Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry will open its 51st season of country music shows on Saturday with an “All Star Opry” featuring the house band, Shades of Country, and all of the Opry singers. The group will be performing again this year at Mathews High School’s Harry M. Ward Auditorium. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show begins at 7:30. Ticket prices remain at $15 for all adults and $5 for children ages 12 and under and can be purchased in advance at the Mathews Visitor Center in Mathews and Marketplace Antiques on Route 17 in Hayes. Tickets are available at the door on show night, starting at 6:30. The Opry welcomes young local talent, Ada Barnes, to its stage for the first time at the evening’s performance, as well as Opry performers Tracy Hill, Hunter Owens, A.J. McKeen, Susan Ripley, Faith Kemp, Lynda Smith, Ralph Motley, Sam Hogge Jr. (lead guitar), David Shuber (bass guitar), Richard Smith (drums), Michael Gregg (fiddle), William Earl Sadler (keyboards) and Mike McDevitt (lead/rhythm guit...
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