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The Cameras Turn Off, and 'Bachelor's' Hometown Girl Opens Up
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Setting: The soaring nave of the Gothic-style cathedral, pews replaced by sumptuous tables, giant plasma screens, a light show.
Is that allowed?: "Having a formal dinner [here] has caused a few raised eyebrows," Dean Samuel Lloyd told the 1,000 guests. "There's a touch of scandal in the evening."
Cost: $1,000 a person.
VIPs: Colin Powell, Bob Schieffer, John Grisham, Joe Allbritton, Catherine Reynolds, Patrick Leahy.
Menu: Heavenly -- pumpkin soup, pork tenderloin, corn pudding, a dark chocolate marquise.
Bar: Open!
Entertainment: Aaron Neville (black jacket, jeans, gold cross earring) singing "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "I Saw the Light" with gospel choir Patrick Lundy and the Ministers of Music.
Benediction: "Wow! This is what Heaven is going to be like," said honoree Desmond Tutu.
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