{"id":49631,"date":"2026-06-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=49631"},"modified":"2026-06-26T10:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:30:35","slug":"dolly-parton-makes-surprise-appearance-at-new-tennessee-travel-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/06\/dolly-parton-makes-surprise-appearance-at-new-tennessee-travel-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton Makes Surprise Appearance At New Tennessee Travel Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dolly Parton<\/strong>\u00a0made her first public appearance in months at the grand opening of her new Dolly&#8217;s Tennessean Travel Stop in Cornersville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The surprise appearance came as fans gathered in the parking lot on a scorching summer day, unaware she would actually attend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parton greeted the crowd saying, &#8220;Hey, Hey, Hey! How are you? How is everybody doing today out in that hot boiling sun?&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also took a playful jab at competitor Buc-ee&#8217;s, joking, &#8220;Well, I couldn&#8217;t leave it to beavers.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"10000\" height=\"8504\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2026\/06\/82ff6ec6-danny-nozell-dolly-parton-and-gregory-h.-sachs-courtesy-of-dolly-parton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49635\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Danny Nozell, Dolly Parton and Gregory H. Sachs (Courtesy of Dolly Parton)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her last public appearance was in March for Dollywood&#8217;s season opening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The massive travel stop features exclusive merchandise, a BBQ grab-and-go restaurant, Dolly&#8217;s Cup of Ambition coffee shop, a live music stage, karaoke bar, and a pet area called Doggy Parton.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaBGYnlJogn\/embed\/captioned\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:0;\"  class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u00a0made her first public appearance in months at the grand opening of her new Dolly&#8217;s Tennessean Travel Stop in Cornersville, Tennessee. The surprise appearance came as fans gathered in the parking lot on a scorching summer day, unaware she would actually attend. Parton greeted the crowd saying, &#8220;Hey, Hey, Hey! How are you? How","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":49634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2988,83,7541,7400],"class_list":["post-49631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-dolly","tag-dolly-parton","tag-dollys-cup-of-ambition","tag-dollys-tennessean-travel-stop"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 10:55:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/06\/dolly-parton-makes-surprise-appearance-at-new-tennessee-travel-stop\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49636,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49631\/revisions\/49636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}