The First Time Dolly Parton Realized Boys Were Interested in Her

The first time Dolly Parton realized boys were interested in her was at a pie supper. To her delight, she brought quite the popular pie. That night, the “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” singer also learned a lesson in manners. Here’s the full story. 

Dolly Parton brought a popular pie to the pie supper

When Parton “got to the stage where I was growing out of my tomboy years and starting to take an interest in boys,” she found herself invited to a pie supper. A pie supper is an event that has each girl bake a pie (Parton’s mother baked hers) and bring it to the social. Then the pies are auctioned off to the boys who bid the highest. The boy who buys the pie then sits with the girl who made it and they share it together.