7:25 PM EDT: President Obama and First Lady Obama Host the Gershwin Prize Concert
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WH: As part of their “In Performance at the White House” series, the President and First Lady will host a concert in the East Room honoring singer-songwriter Carole King, who will be awarded the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The program will include performances by King, as well as Gloria Estefan, Billy Joel, Jesse McCartney, Emeli Sandé, James Taylor and Trisha Yearwood.
The entire event will be streamed live on White House Live. “Carole King: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize In Performance at the White House” will be broadcast Tuesday, May 28 at 8:00 PM ET on PBS stations nationwide…
This will be the first time the Gershwin Prize honor has been awarded to a woman…
More here
White House.gov
love her!
DF!!!!!
Yeah me!!! I love it!! Thank you soooooooooo much:)
Chips…who’s that beautiful woman in this picture? I’m asking because you NEVER post anything about our amazing First Lady here….so I know it can’t be her:)
Did you see that I had posted this on the last thread? Big stuff!! I saw one of these beautiful cars for the first time while I ran into Trader Joe’s last night…beautiful, beautiful car!!
It’s fantastic news DF, only saw the news after this morning’s R&S, should have added it - tweeted furiously about it, though!
Doesn’t really matter how it got here, for sure…Glad that you posted on this thread. HUGE NEWS!!
No wonder Republicans and the unethical media are pushing fake scandals. They don’t want people to know about the good economic news. There is also good news on the housing front.
Hahahahaha. I love the taste of republican tears.
salty and BITTER
:-D
I wore this album out. Totally! Classic.
Thought I’d heard all heard all her songs, but I haven’t heard that one. Thanks for sharing. 😊 DF
Haven’t listened to her songs in years, but I’m a HUGE fan! The Tapestry album I had growing up…..worn out. Grooves so deep from playing it over and over and over again. Such an American icon.
Know what you mean. ;)
What an honor for Ms King.
Love this..
On Thursday, May 23, in response to President Obama’s call to expand opportunities for youth employment, Jewell and Portland Mayor Charlie Hales will announce 22 conservation projects across the country that have been awarded funding through an innovative public-private partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that will create youth employment opportunities. During the visit, Jewell and Hales will join members of the Northwest Youth Corps on a service project in an urban park in Portland.
On Friday she will join with Oregon’s governor and a top Washington State official to sign an agreement to “expedite the review and permitting of energy generation, power transmission and other vital infrastructure projects in the Pacific Northwest,” the advisory states.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/301421-overnight-energy-senate-spotlight-on-natural-gas-fracking?utm_campaign=E2Wire&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#ixzz2U4BNyevy
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This is great news. Thanks, Jovie. Jewell has really hit the ground running.
Yikes, something has gone wrong with the live YouTube video, now showing a heads up for PBO’s statement yesterday on Oklahoma - hope it fixes itself.
My first date with my husband was a Carol King concert at Oberlin in 1968. We used her song, “What I’ll Give you Since You Asked” in our wedding.
Ah Judith, tonight is going to be extra special for you!
So far away
Carole King and James Taylor ;)
It’s Too Late :)
“This will be the first time the Gershwin Prize honor has been awarded to a woman”
Amazed at that
But…
Anyone getting anything?
nope, was just going to ask that same question :)
They’re probably held up trying to teach Billy Joel how to sing …….. /runs
Below the belt, lady chips……Hmm? I am about to Gooooooo Rogue…….Half termed Former Gov Sarah Palin style…..then plead for forgiveness and redemption later :shock: I am about to go rogue. Help :!:
lol.. chips
Nothing yet Ber, and they’ve removed the YouTube link
Nada, Zilch, Nothing, Nil.
C-SPAN used to carry these things LIVE……… They Stopped. Why? I can’t say.
Thanks everyone getting a little worried there…….no one was saying anything….lol
I’m not seeing anything yet.
You’ve got a Friend
I think I spent my entire 14-15th year of life listening over and over to that album Tapestry ;)
FBI kicking ass these past 2 days
here we go ~
Yipee.
Late again—-much.
You’re in plenty of time Dotster, it’s only just started!
PBO & FLOTUS has arrived :)
It’s started!!!!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live
Hurray! Hurray!
She sounds terrific!
Finally POTUS and FLOTUS arrived , looking good as usual.
Carole King looks and sounds great!
Peeking in ~ Hello! Popping back out ~ ByeBye! Will be back. Oh yeah! ;)
Sheesh, that was a speedy hello goodbye! :lol:
Flotus looks great
PBO’s rocking out!!!
That was recorded by the Shirelles….never knew Carol King wrote that song
I had no clue either Prettyfoot!
:-D
I’m really enjoying this - hey Chips, I can’t wait for Billy Joel. Now here comes James Taylor!! :) :)
:cry:
{{{Chips}}} :)
UP ON THE ROOF!!!!
Thank you! Loved the Drifters.
smilinnnn
Off Point but a reply to those writing about Tweety and MSNBC……Their ratings tanked on 5-21-13…..Karma is paying them a severe Visit. Many are tuning them out………. ;) in droves.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the-scoreboard-tuesday-may-21_b180531
I looked at the link, and don’t totally understand what it says, but get the big picture.
The comments are really rejoicing at the MSNBC fall, and you can tell they are right wingers. They see it as a loss for the President for MSNBC to fall. I don’t ever watch during the day, but someone said that how can they call themselves a news station, when the other stations were reporting on that horrible murder in London, and Bashir just kept on with talking about the IRS.
Two years ago when the President went to England, MSNBC covered his whole trip, his speech to parliament, the Queen’s welcoming ceremony, the dinners, etc. What has happened to them? If they don’t do news, they have no reason to exist. Someone commented that HLN was ahead of MSNBC.
I think we know why it is tanking, but I’m not sure the owners and producers do. If they just try to be FOX lite, they will tank more. One station does that stuff, and no more is needed. Copycats just never make it.
They are tanking for they have betrayed what they started out with. Loading rightwingers and making changes when those watching were not asking for them…..well, that is a problem. They trash pres Obama 24/7 from 4:30 am CT to 1:00 CT and then SE Cupp. They will learn or go bust like TeaNN.
Chris Hayes is Not Keith Olbermann. No matter how much they promote him. He is tanking the prime time lineup. I will not be surprised if LOD leaves. He said the year Keith Olbermann was fired that he could not see himself doing this job for more than 3 yrs. That was in 2010. Hmm?
I thought that there was a new owner of MSNBC awhile back. I also thought there were comments about potential changes due to a different political slant of the new owner. I read all of that on this site, but do not remember if it were a couple of years ago or more.
James Taylor ;) yeah :!:
This concert is awesome! I love Carole King.
So wonderful to see James Taylor. That man signed onto the Obama bus during the 08 race and has never looked back.
Wow…MsChipssssss…that was fast….looking to see if Chips is in the audience…undacova…smilin
:lol: I’m the drummer Prettyfoot!!
hahahahahah…..
FLOTUS looks good.
Love this song
Yes - this is one of my fav Carole King songs :)
Alot of songs I have heard, but didn’t know Carol King wrote them.
Fantastic music performances so far!
Gloria……yes ;)
Another steadfast PBO supporter - helping to deliver the Cuban community to PBO in 2012!
Yearwood has a cooking show…
wow…I love this song…hahaha…guess I will be saying that all night
I love this song too! (So far away). :) :)
I’m digging those shoes of FLOTUS. By the way who is that young lady singing “Natural Woman”. She’s good.
Was this for BJ?
What’s his next tweet, how many donutz she’s eaten in her lifetime?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…I’m on floor! You are killing me Chips…LMAO!
I know who’s killing me :-(
B?
Poor thing. ‘Count von Count’ just can’t help himself. His desperate need to count any and everything is hysterical.
Count Knoller counts everything; golf trip, dinner trips, hamburger runs, air miles, vacation days, overseas trips. Now he is counting songs and albums. Something is wrong with this mother,
Ms. King look sooooo glad to be there. She seems so appreciative.
Billy Joel …… Locomotion :?:
My goodness…is FLOTUS getting younger or what?!!? Wow..
Billy Joel….ummm…this is not the song for him….hahaha…..trying to remember what group recorded this song….looking on youtube
So come come and doooooooo the locomotion with meeeeeeee!
He always was a good piano man. I’ll say that much for him.
Thanks for all the posts today Chipsticks - I’m really enjoying this concert. I loved the 3 ladies with their coordinated little moves for the first song. Gloria Estafan is more gorgeous than ever - and I think I like her voice better a little more mature too.
Evening Chips, TOD……I brought some friends w/ me….hope you don’t mind.
Aaaaaaaaaaaw, toooooooo cute LP!! :-)
I’ve given myself a 50/50 chance of having weird dreams about tadpoles….just saying. LOL!
:lol: I’m still crying about that LP, I really should have warned you!!!! :lol:
I got a good laugh out of it myself……after I realized what was going on. I was so ready to blame my computer….thought it had entered the matrix again!!! BTW I swear I saw Carol King this weekend on HBO performing at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame…..will try to find the video…
Totally love Little Eva’s verion of this, PF. Thanks for the memory.
Mark Knoller is enjoying the show obviously. For once, he and I see eye-to-eye on an issue.
hahahahaha
Joe Biden’s face has been just beaming!
Indeed. He’s thoroughly in his element tonight. :)
niceeeeeeeee
I keep saying “oh THIS is my favorite Carole King song”. lol, I do think it IS THIS one!
Indecisive :roll:
:lol:
That’s an understatement. She’s incredible, still a beautiful voice and just emanates joyousness.
I had no clue Carole King wrote this either!
Boy!!!!!! I did not realize that Ms. King had such powerful talent!
Me neither VL!
Natural Woman, Yeah and Yes.
wow I like her voice.. and the way she sings this.
You make me feeeeeeelllll like a natural woooooommaaaaaannn!
I am LOVING this music. One wonderful song after the other, Even Billy Joel didn’t seem as awful as usual. So many memories of growing up listening to Carole King. I’m the same age as the President; wonder if he remembers hearing her on the radio as a kid and is thinking “Now look at me!”
Arethaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
My President!
Will the POTUS belt a few tunes :?:
Ms. King is truly a ‘one and only’! Just wow!
“Oh shoot!” :lol:
Jovie, I just got out my daughter’s telescope and saw that up close. Gorgeous! Powerful!! Magnificent!
She is so beautiful at 71.
Carol King played “So far away” in tribute to Lou Adler who was inducted into the Rock n Roll hall of fame this month
Looks like Neena already posted this rendition……I tried…..HBO has the R & R HOF video on lockdown….just aired last weekend.
Oh my, POTUS sure knows how to throw a party.
Jammmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!
Tapestry is one of the soundtracks of my youth. So glad she is being recognized. I love how pleased and excited she is about this.
Chair rockinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn…..yeahhhhhhhhhhhh
{huff, huff, huff!] Got tied up at work. Catching the tail end of the stream! Durn it!
Ahh, I see Carole. Dedication to Hal David Yay! :-D
Hellooooooooooo Dudette, so you missed Captain Kirk stripping naked on stage?????
Yawn! That man can’t keep his clothes on!
Call me when Spock gets freaky — doesn’t matter which one! :-D :-D :-D
“Call me when Spock gets freaky:
:lol: :lol:
How ya doing Miss Diva-licious? Good day today?
How old is Carol King?
Makes no difference. She’s still a keeper! :-)
Oi, cold shower shipmate!
You betcha. I like ‘em seasoned!
T’will be our new motto, Shipmate:
That’s right. They don’t tell, yell,or swell, and they’re grateful as hell. :-D
Bad boy, bad boy. . .
Yup, yup. I won’t deny it if I’m under oath of course.
;)
She’s 71.
Sensational Seventy-One :-D
Indeed!
Ya see….we ain’t so old after all
Age is a state of mind.
Age is but a number! she still going strong.
Is that an earthquake I feel? Go Carole!!!
The wimmin in the band are awesome!
Chicks rockin’ it! :-)
Oh hell yeah!
alright this is one I always liked~
She’s rockinnnnnnnnn it…..HA!
James Taylor is so tall!
Yay! James Taylor!!!!!!! Woooot! Fellow Tarheel in the house!!!!
PBO is going to cry with this song.
This song always makes me cry, too.
I am in awe because so many performers feel so personal about PBO
You’ve Got a Friend….yeah…… :cool:
The President and First Lady really enjoy these concerts. I love watching them. Especially the President. He is totally into it.
That was sooooooooooooooooooo nice
What a lovely performance by Carole and James :)
POTUS knows that winter, spring, summer or fall, he has a real friend in FLOTUS, and FLOTUS knows the samething, she has a real friend in POTUS. They are there for each other, despite all the B.S. from the media, the crazy ass Republicans, POTUS and FLOTUS are there for each another.
Solid as a rock!
Loving FLOTUS’ shoes — Mighty Sacksay!!
I loved those shoes too, even the bangs looked fresh.
It’s Over already?
I am ready once again to Busting Loose…..oops, going Rogue…. ;)
So glad I got to see at least a little of that! Great artists there. Can’t wait to see it on PBS next week!
Nice evening with Ms. King
What an incredibly sweet evening. POTUS is the most gracious host that ever lived.
I. AM. IN. HEAVEN.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was a wonderful event.
Look who it is?! Hello Amk!
howdy bt !!!
Howdy you, did you behave today?
Aaaaawwwwwwww, forever more Amk, I will see you as that stressed out …… what is it????
What else ? daughter unit’s PG admission. Y’day she did great in a top class private medical college interview, 300 klicks away (yeah the same city I took the kenyans to last week). Both of us fell in love with the lovely greened up college campus. Came back home at midnight. And keeping the fingers & toes curled up since daughter wants to go to this college too.
Day after tomorrow, another interview in another top pvt college in a city that is 700 klicks away and then return back midnight the same day. Why ? Because another frigging selection counselling in my own city for the govt medical college. That’s why.
High performing daughter units do wear one out. Ergo, I am stressed out.
Ah, crikey, okay, a long and testing day - everything crossed, even earlobes, for her, wishing her the best!
yeah, yeah, yeah.
I do!
Dam that’s a ugly rat, they are ugly anyway without looking like this. Yikes.
Heh !!! That’s me you’re talking about. :)
New post!
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/22/my-mother-in-law-said-oh-shoot/