The show must go on.
Posted on 02/09/2010 1:23:49 PM PST by HokieMom
It may be freezing cold in Washington tonight, but there are plans for a hot time at the White House. With a new snowstorm moving into the D.C. metro area, the president and first lady decided to move up a major music event that was actually scheduled for tomorrow evening.
They’ll take the chill off invited guests with some warm music memories from the civil rights era, served up by some of America’s greatest talent.
The 2010 White House Music Series kicks off tonight with a star-studden lineup, including Yolanda Adams, Joan Baez, Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson and Seal.
There will also be music from The Blind Boys of Alabama, the Howard University Choir and The Freedom Singers.
The concert is part of the White House celebration of Black History Month, and guest speakers include Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah. Along with the music from the civil rights era, there will be readings from famous writings and speeches of the time.
The president will open the event in the East Room at 8 p.m., and although it will be streamed live to your house on whitehouse.gov, there will no doubt be some bundled up fans braving the cold near 1600 Pennsylvania, hoping to catch of glimpse of the of the famous performers as they arrive.
The concert will be televised at 8 p.m. Thursday on public broadcasting stations nationwide.
The show must go on.
It’s good to be king.
The White House is rather small. How are all those people going to fit in there?
Glad to see the Obamas are economizing in these trying times.
It must cost quite a bit of money to get all these people to these events, pay for the food, staging, etc.
Here's a brain teaser: one of those three people doesn't belong, which is it?
And Nero will fiddle.
Well we’re movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.
Fish don’t fry in the kitchen;
Beans don’t burn on the grill.
Took a whole lotta tryin’,
Just to get up that hill.
Now we’re up in the big leagues,
Gettin’ our turn at bat.
As long as we live, it’s you and me baby,
There ain’t nothin wrong with that.
Well we’re movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.
Lovely!
It will be interesting to see how snarky MSNBC’s coverage will be. It certainly would be if this were a George and Laura Bush event.
We get to watch on whitehouse.gov. We don’t want to miss it.
Yo Yo Yo, Zero’s black half will be boogyin tonight! His white half, uh, not so much.
Wonder who is going to sing OLD MAN RIVER?
HOW I HATE IT THAT THIS GIRLYBOY AND HIS UGLY WIFE ARE IN THIS HOUSE!
WHY COULD NOT THE FIRST BLACK ( WELL OK HALF BLACK IN THIS CASE) BE A MAN OF MORAL VALUES AND HONESTY?
What will they call this shindig - The Communist Concert?
Impeach Obama!
And Iran is up to something big.
Wonder who is going to sing OLD MAN RIVER?
Did you mean SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT?
I’m not amused that my tax money is going to feed Joan Baez, while we have homeless starving people freezing in Washington D.C. The Dems are so compassionate! /sarc
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