Today is September 25th or 925, and in a play on her popular song 9 to 5.

Communities worldwide have declared it Dolly Parton Day.

The Queen of country passed away from cancer last month to celebrate her legacy in entertainment and philanthropy.

Laura Rogers spent time with a Dolly fan who understands imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Here you come.

Back and hello.

She's got the look, the sound, and even that signature Dolly Parton sense of humor.

I will tell you, it does take a lot of money to look this cheap.

Y'all kind of many colors.

Davis County native Natasha Neely has been doing Dolly for 13 years.

It's just such a rewarding career to be able to impersonate Dolly and try to pay tribute to her, not to die.

I just love sharing the good Dolly vibes.

Today in Nashville based performer Neely's love for country music dates back to her childhood in western Kentucky.

I grew up on country music.

I grew up singing from the age of three years old in Owensboro, Kentucky, on a little Opry.

As a little girl, I listened to Barbara mandrell, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash, and of course, Dolly Parton.

Years later, it would all lead to a career as a Dolly Parton tribute artist.

It's real big shoes to try to feel, to be Dolly.

That's certainly the case for this larger than life show business icon that Neely had the chance to meet at a Nashville recording studio.

She walks in the door and I see her little blond hair bopping through the window, and I'm like, is this really happening?

She was everything that you'd hoped she would be.

She was so kind and and just so nice to talk to.

So gracious.

So how does one become a Dolly Parton tribute artist?

Well, she did work at Dollywood back in 2007.

Perhaps a foreshadowing of a phone call Nelly would one day receive from a booking agent who said this.

We need a dolly to pitch for events in town.

Would you be interested?

We feel like you would be a good fit.

And I was like, sure, why not?

The rest, as they say, is history.

And then it just kind of took off on its own, just naturally.

And now I'm doing anywhere from 2 to 6.

Dolly related events a week.

Most of those events are with her tribute band doing a full production of Dolly Parton hits.

Getting in a dolly mode is easy for me because I just relate to her so much, and I've really studied her a lot and I feel like we're kindred spirits.

They also have the same petite stature, made even more convenient when we telling you Nelly has friends on Dolly's wardrobe team, and so I. Got to go over to her costume shop one day and do a fitting and see all of her costumes that were in the works at the time, and see her.

Her rhinestone wall, y'all.

I'm telling you, she had floor to ceiling tiny little drawers of rhinestones and beads and that was just incredible to see.

News of Dolly's passing one month ago today saddened people all over the.

World.

I have been listening to her songs, and I will say that some of them just have even more meaning now than they even did before.

It just kind of made me cry.

But you know, some of her songs like light of a Clear Blue Morning and Eagle, When She Flies and When I Get Where I'm Going, or one of my other favorites, You Can't Make Old Friends, that she recorded with Kenny Rogers, such a. Prolific music catalog.

And then, of course, all of the other things Dolly was known for, including her kindness and generosity.

It's really important to me to continue to share her songs and to continue to share her legacy in the best way that I know how.

That was Laura Rogers reporting.

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