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Article: Country Hall of Fame's latest star lets her light shine.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)(Music)(Interview/Dolly Parton)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- July 2, 1999
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Deep in the forest of the Smoky Mountains, shafts of sunlight bounced off a long-forgotten chapel in the hills. Nine-year-old Dolly Parton often went there to sing. She liked the way her voice sounded as it echoed through the rafters.
That day seemed like any other spring afternoon until something special happened.
"If I could relive one moment of all my life, it would be this moment," she confides. "My grandpa was a minister, and ... I used to watch as people walked down the church aisle to dedicate themselves to the Lord. They seemed so happy.... I just longed to feel what it was like to communicate with God."
As she sat there alone in the ...