81.   Usher was torn between spectacle and song as he opened the show.

82.   Van Halen wannabe T.J. Clark opened the show.

83.   Vivienne Tam opened her show with outfits combining black leather with black jersey and ended it with gunmetal metallics combined with black or red velvet.

84.   We went to a factoring company and he put all of his Ascap royalties as collateral to get the balance of the money he needed to open that show.

85.   When they toured England, the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds opened shows for them.

86.   Why, then, do so many producers insist, year after year, on opening their show in a late-season logjam?

87.   An accomplished tailor, Frith opened the show with a seductive white slip dress with a flip skirt and a gold bra.

88.   And McGraw, a proven headliner, will for the second straight year open some shows for Strait.

89.   And yet they opened their show with a series of cassock dresses complete with Roman collar.

90.   Brannon opened shows in those days for The Oak Ridge Boys, Conway Twitty and George Strait.