[marching band] [marching band] [shake it off] [marching band] [shake it off] ainsley: wonderful job. that s franklin high school s marching band. a little taylor swift this morning. y all are so talented. thank you for waking up to be with us. thanks to all at home for watching. we are live at the grand ole opry house for the patriot awards. brian: 95 years of history. this has been in a few different places. much like madison square garden in new york. it s been all over new york city. now it s the 34th. there is something that is still here from its inception 95 years ago. and it s the little circle right in front of us. steve: what they did was they cut out a 6-foot circle from the reiman auditorium, which is still standing in downtown nashville, walked by it yesterday. and there it is. that way all the performers here they grand ole opry house are able to do exactly what people have done for 95 years. and that is stand in the center. ainsley: that s
[9 to 5] brian: wow, that is the franklin marching band and they have come to play. ainsley: they are talented. and they woke up super early. brian: and they didn t mind doing it. guy, thanks so much for being here. we have a studio audience, we have great looking band and pretty good looking anchors. welcome to the grand ole opry house. and this has 95 years of history. multiple locations. there is so much history. we might have to take four hours instead of three. ainsley: original grand ole opry opened up in the 40 s and then moved here. it s larger. they kept. we will show you throughout the show a circle, part of the reiman stage still here today that they moved over to this facility. brian: they forgot to take it. ainsley: where they are inducted where dolly has stood. steve: they would sing and so they brought it here so that every performer would always stand in the original. lawrence: all on the souse outside. all of the artifacts. the stu