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1. MEMDA1_080524_008.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2008_DC_Mem_Day_080524 DC -- Memorial Day Concert (2008) (dress rehearsal) (137 photos from 2008)
  Joe Mantegna Joe Mantegna has received critical acclaim for his award-winning performances on the stage and in numerous film and television productions. He was awarded the Tony and Joseph Jefferson awards for his role in David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross. His long-standing association with Mamet also includes the premieres of A Life in the Theatre, The Disappearance of the Jews and Speed The Plow on Broadway. Mantegna directed a highly praised production of Mamet's Lakeboat, which enjoyed a successful theatrical run in Los Angeles. He later directed the film version. He has starred in more than 80 films, among them The Godfather III, Alice, Celebrity, Liberty Heights, Bugsy, Forget Paris, Uncle Nino, Nine Lives, Searching for Bobby Fisher and Baby's Day Out. He starred in the critically acclaimed Mamet films House of Games, Homicide, and Things Change, for which he received the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival. Long a baseball fan, Mantegna conceived and co-wrote the off-Broadway play Bleacher Bums, which earned him an Emmy when it was subsequently produced for television. For his work in the HBO special The Rat Pack, he was nominated for both an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Dean Martin. He received his second Emmy nomination for his role of Pippi De Lena in the CBS mini-series The Last Don. His latest Emmy nomination was for his work in the miniseries The Starter Wife. Other television credits include starring roles in the CBS series First Monday and Joan of Arcadia, and, of course, his recurring role as Fat Tony in The Simpsons, which he reprised in the recently released feature film of the animated comedy. In 2004, Mantegna was named chairperson for the National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs. This organization helps focus public attention on VA medical centers with the goal of increasing the number of VA volunteers. Born and raised in Chicago, he now lives in Los Angeles and currently stars as agent David Rossi on CBS's Criminal Minds. For more information, visit www.joemantegna.com.
2. MEMDA1_080524_010.JPG: Joe Mantegna with Gary Sinise
3. MEMDA1_080524_100.JPG: John Schneider. After nearly 30 years on stage and screen and in the studio, John Schneider continues to perform regularly in all these arenas, demonstrating his extraordinary staying power. His diverse career has encompassed roles in everything from award-winning musicals and feature films to blockbuster TV series and directing his own productions. Schneider starred for six seasons as "Bo Duke," one of the fast-driving, fun-loving cousins of the Duke clan on the hugely popular '80s comedy-adventure series The Dukes of Hazzard, which became a part of the national zeitgeist. He reprised the role in the television movie The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood. Last season, Schneider portrayed a porn producer in F/X's hit series Nip/Tuck. He will star in the Hallmark mini-series Shark Swarm opposite F. Murray Abraham and Daryl Hannah, airing on May 25. Adding another Broadway credit to his resume, Schneider recently spent three months starring in Chicago. The busy actor was a series regular on the acclaimed drama Smallville and the popular series Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. On the big screen, Schneider has appeared in more than 15 feature films, including Snow Day with Chevy Chase, Garry Marshall's Exit to Eden and Eddie Macon�s Run opposite Kirk Douglas, to name a few. He recently wrote, directed and starred in the action-adventure film Collier & Company, released theatrically in mid 2007 by his own distribution company, A Greass Roots Effort. Schneider is also an accomplished singer, guitar player and songwriter. He has released 11 solo albums (four of which he co-produced with music legend Jimmy Bowen) and has performed in numerous Broadway shows, including the award-winning musical Grand Hotel, The Will Rogers Follies, Brigadoon, Music Man and Civil War. He continues to perform on stage and appeared last summer in Mame in the role of yet another smooth southerner, "Beauregard," at the Hollywood Bowl. Recognizing a need for better health care for children, Schneider co-founded the Children's Miracle Network, an international non-profit organization dedicated to helping children by raising funds and awareness for 170 children's hospitals throughout North America. Each year, these hospitals treat more than 17 million children. Since its inception, the Children�s Miracle Network Celebration has raised more than $3.5 billion and is the only telethon that gives 100 percent of the money raised directly to the charity. For more information, visit http://www.johnschneider.tv/index.php
4. MEMDA1_080524_247.JPG: Steve Hyde ???
5. MEMDA1_080524_273.JPG: Erich Kunzel. Erich Kunzel's distinguished career is marked by his receipt of the 2006 National Medal of Arts, presented by President and Mrs. Bush in a ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House. The National Medal of Arts, the highest honor given to artists and arts patrons by the U,S, Government, is awarded to those who have made outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States. July 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of Kunzel's professional debut in 1957 with the Santa Fe Opera Company. In a remarkable 42-year association in Cincinnati, his accomplishments are almost too numerous to list. It was in October 1965, that the music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra invited Kunzel to conduct an "8 O'Clock Pops" concert at Music Hall. That sold-out event was the beginning of a relationship with concert audiences that inspired the establishment of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra in 1977 with Erich Kunzel as its conductor. Today, the Cincinnati Pops is firmly established as one of the world's most active classical pops ensembles, maintaining a year-round performing and recording schedule and reaching music lovers worldwide through tour performances, television specials and best-selling Telarc recordings. Maestro Kunzel's credits include an unprecedented catalog of 85 Pops recordings on the Telarc label; seven nationally televised Pops specials on PBS; and national and international appearances with the Pops, including 10 Carnegie Hall concerts, two tours to Taiwan, three tours to Japan and an historic tour to China. Kunzel is the most successful Billboard Classical Crossover recording artist in history. In 1991, Billboard named him the Classical Crossover Artist of the Year for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year. Of the 85 Cincinnati Pops Telarc releases, 56 have appeared on either the Classical Crossover or Classical Billboard charts, including The Nutcracker, which held the number two position in December 2007 and January 2008. "When it comes to topping the charts, no orchestra does it better than the Cincinnati Pops," said Ohio Magazine. Dubbed the "Prince of Pops" by the Chicago Tribune, Maestro Kunzel has appeared in more than 100 performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival, where he holds the record for attendance – 22,000. Since 1991, Maestro Kunzel has led the National Symphony on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol for PBS's nationally televised Memorial Day and Fourth of July concerts. In 1996, the Fourth of July concert drew a record crowd of nearly a million people to the Capitol, as well as the largest viewing audience for a musical event in PBS history. Erich Kunzel is a regular guest conductor with orchestras around the world. Educated at Dartmouth, Harvard and Brown, Maestro Kunzel received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Dartmouth College in June 2007. Kunzel also studied with and was personal assistant to renowned conductor Pierre Monteux. Last year, he was elected into Phi Beta Kappa, America's oldest honor society, at his alma mater, Dartmouth. By 1970, when Arthur Fiedler invited him to conduct the Boston Pops for the first time, Kunzel's commitment to "pops" was assured. For more information, visit: www.erichkunzel.com.
6. MEMDA1_080524_479.JPG: Gladys Knight. The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight has been one of the greatest ever. Very few singers over the last 50 years have matched her unassailable artistry. This seven-time Grammy winner has enjoyed number one hits in pop, R&B and adult contemporary, and has triumphed in film, television and live performance. Knight has received many accolades for her musical talent, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Georgia native has recorded more than 38 albums, including four solo albums. From chart-topping hits like I Heard it Through the Grapevine, Every Beat of My Heart and Midnight Train to Georgia, Knight has done it all, including collaborations with fellow music legends Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Dionne Warwick, on That's What Friends Are For, Knight has also contributed her talents to the James Bond franchise by recording License to Kill. From the studio to the stage, Knight has been on Broadway in 1999 in the smash hit musical Smokey Joe's Caf�. In television, her many performances include such classic shows as The Jamie Foxx Show and The Jeffersons, as well such current hits as Las Vegas, JAG and American Idol. Today, Knight helps oversee her busy career from the Las Vegas headquarters of Shakeji, Inc., her personal entertainment corporation. A humanitarian and philanthropist, Knight has devoted her efforts to worthy causes that include the American Diabetes Association (as a national spokesperson), the American Cancer Society, the Minority AIDS Project, amFAR and Crisis Intervention. She has been honored by numerous organizations, including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and B'Nai Brith, and is the recipient of BET's Lifetime Achievement Award. Knight is a mother, a grandmother, a great-grandmother, a performer and a businesswoman with a spiritual outlook on her life. Her faith in God has been the driving force behind all of her endeavors. For more information, visit http://www.gladysknight.com/
7. MEMDA1_080524_572.JPG: Joe Montagne with Charles Durning. Charles Durning is one of America's premier character actors. After his heroic participation in World War II, where he earned three Purple Hearts and the Silver Star for valor, Durning spent four decades making his mark in theater, film and television. In 1973, he was cast in a breakthrough supporting role in George Roy Hill's The Sting. As a two-time Academy Award nominee, four-time Emmy award nominee and winner of a Tony Award - for his portrayal of Big Daddy in the 1990 revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - he continues to delight audiences and critics alike. Durning's stage work includes his critically acclaimed 1997 return to Broadway, starring opposite Julie Harris in the revival of The Gin Game, and his performance in the revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross. In 2001, he played the role of Pappy O'Daniel in the comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou? and appeared in the movie State and Main. He most recently appeared opposite Dianne Wiest in Third, Wendy Wasserstein's last play at the Lincoln Center. Other motion picture credits include One Fine Day, Spy Hard, The Hudsucker Proxy, Dick Tracy, True Confessions, The Greek Tycoon, Sharkey's Machine, Dog Day Afternoon, Home for the Holidays and The Grass Harp. Recent projects include A Boyfriend for Christmas, A Very Married Christmas, Forget About It, and Desperation Durning has a recurring role on Rescue Me, the critically acclaimed drama on FX Networks. In 2006, he was also nominated for an Emmy for a guest role on CBS's NCIS. A series regular on television's Evening Shade with Burt Reynolds, Durning's other television work includes roles in The Kennedys of Massachusetts, Death of a Salesman, Dinner at Eight and Mrs. Santa Claus, as well as the narration for Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony. His notable guest appearances on television include recurring roles on Everybody Loves Raymond, The Practice, Cybill and Early Edition.
8. MEMDA2_080524_001.JPG: Idina Menzel Award-winning actress/singer/songwriter Idina Menzel began her career as a teenager, singing at weddings and bar mitzvahs in her native Long Island, New York, and acquiring a vast repertoire of songs, from classics to the latest hits from Madonna. While working toward her bachelor's degree in drama from New York University, she performed with rock bands in clubs in New York City during the week and continued her wedding gigs on the weekends. In the winter of l995, Menzel auditioned for the Broadway-bound Rent and won the part of Maureen, an outspoken bisexual performance artist. The role earned Menzel her first Tony nomination, and the musical went on to win four Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2003, Menzel originated the role of "the green girl," the misunderstood witch in the hit musical Wicked, which included her show-stopping performance of the song Defying Gravity. In 2007, she re-recorded and remixed Gravity, and the song went on to become a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Dance Chart. Her star turn in Wicked won Menzel a Tony Award and huge critical acclaim. She recently reprised the role on the London stage. Menzel's film credits include starring roles in the Disney romantic fable Enchanted, Rent and Robert Towne's Ask the Dust. She also performed the song A Hero Comes Home in the Robert Zemekis film and soundtrack album Beowulf. Menzel's Warner Bros. Records debut album I Stand is a powerful collection of exquisite new songs written by Menzel herself. With her one-of-a-kind soaring voice and the talent of legendary Grammy-winning producer Glen Ballard, the final outcome is an album filled with pop tunes and heartfelt ballads – intimate yet universal stories of life, its challenges, relationships and, of course, the subject of love. Inspired by Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand and other performers who have achieved triple success on stage, in films and as recording artists, Menzel stands poised to embark on her ultimate challenge -- that of a solo artist singing her very own songs. For more information visit, http://www.idinamenzel.com/
9. MEMDA2_080524_073.JPG: Gary Sinise @ Memorial Day concert dress rehearsal at the Capitol
10. MEMDA2_080524_136.JPG: Rodney Atkins. If you're looking for an artist with the bona fide credentials to sing a country song, look no further. Rodney Atkins' latest album, If You're Going Through Hell, captures every aspect of his life, from his humble, multiple-adoption beginning, to his rural east Tennessee upbringing, to his present-day, stick to your roots convictions. His breakout success in 2006 – If You're Going Through Hell, recently certified Platinum – debuted at number one on the Billboard country albums chart. The title track spent four weeks atop the Billboard country singles chart, earning Billboard Most Played Song of 2006 and SESAC Song of the Year honors. The follow-up single, Watching You, spent two weeks at number one on both the Billboard and Mediabase charts and was the most played song of 2007 for Billboard. Atkins is also the first artist since Tim McGraw in 2001 to have four back-to-back number one singles off one album. It wasn't until high school that a guitar found its way into his hands and Atkins soon began playing at county fairs, festivals and shopping malls. Upon graduation, he started traveling to Nashville, playing more gigs and writing songs. He was quickly signed by Mike Curb and Curb Records, who have stood behind him ever since. His well-received and critically acclaimed debut album, Honesty, produced a top five hit of the same name in 2003. But Atkins wanted to try something a little different for his sophomore effort. He wrote six of the 10 tracks and laid down his vocals in a home studio between the responsibilities of everyday life and spending time with his family. Five songs on the album carry a southern theme. Leading off is the fiddle-filled, up-tempo These are My People. Cleaning This Gun is another real-to-life tune about that nervous time when a boy first meets his girlfriend's father. Two songs written by Rodney, About the South, a tribute to Rodney's Southern heritage, and In the Middle, a heartfelt portrayal about his rural way of life, along with Man on a Tractor, round out the album. Atkins, who was an adopted child, is the National Celebrity Spokesperson of the Year for the National Council for Adoption. He is the 2007 ACM New Male Vocalist of the Year and is up for six awards at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards. For more information, visit http://www.rodneyatkins.com/
11. MEMDA2_080524_173.JPG: Denis Leary Denis Leary, the Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated actor and comedian, is the star and co-creator of the FX television series Rescue Me. He created the series after a tragic warehouse fire in his hometown of Worcester, MA, took the lives of six firemen, including his cousin and a childhood friend. A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, he was a charter member of the Emerson's Comedy Workshop, and taught at the college for five years, while also performing as a stand-up comedian. He has over 40 film credits including The Sandlot, The Ref and Snitch. He has produced numerous movies, television shows and specials through his production company Apostle; this includes Comedy Central's Shorties Watchin' Shorties and the movie Blow. In 2000, he founded The Leary Firefighters Foundation which has distributed over $2.5 million to fire departments in the Worcester, Boston and New York City areas for equipment, training and new facilities. His foundation also runs The Fund for New York's Bravest for the families of the 343 firemen killed on 9/11. Denis Leary is a huge fan of the Boston Red Sox. He also would like to thank the New York Yankees for losing four games in a row to the Sox in the 2004 American League Championship series, thereby allowing the Sox to move on and capture their first World Series Championship in 86 years.
12. MEMDA2_080524_203.JPG: Denis Leary and Gail O'Grady Actress Gail O'Grady's first major role was as Donna Abandando on the police drama NYPD Blue, a role she played from 1993 to 1996, each year receiving an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She has also appeared on Two and a Half Men, Designing Women and a number of television movies including The Three Lives of Karen, Every 9 Seconds and Lip Service. From 2002 to 2005 she starred in American Dreams on NBC playing the role of the mother, Helen Pryor. In 2007, she began a recurring role on Boston Legal as judge Gloria Weldon.
13. MEMDA2_080524_212.JPG: Denis Leary and Gail O'Grady on the right. Caitlin Elizabeth Wachs on the left.
14. MEMDA2_080524_238.JPG: Sarah Brightman. Sarah Brightman is one of the most trailblazing entertainers of her time, effortlessly transcending and blending musical styles from pop, rock, and Broadway show-stoppers, to operatic and classical arias, all the while captivating audiences around the globe with her exquisite voice and her undeniably electrifying stage presence. Brightman has established herself as the world's best selling soprano of all time. Her extraordinary abilities as a consummate recording artist and live performer have allowed her to achieve sales of more than 26 million albums and two million DVDs, and earned her more than 150 gold and platinum sales certifications in 34 countries on all continents. She remains the only artist ever to hold the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Classical and Dance charts simultaneously. Ms. Brightman's unprecedented crossover success has also helped pave the way for such performers as Andrea Bocelli, Il Divo, and Josh Groban. Yet, in spite of her mass appeal, each album she delivers makes a strong personal statement and cuts right through to the heart and soul of the individual listener. Her latest is certainly no exception. Symphony – Ms. Brightman's first new studio recording in five years – luminously exemplifies the meaning of that very word. "Symphony" is defined as "a harmonious combination of elements, especially an effective combination of colors." "Throughout my career I have worked in so many different styles of music," says Sarah. "This is the first album where all of these styles come together to create a very diverse musical landscape." Recorded in Germany, the USA and the UK, Symphony features all new songs, and was created by Sarah with long-time producer Frank Peterson. In addition to reuniting her with Andrea Bocelli on the sweeping, romantic "Canto Della Terra," the characteristically eclectic album features collaborations with Spanish counter tenor sensation Fernando Lima ("Pasi�n"), Italian tenor Alessandro Safina ("Sarai Qui"), and rock superstar Paul Stanley (KISS) on "I Will Be with You (Where the Lost Ones Go)." Another highlight is "Running," the International Association of Athletics Federation Green Project Charity song, which Sarah performed at their Championships opening ceremonies in Osaka, Japan. Coupled with the excitement generated by the long-awaited release of Symphony, 2008 will also give Sarah's fans the chance to see her on the silver screen in Repo! The Genetic Opera!, a musical thriller directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (who directed three of the hugely successful films in the Saw series). The film also stars Paul Sorvino, Alexa Vega, Anthony Head and Paris Hilton. And 2008 could offer audiences another opportunity to witness the tremendous impact Sarah has made as a live entertainer as a tour is in the works. For more information, visit http://www.sarah-brightman.com/
15. MEMDA2_080524_262.JPG: Sarah Brightman @ Memorial Day concert dress rehearsal at the Capitol
16. MEMDA2_080524_285.JPG: Solo trumpet player playing "Taps"
17. MEMDA2_080524_355.JPG: Erich Kunzel
18. MEMDA2_080524_394.JPG: Joe Montagne
19. MEMDA2_080524_406.JPG: Gladys Knight
20. MEMDA2_080524_428.JPG: Gladys Knight @ Memorial Day concert dress rehearsal at the Capitol
21. MEMDA2_080524_474.JPG: Gary Sinise. Gary Sinise is a film, theater and television actor, as well as a director and producer. He received an Academy Award nomination in 1995 as Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Lieutenant Dan in Forest Gump. He is a three-time Golden Globe nominee and received the award in 1996 for the title role in Truman. He is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and won the award in 1998 for his lead role in George Wallace. Sinise is a four-time Tony Award nominee and a four-time nominee and two-time winner of the Screen Actor's Guild Award (Truman and George Wallace). His numerous other awards include a Best Supporting Actor Award from the National Board of Review and the Commander's Award from the Disabled American Veterans, both for Forest Gump. Additional film credits include Apollo 13, Ransom, The Green Mile, Snake Eyes, The Forgotten and The Human Stain. Currently, Sinise is starring as Detective Mack "Mac" Taylor in CBS's CSI: New York. Over the past four years, Sinise has traveled to Iraq (three times) and Afghanistan in support of the troops. He has also started "Operation Iraqi Children" that enables schools in the United States to go to www.operationiraqichildren.org and learn how to organize their own drive to collect supplies for the children of Iraq. He also serves as spokesperson for the Disabled Veterans for Life Memorial Foundation (ADVLM), which is building a memorial for America's 3 million living disabled military veterans. At age 18, the Chicago native co-founded The Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago, where he served as Artistic Director for seven years. He has since starred in more than a dozen productions at the renowned theatre. In 1982, Sinise directed the landmark production of Sam Shepard's True West at Steppenwolf and in New York, where he won an Obie Award for directing. In 1996, he directed the Broadway production of Sam Shepard's Buried Child, which was nominated for five Tony Awards, including one for best director. He has also made his mark as a film director with Of Mice and Men and Miles From Home, both screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Senise starred on television in HBO's Path To War and Showtime's That Championship Season.
22. MEMDA2_080524_492.JPG: Rodney Atkins
23. MEMDA2_080524_505.JPG: Left to right: Sarah Brightman, Idina Menzel, Rodney Atkins, Gladys Knight, and John Schneider.
24. MEMDAU_080524_167.JPG: The part where veterans in the audience are asked to stand
25. MEMDAY_970530_08.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 1997_DC_Mem_Day_970530 DC -- Memorial Day Concert (1997) (dress rehearsal) (37 photos from 1997)
  Tony Danza
26. MEMDAY_970530_11.JPG: I was surprised to see Jones there for the dress rehearsal. He said one or two lines and the rest of his presentation was pre-taped in tux at the Lincoln Memorial. To show up for just a few lines was very nice of him. Colin Powell, another figure scheduled for the concert, did not come to dress rehearsal.
27. MEMDAY_970530_17.JPG: A view of the crowd in front of the Capitol while we waited for the dress rehearsal to continue.
28. MEMDAY_970530_33.JPG: Martina McBride (country) and Sylvia McNair (opera) rehearse together during one of the breaks.
29. MEMDAY_970530_36.JPG: Martina McBride after she's gotten off stage during the rehearsal.
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