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Dolly Parton performs at Verizon Wireless Theater, Oct. 11, 2011, in Houston.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Melissa Phillip\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
Dolly Parton performs at Verizon Wireless Theater, Oct. 11, 2011, in Houston.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Melissa Phillip\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n
When Dolly Parton conceived “Threads: My Songs in Symphony,” it was as a living celebration of her music. The show, featuring symphonic renditions of her catalog, premiered in Nashville last year.<\/p>\n
A year and a half later, in the wake of Parton’s passing, it arrives in Houston with new poignancy as a tribute to her enduring legacy, Oct. 30 and Nov. 1 at Jones Hall. The Houston dates have been in the works for more than a year.<\/p>\n
MORE FROM JOEY GUERRA:\u00a0Kacey Musgraves covers Selena and turns Houston into a glittering Tex-Mex disco<\/a><\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n “The timing of the passing of Dolly \u2014 I think for some it will bring closure to the loss because she was so beloved. Dolly will be with us in the room in so many ways,” says Steven\u00a0Reineke, principal Pops conductor of the Houston Symphony. “The world feels like a bit of a difficult place these days in many ways, and she’s always had a way to offer us an outlet of peace and solace.”<\/p>\n Dolly Parton in concert at NRG Arena in 2016.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Gary Fountain\/Gary Fountain\/For the Chronicle<\/p>\n Parton died Aug. 25<\/a> after a brief battle with cancer. Her passing triggered a global outpouring of grief that cut across\u00a0genres, generations and geography<\/a> and is still being felt today. “Threads” is one of several projects Parton put in place before her death,\u00a0along with her Tennessean Travel Stops, SongTeller Hotel, Cup Of Ambition Coffee and a Broadway musical set to premiere in December.<\/p>\n Billed as a multimedia experience, the show features\u00a0Parton as a virtual host, talking to the audience about her life and songs via a giant video screen while the symphony plays new arrangements of her classics.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n “Her presence is so big and so magnetic that you feel as if she’s in the room. You feel as if she’s talking right to you,” Reineke says.<\/p>\n The lineup features a rotating cast of vocalists and a traditional country band, all tasked with capturing the intimacy that was\u00a0Parton’s signature in song.<\/p>\n Dolly Parton at Toyota Center in 2004.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Bill Olive\/For the Chronicle<\/p>\n “It will always be one of the greatest honors of my life to help carry her legacy through this show,” says Katelyn Drye, one of the vocalists for the Houston performances. “How lucky did I get to be a small part? I hope Dolly would be proud right now.”<\/p>\n When: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 and 2 p.m. Nov. 1<\/p>\n Where: Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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