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• August 25, 2026

Parton has said it was always her dream to perform at the Opry. “For me, the Opry is like the song ‘New York, New York’ — if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere,” she said, according to her Opry artist bio.  At age 13, she got her chance. On the night