New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Crystal Gayle, who was invited Tuesday night to join the Grand Ole Opry in January 2017, will kick off Deck the Hall-a full schedule of holiday activities-at the Country
Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Friday, Nov. 25.
Festivities begin at 4 p.m. with a performance by the Grammy-award winning artist that will include hits as well as some holiday classics. She will then light a thirty-foot Christmas tree in the museum's Mike Curb Conservatory. Following the performance and tree lighting,
Gayle will sign copies of her CDs available for purchase in the Museum Store.
Gayle's performance launches a month filled with music and cheer at the museum. The museum will offer many free activities that blend music, art, education and even
Santa Claus, promising fun for the entire family.
Admission to most holiday programs is free with museum admission and free to museum members. Individual membership starts at $45 and makes a great holiday gift.
Follow Crystal
Gayle on Twitter and Facebook or visit crystalgayle.com. For additional details and a comprehensive list of all Deck the Hall performances, films and hands-on activities for kids and families, visit countrymusichalloffame.org/deckthehall2016.
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About Crystal Gayle:
Crystal
Gayle is an award-winning country music living legend whose reign in the music business includes 20 number one country hits, six albums certified Gold by the RIAA and the first female artist in country music history to reach Platinum sales with her 1977 album, We Must Believe in Magic. Her her 1977 country-pop crossover hit song, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue," became an iconic staple and solidified her as one of the top female vocalists during the 1970s and 1980s. Her list of platinum and gold was to be matched only by her awards and accolades. CMA's "Female Vocalist of the Year," for two consecutive years, she became a Grammy Award Winner for "Best Female Vocal Performance," thanks to her beloved "Brown Eyes" - a song that she today admits she has never grown tired of singing. Crystal swept the Academy of Country
Music Awards for three of their "Top Female Vocalist" statuettes.
She is the recipient of three "American
Music Awards," voted by the nation as America's "Favorite Female Artist." Perhaps nothing sums up Crystal's career achievements as well as being awarded with a star on the fabled Hollywood Walk of Fame in October 2009. Also famous for her nearly floor-length hair, she was voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People Magazine in 1983.
She is the younger sister (by 19 years) of singer Loretta Lynn, and a distant cousin of singer Patty Loveless.
Gayle also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame near Lynn's star. For more information, visit crystalgayle.com.
