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Inauguration to Include Aretha, Rick Warren, Yo-Yo Ma
News — ... and Yo-Yo Ma will perform at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration festivities Jan. 20, the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) announced today. Franklin will perform immediately following an invocation given by Rev. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church, who hosted Obama and former rival Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) at a forum during the presidential campaign in August. Renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma will perform a piece by composer John Williams, and poet Elizabeth Alexander will read a poem. "I am delighted to announce this superb line-up of ...

Aretha, Yo-Yo and Rick Warren at inaugural
The Swamp — ... Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman and a couple of well-known preachers, Rick Warren of Saddleback Church and Joseph Lowery, former head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. There'll be two childrens' choruses from San Francisco (Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a former mayor of that city, chairs the committee) the U.S. Marine Band and the U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters. It looks like musical groups from the other services didn't make the cut. The poet will be Elizabeth Alexander, a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. Lowery may ...

Derbyshire: Farewell to All That
Articles on National Review Online — Radio Derb In response to innumerable requests, I have dug out as many Radio Derb transcripts as I can find, and put them on my website here . I shall be diligent about posting future transcripts — diligent, but slow , as we d really prefer you listen to the broadcasts for full mellifluous effect. There ll probably be a lag of about a week before broadcast and posting, with occasional weeks when I just forget altogether. Nobody edits these transcripts, by the way, so they come with no guarantees as to spelling, grammar, usage, or punctuation. [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] Elizabeth Alexander Poetess Elizabeth ...

Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters 162 - He Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy
All — Special K decides to take in the Obama Inauguration at Toronto’s own Bloor Street Cinema. Special K shares what she thinks are the high points and the low points of this historic event.   Things mentioned that white people like: Fair Trade Coffee. Special K’s Favourite Morning Show: Breakfast Televsion.  Homophobes Mentioned: Rick Warren.  Poets Ninja Likes : Elizabeth Alexander and her inaugural poem.  Rhyming Ministers Mentioned: Joseph Lowery.  ...