The Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame finally has its hall.
Thirty-nine years after inducting its first member — and 64 years after the founding of its parent organization, the Virginia Folk Music Association — the hall has found a home at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds.
The building is tiny, said Sigrid Williams, the president of the association, but it's home.
"Everything has been in people's closets and attics," she said. "Now it's all in one place."
The collection includes pictures, records and other items of interest. Some of it belongs to the group, some of it is on loan. All of it will be available for public viewing when the fairgrounds is open.
"Oh, it's exciting," Williams said Friday. "There's a ton of little stuff left to do, there always is, but it's almost done."
The hall includes stars such as Roy Clark (1974 inductee), Patsy Cline (1981) and Jimmy Dean (1997) and Virginia favorites like Tater Tate (1992) and Chester's own Nicholas Hajacos (1999).
It's in Chesterfield, Williams said, because the fairgrounds has become home to the Virginia Folk Music Association's annual festival and because the fairgrounds offers access during other times of the year.
If you missed it Saturday, it'll be open again during the county's Fourth of July fireworks party.
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