DOLLY PARTON RETURNS TO PUBLIC EYE TO CELEBRATE OPENING DAY AT DOLLYWOOD . (PHOTO).
Dolly Parton returns to public eye to celebrate opening day at Dollywood Dolly Parton made her first public appearance in months to celebrate the opening day of Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, on Friday. The country music icon reflected on the past year, a year after the death of her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, saying she is “doing good” and has been working to rebuild herself spiritually, emotionally, and physically after grieving and dealing with health issues that kept her from touring. Joined on stage by Dollywood president Eugene Naughton, Parton brought her trademark humor to the crowd, joking about rumors of a new husband while reaffirming her devotion to Dean. She also shared updates on her ongoing projects, including a new Broadway musical and her Dolly’s Life of Many Colors Museum in Nashville. Parton previewed the park’s 41st season, highlighting the upcoming NightFlight Expedition ride, a new “Run Dollywood” race weekend, an updated ...
Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on sunday said one of the best ways Nigeria can immortalise the late winner of June 12,1993 Presidential election,Chief M.K.O Abiola,is to entrench viable democracy,just as he said that such can only be achieved through the practice of true federalism which is currently not in place in the country.Governor Ambode,who spoke in Lagos at a event organised by the State's Office of Civic Engagement to mark the 23rd Anniversary of June 12,said Nigeria owe the late Abiola a duty to entrench democracy in the system and practice it the right way.Speaking on the theme:Democracy and Inclusiveness:Basis For Good Governance''.Governor Ambode,who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government,Mr Tunji Bello,said June 12 would continued to be remembered,but that the country must be prepared to travel through the journey of ensuring the right things are done in proper ways.He said ''This is a day we must continue to remember because we have been practicing democracy and at the end of the day,we are not actually doing what we should be doing.If you look at the topic of today,it says Democracy and its inclusiveness,what we have today,we still have a long way to go,and that is to say that we are not practicing true federalism.What we owe Nigeria today is nothing but true Federalism and for us to be able to achieve true federalism,we have to work hard for it and that is the message the Governor has asked me to deliver.We still have a long way to go.If you want to honour him,we owe him a duty to ensure that we install a viable democracy and that viable democracy can only be installed if we have true federalism which we are presently not practicing,and that is very important''.One more photo below.
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