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Jan 4, 2024 · Melvin Sloan. Old-time dance maestro. Melvin Sloan, the youngest of six children born in a primitive two-room log cabin in what is now Cedars of Lebanon State Park, was 11 when his family moved to ...
Originally inducted as Ralph Sloan and his Tennessee Travelers. The Opry's square-dance troupe has gone through several incarnations through its history and is a regular fixture on shows. Ralph's younger brother Melvin Sloan ran the troupe from Ralph's death in 1980 until his 2002 retirement.
Grand Ole Opry dancers, The Melvin Sloan Dancers dance live on Music City Tonight with Crook & Chase.
Feb 27, 2023 · Melvin loved the Grand Ole Opry with all of his heart. When his brother Ralph died (leader of the Opry's Ralph Sloan Dancers,) Melvin stepped up to the plate. Inexperienced, he learned to dance, and took over the group as the Melvin Sloan Dancers, retiring on the 50th anniversary of the Sloan family dancing dynasty on the Grand Ole Opry stage.
Feb 2, 2015 · This B.F. Goodrich bicycle served as the “first car” for Melvin and Beverly Sloan when they married 57 years ago and rode tandem in the streets of Lebanon. The bike had been a Christmas gift to Beverly from her parents in 1949. About five years ago Melvin had the bike restored and
Feb 28, 2023 · Melvin David Sloan, age 82, passed away February 26, 2023. He was born March 27, 1940, in a two-room log cabin with no conveniences in the Cedars of Lebanon State Park in Wilson County, TN.
Melvin Sloan grew up in the Bronx, moving to Los Angeles in 1940 to study filmmaking at USC. With the outbreak of World War II, he interrupted his studies and joined the military in March 1943. He was stationed in Los Angeles and assigned to work in a film production unit under the direction of Pare Lorentz.
