What Would Dolly Do?

       

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton is an American Country singer. She is known for her unique voice and wild hair. She is an outreach in the community and a huge heart to people in need. She has been writing music and performing for over 64 years. Her fans are a big part of her life, not only through her music but through the things she does for others. Fans have a love for her and strive to live a life with the question, "What would Dolly do?"

Dolly Parton

Dollywood

Dolly Parton's theme park is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. This theme park is full of beautiful destinations in the Great Smoky Mountains. Fans of Dolly come to the theme park to have fun with family and friends. Their goal is to share the fun by exceeding guests expectations, serving others, create connections, and improve it to make it better every year. The 165 acre park homes 3.8 million people annually. The park has a restaurant modeling a place that Dolly hold close to her heart and replicates Dolly's hometown favorite. The food is based off the Southern- style mouth watering food.  The park has many themes that reflect on her life. An example of this would be the festivals and shows. The park speakers are filled with her music throughout the park.Fans of Dolly love to see this tourist attraction and often come ready to live the life of Dolly. The large gift shops is home to a life size Dolly and merchandise that fans collect. Through this vacation location, Dolly reaches out throughout the community and has opportunities for family to gain the help they need. This is through Dollywood Foundation and library. 

Dollywood Sign

Fan Art

Fans of Dolly Parton love to show their love by creating their own art for others to then by. Melissa the Artist is a key example of this. This art is watercolor based paintings that tribute to Dolly Parton. This art is customizable and a way for fans to show their love for Dolly and add to their collections. You can find all of this art easily online at Melissa the Artist. The sense of community of fans through fan art grows with everything that is created. 

Dolly Parton Watercolor Art

Music

Dolly Partons album, Jolene, was ranked number 4 on the charts in 1974. Many fans still rave about this song and other country music stars have covered this song. This album was released and made onto records, CDs, and now a days music sources like Apple Music, Spotify, and Pandora. During the time, fans use this song as a way of getting themselves through times and people can relate to Dolly's feelings. This is also a way to show their love for old country music. This song has fans screaming the lyrics and the name Jolene came from a young red-headed fan which she was introduced to when the fan asked for her signature. This then took the story line from Dolly's life and she wrote the song. The covering of this song has introduced country music to a different generation of fans. 

Social Media 

Many fans show their love by posting on social media and making their impact on others on social media. Instagram page Dolly Everyday is a fan page with 23.2 thousand followers. This page posts daily things about Dolly Parton and the latest updates on her. This pages shows fans love for her by posting about fan art, music, quotes, Kenny Rodgers, Dollywood, and more. While comments are followers of her lifestyle, there are fans who are actively posting new information and helping keep her name alive. On Facebook, Dolly Parton Fans is a page with fans from all across the country. The page has 57.2 thousand members and it increases daily. Fans post on this page from many different points of views and show their love by connecting and sharing information so other fans can be encouraged. Fans comment and put their input for others to see and take from. 

Don't Mess With This Dolly Parton Fan

A video on YouTube shows why you Don't Mess With This Dolly Parton Fan. Dolly Parton fan, a teen from Texas, has been collecting Dolly Parton records since his freshman year of high school. He is very artistic and spent hours on his senior project painting a mural of Dolly in a parking space. Days after completing this piece of art, he got a call that vandals destroyed his artwork. When asked how he felt, he was not mad, all he said was, "What would Dolly do?" He took this vandal as a way to grow and do better in his work. He told others that he is showing the people who destroyed his work that he will not give up. With support of his school and teachers, he was able to get paint and redo his work. This example shows the great effort people would do and how their love for Dolly does not go unseen. 

Dolly Mural and Artist

Dolly Look-a-like 

Dolly Parton is known for her slim body and big, wild hair still to this day at the fine age of 78 years old. She is a beauty in her kind and many fans love her style, makeup, and hair. Young Dolly

Young Dolly Parton 

At the Dolly's Swing and Dive, in Brooklyn New York, a festival is held at the local bar called "Dolly Parton Costume Contest." Fans of Dolly Parton get together for a fun night out starting at 10pm and bring there best costumes to look just like Dolly. This event was specifically for Halloween and fans raved over it. The fan page Dolly's Swing and Dive has 1.9 thousand attendees. 

Another fan favorite event is held by Bless Your Bone Boutique. An event called "Dolly Day" was held for fans, vendors, and the community to share their love of Dolly Parton. Attendees were encouraged to dress up and browse the vendors as Dolly. One of the organizers states, "Everybody always participates and likes to dress up for special events, so I think it's great." At the Dolly Day Event many people feel the love and some even say, "...Dolly Day brings people together and thinks people of all ages at the event is cool." 

Merchandise

Fans of Dolly Parton are always dressing up as her, and if not they surely stock up on merchandise such as shirts, sweatshirts, cups, jewelry, stickers, signs and more. A lot of this merchandise can be found on Etsy. While these creators may use other information from other people to create their items for fans to buy. Fans also leave reviews and comments on the items they buy. Some of the most popular pieces of merchandise would be the articles on clothing. A lot of pieces have the familiar quote, "What would Dolly do?"

Merchandise Example