EverythingB次元官网网址檚 coming up rhinestones in Calgary as a new exhibit opening Friday pays tribute to CanadaB次元官网网址檚 flamboyant country music history.

Outfits worn by k.d. lang, Shania Twain and country pioneer Hank Snow will be part of the National Music CentreB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淗omegrown CountryB次元官网网址� showcase, which throws open its doors ahead of the Calgary Stampede.

Among the memorabilia on display is SnowB次元官网网址檚 vintage B次元官网网址淣udie suit,B次元官网网址� a rhinestone-emblazoned outfit decorated with roses and designed by influential American tailor Nudie Cohn.

ThereB次元官网网址檚 also one of langB次元官网网址檚 quirkiest looks, a dress adorned with felt cut-outs and miniature farm animals, created by the singer and her mother. She wore it on B次元官网网址淭he Late Show with David LettermanB次元官网网址� and on the B次元官网网址淛im Henson HourB次元官网网址� in 1989.

And TwainB次元官网网址檚 halter top from her first stadium tour in 1998 will also be part of the collection.

Other items include honky-tonk singer Dick DamronB次元官网网址檚 banjo, country star Lucille StarrB次元官网网址檚 stage outfit, and Gordie TappB次元官网网址檚 overalls from the variety TV series B次元官网网址滺ee Haw.B次元官网网址�

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Visitors can also saunter into a full-sized barn where videos of Calgary musicians the Polyjesters and Terra Hazelton will coach them on a traditional B次元官网网址渂arn dance.B次元官网网址�

The exhibit at the NMC, which is part of Studio Bell in downtown Calgary, runs until Jan. 6, 2020.

The Canadian Press

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