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Board has big dreams for bluegrass music center

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OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) -- A major fundraising drive to turn an old state office building in western Kentucky into a bluegrass music center is kicking off.

Terry Woodward, board chairman of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, told the Messenger-Inquirer that he expects to be able to raise $7 million by March and hopes construction on the facility can begin in April.

The vision for the International Bluegrass Music Museum includes a museum, an indoor theater, outdoor festival seating and a bluegrass-themed restaurant. He says organizers want to offer fans a Bluegrass Opry, something akin to the Grand Old Opry in Nashville, Tenn.

He says the vision for the facility also includes other musical productions, a national bluegrass disc jockey convention and a music film festival.

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