Trisha Yearwood hand-selected a few friends to help celebrate her 25th anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member.

On March 13, 1999, Porter Wagoner inducted Yearwood into the Opry, saying she was the best female vocalist he’d ever heard. Yearwood got another surprise that night when the late Patsy Cline’s husband and daughter took the stage to present her with a silver necklace from the country icon.

Yearwood grew up a big fan of Cline’s, and after receiving the necklace, she performed one of her songs.

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Special guests marked Wednesday night’s (March 13) performance, too. Terri Clark, Pam Tillis and Suzy Bogguss shared a stage and a song with Yearwood. Pictures (below) show them standing behind a large, music-themed cake, as well.

“This is a family,” Yearwood said at a pre-show press conference. “To be a member you have to understand what came before you and to also have a love and appreciation of what came before you.”

In 1999, Yearwood was the 183rd person ever invited to join the Opry (Tillis was 184 and Clark 189). For context, Jon Pardi was No. 226 when he was inducted last October.

Yearwood has had a big week in Nashville: Last Thursday (March 7) she joined husband Garth Brooks to open Friends in Low Places, his new bar and honky-tonk in Nashville. She helped curate the menu for the restaurant and spoke with Brooks about the spirit of the venue.