COMMEMORATING THE ANNIVERSARY OF CONWAY TWITTY’S PASSING — NO ONE EXPECTED THAT TONIGHT’S MEMORIAL STAGE LIGHTS WOULD BECOME A MOMENT THAT WOULD SILENCE THOUSANDS OF HEARTS, AS TRE TWITTY’S VOICE SOUNDED LIKE A MESSAGE FROM THE PAST… AND THEN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SONG, TALA LYNN STEPPED OUT — A SURPRISE NOT IN THE SCRIPT, AS IF MR. AND MRS. CONWAY TWITTY HAD ORGANIZED IT ALL FROM FAR AWAY, FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. STANDING SIDE BY SIDE TONIGHT, SINGING NOT ONLY FOR THE AUDIENCE, BUT FOR OUR OWN MEMORIES, OUR BLOODLINE, AND A LEGACY THAT NEVER ENDS…

Introduction The stage was prepared for remembrance, not revelation. Soft lights. Measured steps. A crowd...