It's important to note that the oak plank circle was fashioned from part of a hidden back corner of the Ryman's stage taken with the Opry when they moved in 1974. The new Grand Ole Opry stage ...

However, the magic doesn’t just happen in the famous circle under the spotlight. It lingers in the wings of history. The Grand Ole Opry, originally called the WSM Barn Dance, debuted in Nov. 1925.

The iconic “Opry Circle.” Prior to the Opry House being built, the Grand Ole Opry found a home across town in Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium. The “Mother Church,” as it is known ...

"It was an honor performing with my dad at such a legendary venue," Braison Cyrus tells PEOPLE after his Grand Ole Opry ... about a full-circle moment. Literally standing in the sacred circle ...

“Like the Opry’s ... a season in the Grand Ole Opry's 100th anniversary year that features 100 debuts on a recently technologically updated stage with a famed wooden circle that now features ...

JEWLY HIGHT, BYLINE: Bill Anderson has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry for more than half a century. So he's had lots of chances to invite first-time performers to literally enter a circle on ...

NASHVILLE – As it marks its 100th anniversary, the Grand Ole ... The Opry unveiled a redesign for its iconic microphone stand, used by performers as they stand in the Opry’s famed Circle ...

"I didn't have a good answer for that until I walked into this circle tonight and then I knew. It's the same feeling I get when I meet one of my heroes," he said. "To me, the Grand Ole Opry is an ...

was a "full-circle" career evolution. “My family’s over here tonight, and I will say, they took me to Nashville when I was nine years old and we went to the Grand Ole Opry, and we saw Bill ...

But the circle will be saved … and it will be center stage when we open back up," offered then-Grand Ole Opry president Steve Buchanan. Five months later, on Sept. 28, 2010, the Grand Ole Opry ...