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- Due to the extreme popularity of monthly Barn Dances and great two stepping Country Music at this establishment, Mooney Hollow Barn was expaneded on the north, east and west sides of the barn to hold a capacity of 600 people as it still exists today.  Also a loft area was built in the barn to hold an additional 75 people.
- In 1981, Country Legends from Nashville Tennessee were hired to perform at the barn
  -- The late Grand Ole Opry Legend, Roy Acuff  performed at the barn on Nov 14, 1981
  -- Additonal Nashville Stars of Ernst Tubb, Faron Young, Porter Wagner, wife of Jim   Reeves, Kitty Wells & Bill Anderson performed on the Mooney Hollow Opry stage from 1982 to 1983.
- In 1982, Mr Russ Hayward had a huge fiddle painted on the silo that exists next to the barn.  This masterpiece of art work has made this legendary barn a landmark for locals and  tourists to take pictures of the huge fiddle on the silo and has put this barn on the map..
- Mooney Hollow Barn was purchased by Marvin and Judy Manning in 1986 where they ran a restrauant out of the lower portion of the barn and monthly barn dances were held.
- In October 2006, Mooney Hollow Barn was purchased by Vonnie and Kevin Petesch who are the present owners after the barn was vacant and inactive for 5 years.
  -- In November 2006, the barn doors were open again for business with a barn dance where Country Tradition (the house band) performed upstairs in the reception hall part of the barn after 5 years of being closed...the sounds of country music and families having fun were started again at weekly barn dances.
  -- The band, Country Tradition becamse the house band for the barn which includes Mr Russ Hayward who is the original owner who brought country music and Grand Ole Opry Legends to the barn.  Country Tradition almost plays the first Saturday of every month.  See this website schedule for exact dates and times.
  -- The Petesch's initially opened the barn the way it use to operate where customers brought their own refreshments and a fee was charged for families to enter the barn dances.
- In May 2007, Mooney Hollow Saloon was created where the Manning Restrauant use to exist...for the first time the Barn held an alcohol license and your own refreshments were no longer allowed.
- Now Mooney Hollow Barn (Reception Hall & Saloon) hold weekly Barn Dances almost every Saturday night and the Saloon is open every day of the week.
  -- Along with Country Tradition, a very popular band called "50 Pound Rooster" plays at the barn.  Please see our web site schedule for their concert dates.  The 50 Pound Rooster Band includes  members who grew up in this legendary barn as their dads were playing on stage during the early 1980s.
  -- Recently the lower restrooms were expanded, restrooms have been installed upstairs in the reception hall barn dance area, the stairway to the upstairs area has been reversed to allow immediate access to barn dances, new windows were installed upstairs along the east side of the barn, the interior east side of the upstairs barn walls were insulated and finished, walls were removed in the saloon area to make it larger and the bar that was installed in May of 2007 was expanded to hold the many customers that enjoy this establishment daily. only the beginning.