NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — For 18 years, a special sisterhood was a Nashville Sounds tradition. Today, some of the members say not enough people know their story.

Something's just happened to honor them.

"You guys made it!" Christina Mitchell shouted, running over to two women walking into First Horizon Park.

They joined a crowd of women all wearing shirts reading; Soundettes.

Mitchell wishes more people knew the story of her group. For that, we'll have to go back a little bit.

From the beginning of the Sounds, then-owner Larry Schmittou had an idea. He wanted a group of ambassadors for the team. They wouldn't be cheerleaders, but they'd be friendly faces at Greer Stadium handing out programs, doing PR, and getting people excited for the games.

Starting in 1978, the Soundettes arrived

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