{"id":43453,"date":"2013-03-13T10:30:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T14:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=43453"},"modified":"2013-03-13T09:32:17","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T13:32:17","slug":"the-oak-ridge-boys-present-plaque-to-turning-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=43453","title":{"rendered":"The Oak Ridge Boys Present Plaque to Turning Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Oak Ridge Boys lead vocalist Duane Allen presents a plaque Thursday night, in appreciation of Turning Stone Resort Casino hosting the group\u2019s 40th\u00a0Anniversary Tour.\u00a0 Accepting on behalf of Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter is Turning Stone Director of Entertainment and Events Rick Gallagher<a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/oakridgeboys-mg-9168.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43454\" alt=\"oakridgeboys-mg--9168\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/oakridgeboys-mg-9168.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/oakridgeboys-mg-9168.jpg 226w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/oakridgeboys-mg-9168-150x129.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Verona, NY \u2013 March 2013) Legendary country music group The Oak Ridge Boys made a special presentation at their Thursday, March 7 sold-out performance at the Turning Stone Resort Casino Showroom.\u00a0 The group presented a plaque to Turning Stone, in appreciation for the resort hosting their 40th\u00a0Anniversary Tour.<\/p>\n<p>As a musical entity, The Oak Ridge Boys can trace their history to the 1940s, when a group of Gospel singers took the name The Oak Ridge Quartet.\u00a0 More than 30 members have come and gone, but the most popular configuration \u2013 the current group \u2013 came together in 1973.\u00a0 Duane Allen, William Lee Golden, Richard Sterban and Joe Bonsall have been making hits and performing together ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Their string of hits is led by the double-platinum selling Elvira, which soared up the Billboard Country and Pop charts in 1981.\u00a0 The group has scored 12 gold, three platinum, and one double platinum album, and had more than a dozen national Number One singles and over 30 Top Ten hits.<\/p>\n<p>The Oak Ridge Boys continue to perform nearly 150 shows annually.\u00a0 Their 40th\u00a0Anniversary Tour continues through mid-May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oak Ridge Boys lead vocalist Duane Allen presents a plaque Thursday night, in appreciation of Turning Stone Resort Casino hosting the group\u2019s 40th\u00a0Anniversary Tour.\u00a0 Accepting on behalf of Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter is Turning Stone Director of Entertainment and Events Rick Gallagher (Verona, NY \u2013 March 2013) Legendary country music group The Oak Ridge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}