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Opera star Denyce Graves and country singer Trace Adkins are featured in the National Symphony Orchestra's annual concert on the Capitol's West Lawn, which will be broadcast live on PBS on May 24.

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Award-winning actors and veterans advocates Gary Sinise ("CSI:New York") and Joe Mantegna ("Criminal Minds") are the hosts.

Among the guests appearing are General Colin Powell, actress Dianne Wiest, "American Idol" Katharine McPhee, superstar classical pianist Lang Lang, Broadway stars Brian Stokes Mitchell and Colm Wilkinson, and violinist Robert McDuffie.

No tickets are necessary to attend. Gates open at 5 p.m., and attendees should allow plenty of time to get through security, which will include bag searches. Picnics are allowed, but alcohol is not.

Rehearsals, which are open to the public, take place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 22, and Saturday, May 23. Gates open at 5 p.m. on both days.
 
 
 
 
 

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National Memorial Day Concert

Posted by fitsch | May 25, 2009 | Mark as Inappropriate

While the National Concert in D.C on Memorial Day maintained its 20 year tradition of schmalzy big string orchestra, this year's concert contained grit and deeply moving tributes to wounded veterans, all the way back to the Civil War. There were nonstop stellar performances by Brian Stokes Mitchell, Denise Graves, Katherine McPhee, Katie Holmes and Diane Wiest, Lawrency Fishburne, Tracy Adkins, Colin Wilkerson, Lang Lang, and Robert McDuffie. I couldn't help but wondering if the Obama administration had helped shape the gutsy strength and substance and great artistry of most of this year's performance.

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