^I'm SO JELOUS! You met Dolly Parton! I missed her name the first time around on your list. That is amazing. Is she as nice as I've heard she is?
She has a new musical opening based on the 9 to 5 movie and she's writing all the music for it - from what I've heard it's going to be amazing.
I've greatly admired Dolly for a long time. My dad is a hugeee fan (he also wanted me to tell you that he's a huge fan of Loretta Lynn haha) so I've basically been listening to her since I was...born. My favorite story is her book "My Coat of Many Colors" which I've had since long before I really knew who she was. I still have it - it's sitting on my bookshelf.
Sorry for the ramble. I adore Dolly and I'm so jelous of you (in a good way lol).
EDIT:
Oh my gosh...Tanya Tucker! wow! When I was in 5th grade I was on this whole Tanya "kick" and I listened to (and sang) her musicn NON-STOP and I dressed up as her for Halloween.
Can you tell I'm a country fan?