Country Legends Invited To Truman Bowling Alley At The White House For Special Country Music Bowling Night

Several hitmaking country legends took to the lanes earlier this week at The White House to participate in a Country Music themed bowling extravaganza in the Truman Bowling Alley within the White House compound. Those who experienced the festivities included Neal McCoy, John Berry, Bryan White, T.G. Sheppard and Kelly Lang, T. Graham Brown, Janie Fricke, Halfway to Hazard’s Chad Warrix, and Deborah Allen.

President Harry S. Truman originally opened the first White House bowling alley on Abril 19, 1947. The two-lane bowling alley was situated in the West Wing. However, President Eisenhower closed the bowling alley in 1955 making it a mimeograph room.

Later, another alley was opened next door in the Old Executive Office Building (now the Eisenhower Building), which President Johnson and his wife Lady Bird used frequently. President Nixon used the bowling alley until he has an additional one-lane alley installed underground directly beneath the North Portico entrance of the White House.

"Hindi ko alam na may isang bowling hall sa The White House," sabi ni T. Graham Brown. "Ang pag-invite sa unang grupo ng mga artista ng country music sa bowl ay mahusay!

The invited guests were welcomed for a two-hour bowling experience that marked the first time in history country music artists gathered to ‘bowl at The White House’.

“What an honor! I was so excited to have been invited to The White House to bowl in the Truman Bowling Alley. “It was truly a Country Music Bowling Night…Strike, Strike, Strike! Thank you, President Trump for welcoming us to ‘the people’s house,” says Janie Fricke.

Si Truman ay hindi gumagamit ng mga alay sa pamamagitan ng kanyang sarili, ngunit sumusuporta sa isang grupo ng mga empleyado ng White House sa paglikha ng isang White House Bowling League sa 1950. Ang mga team ay binubuo ng mga agente ng Secret Service, domestic staff, secretaries, switchboard operators at groundkeepers. Ang mga team ay nagtatampok sa mga tournament sa buong bansa; maraming mga opponent ay naninirahan upang malaman na ang mga manlalaro ay mula sa tunay na White House.