesha ukwakhiwa kwe-Union Gospel Tabernacle kwaqala nje enyakatho ye-Broad kulokho okwakuthiwa yi-Summer Street.
I-Union Gospel Tabernacle yavulwa ngokusemthethweni emphakathini ngo-1892 futhi yayisemgwaqeni omncane ukusuka esifundeni sokukhanya esibomvu esiqhamuka edolobheni esibizwa ngokuthi iBlack Bottoms District. Kwakuyindawo lapho abantu bazo zonke izinkolo bahlangana khona ekukhulekeleni futhi kwasetshenziselwa njengeholo lomhlangano womphakathi.
Enye yemihlangano eyaziwa kakhulu yenzeke ngo-1897 lapho ama-Confederate veterans abamba khona ukuhlanganiswa okukhulu lapho kwakuhlanganisa ukufakwa kwalokho okwaziwa manje ngokuthi i-Confederate Gallery, futhi ngo-1901 isiteji esisha sakhiwa ukuze kwenziwe iNew York Metropolitan I-Opera.
I-acoustics yehholo yakhiwa ngokushesha futhi yaheha ithalente yomculo engcono kakhulu emhlabeni. I-Ryman yabona ukuqala kwe-WC Fields, i-Harpo Marx, iWestern I-Ziegfield Follies, u-Enrico Caruso, uJohn Philip Sousa, uCharlie Chaplin noGene Autry ukubiza abambalwa.
Igama lesakhiwo elisemthethweni, ngalesi sikhathi, laliyi-Union Gospel Tabernacle, kodwa okwamanje, lalibizwa ngokuthi "i-Auditorium" kuze kube ngu-1904 lapho liqanjwe kabusha, ngemuva kokufa kukaTom Ryman, kwi-Ryman Auditorium.
Amagama, i-Union Gospel Tabernacle, afakwe ngaphakathi ngaphandle futhi angabonakala esakhiweni kuze kube yilolu suku, asikhumbuze ngefa lakhe langempela lezenkolo.