DC -- 4th of July Concert @ U.S. Capitol (2003) (dress rehearsal):
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- Description of Pictures: Personally, I find Fourth of July in downtown DC to be mostly about crowds, heat, and humidity. Having said that, the fireworks are spectacular and there's a wonderful free concert put on at the Capital which you can never get close enough to. I'm used to being within 50 feet of the stage at Wolf Trap. At the Capitol, you're lucky to be within 250 or so. In any case, I thought the dress rehearsal for the concert, which is held the night before, would be enough so I went.
This year, the 23rd "Capital Fourth" featured host Barry Bostwick (whose early movie appearance was the starring role of Brad Majors in 1975's "Rocky Horror Picture Show") and musical numbers by Dolly Parton, the Chieftains, Kristin Chenoweth (a Broadway actress who won a Tony playing the role of Charlie Brown's sister Sally in "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown"), Earl Scruggs, James Ingram, Jerry Douglas and Craig Bierko. Erich Kunzel conducted the National Symphony Orchestra and gave an award to soundtrack-legend John Williams ("Star Wars", "ET", "Saving Private Ryan", "Indiana Jones", etc -- his work on "Catch Me If You Can" was his 20th movie for Steven Spielberg) who conducted one of his pieces for the orchestra. In general, my pictures didn't come out too well because lighting was low and some people wore either white outfits (like Dolly Parton) which turn out looking like lightbulbs from a distance or else dark outfits (like James Ingram) which disappear completely.
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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- 4TH_030703_003.JPG: These were the guns that provided the cannon fire for the 1812 Overture
- 4TH_030703_034.JPG: Craig Bierko and Kristin Chenoweth doing a number from "The Music Man". More on them each later.
- 4TH_030703_039.JPG: From the PBS site at http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/concert.html : "Kristin Chenoweth: Kristin Chenoweth's career is quickly rising. A versatile singer, classically trained but equally at home in pop, old standards and Broadway musicals, Tony Award-winning singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth recently made her solo recording debut with the release of Let Yourself Go for Sony Classical. On Let Yourself Go, she harkens back to the golden age of Broadway and Tin Pan Alley in a selection of well-known standards and less familiar songs by Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Rodgers & Hart, Kern, Youmans, Ellington, and others. Currently, Chenoweth is working on her next album for Sony Classical to be released this fall. It will be an inspirational album with a folk-pop feel. Chenoweth recently starred in ABC's movie-version of Meredith Wilson's The Music Man opposite Matthew Broderick, playing Marian, the librarian. Chenoweth can currently be seen on Sesame Street as Ms. Noodle and in Elmo's video/DVD "Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!" She will soon begin rehearsals for the Broadway production of Wicked, the back-story to The Wizard of Oz due to hit Broadway in the fall of 2003. Chenoweth will play Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. This past fall, Chenoweth received rave reviews for her eagerly-awaited concerts for Lincoln Center's 5th American Songbook where she performed selections from her album and she also received critical acclaim for her performance in City Center Encores! 10th Anniversary Bash. Recently, Chenoweth was in London for a theater production of Divas at Donmar for director Sam Mendes which opened to rave reviews. During the 1998-98 season, she created the role of Sally in the first Broadway production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, sweeping the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards as the season's "Best Featured Actress in a Musical." On television, she also starred in her own series, Kristin, for NBC."
- 4TH_030703_051.JPG: Chieftains. Leader Paddy Malone is the guy in the dark coat sitting in the middle. Some where in there is also Earl Scruggs and Jerry Douglas. From the PBS description at http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/concert.html : "The Chieftains: With a career that spans four decades and forty albums, The Chieftains are not only Ireland's premier musical ambassadors but also the most enduring and influential creative force in establishing the international appeal of Celtic music. Paddy Maloney, the group's founder and front man, first brought together a group of local musicians in Dublin in 1962, fashioning an authentic instrumental sound that stood in sharp contrast to most of Irish music at the time. The group's first four albums, recorded between 1963 and 1974, established their worldwide reputation even as the group continued to perform on a semi-professional basis. In 1975, The Chieftains recorded the soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, featuring the hit single Women of Ireland for which they won an Academy Award. A string of subsequent albums, including such standouts as Bonaparte's Retreat, Boil The Breakfast Early and Chieftains in China enhanced their status as Ireland's premier musical export. In 1988, they joined forces with Van Morrison on Irish Heartbeat which began an historic series of collaborations including recordings with James Galway, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones, Sting, Linda Ronstadt, and many others. In 1992, they recorded the double Grammy-winning Another Country, returning to Nashville in 2002 for Down The Old Plank Road, their 40th career album. Six-time Grammy winners and eighteen-time Grammy nominees, The Chieftains maintain an international touring schedule that has brought them before millions of fans on every continent. In addition to Paddy Maloney, the group includes: Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals); Seán Keane (fiddle); and Matt Molloy (flute). Derek Bell (harp, piano, oboe, tiompán), who had been with the group since 1972, passed away in October. "
- 4TH_030703_072.JPG: From the PBS page at http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/concert.html , "Barry Bostwick: From his portrayal of the quintessential all-American Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Picture Show to the hilarious Mayor Randall Winston on ABC's recently retired Spin City, Barry Bostwick has had quite a career spanning all genres and mediums of show business. Barry has had starring roles in many highly acclaimed television films and miniseries. He portrayed George Washington in the Peabody award-winning CBS mini-series epic George Washington. He won a Golden Globe for his performance as Lieutenant "Lady" Aster in ABC's thirty-hour presentation of War and Remembrance. Aside from George Washington, he also played another president in Men in White, National Lampoon's spoof of Men in Black for the Fox Family Channel. This past year, he has guest starred on several of the current TV sitcoms, as well as supplying the voice for Stan in The Afterlife, an animation pilot for FOX. Bostwick has also appeared in several musical specials for PBS including The Best of Broadway and Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration at Carnegie Hall. A veteran of the stage, Barry's first Tony nomination was for his characterization of Danny Zuko in Grease. His second nomination was for his portrayal of Joey in They Knew What They Wanted for the Phoenix Theater. Barry won the coveted Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for his characterization of The Robber Bridegroom, a role he originally created at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. This year he completed three features: Skulls III for Universal, the independent feature Swing, and the recently released Disney's animated 101 Dalmatians Part 2. Additional film credits include Weekend at Bernie's 2, Spy Hard with Leslie Nielson, 800 Leagues Down the Amazon, and, of course, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. This is his sixth year as host of A Capitol Fourth."
- 4TH_030703_075.JPG: Here, Barry Bostwick is presenting an award to John Williams. From the PBS site http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/concert.html : "John Williams: One of the most popular and successful American orchestral composers of the modern age, John Williams is the winner of five Academy Awards, 17 Grammys, three Golden Globes, four Emmys and one British Academy Award. Best known for his film scores and ceremonial music, Williams is also a noted composer of concert works and a renowned conductor. Williams' scores for such films as Jaws, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler's List, as well as the Indiana Jones series, have won him multiple awards and produced best-selling recordings, and his scores for the original Star Wars trilogy transformed the landscape of Hollywood film music and became icons of American culture. Williams has composed the music and served as a music director for more than ninety films, including The Patriot, Saving Private Ryan, Nixon, Sabrina, Jurassic Park, JFK, Hook, Born on the Fourth of July, Superman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Goodbye Mr. Chips. He has received forty-one Academy Award nominations, most recently for his scores for the blockbuster Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence. His score for the film Schindler's List earned him both an Oscar and a Grammy. Williams' most recent project, Catch Me If You Can, his 20th film with long time collaborator Steven Spielberg, earned Williams his 42nd Academy Award nomination and the Broadcast Film Critic's award for Best Original Score. His recent album releases include American Journey, the official album of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games, and the release of Yo-Yo Ma Plays The Music of John Williams. His compositions include Liberty Fanfare, for the re-dedication of the Statue of Liberty, the fanfare Call of the Champions, written for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, and themes for the 1984, 1988 and 1986 Summer Olympic Games. Many of Williams' film scores have been released as recordings; the soundtrack album Star Wars has sold more than four million copies, making it one of the most successful non-pop albums in recording history. "
- 4TH_030703_083.JPG: Tapping John Williams on the shoulder is Erich Kunzel, the director of the Washington Symphony Orchestra. From http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/concert.html : "Erich Kunzel: National television appearances, over eight million recordings sold worldwide and tours across the country have made Erich Kunzel "America's premier conductor of pops" according to the Washington Post. Kunzel is the recipient of many prestigious awards and honors, including the Top Classical/Crossover Artist by Billboard Magazine, the Tiffany Walkman Award by Sony and his recordings have received six Grammy nominations. For over 30 years, Mr. Kunzel has been the music director for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. He is also pops music advisor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and principal pops conductor of the Naples Philharmonic. Recording exclusively on the prestigious Telarc record label, Mr. Kunzel released A Vienna Fest and a Celtic Celebration in the winter of 2001 and Got Swing in the fall of 2002."
- 4TH_030703_141.JPG: From http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/concert.html , "Dolly Parton: Throughout a career that has spanned four decades, Dolly Parton has contributed countless treasures to the world of music entertainment; songs such as Jolene, Coat of Many Colors and I Will Always Love You; acting performances such as her Oscar-nominated film debut in 9 to 5, as well as roles in motion pictures like The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and Steel Magnolias; her 1994 autobiography, Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business; and her Smoky Mountain heritage-preserving entertainment park located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, just miles from where she grew up. Dolly Parton's remarkable life began very humbly. Born on a farm in Sevier County, Tennessee, Dolly is the fourth of twelve children. By the age of ten, she was already performing professionally in nearby Knoxville, on both television and radio. She moved to Nashville the day after she graduated from high school, and by age 21, she was on her way to stardom when Porter Wagoner hired her to join the cast of his popular syndicated television show, right around the time she had her first big hit single - Dumb Blonde. Dolly never looked back. In the 1970's, as her musical horizons expanded to encompass the deeply rooted sounds of traditional country (My Tennessee Mountain Home) and the contemporary ones of progressive country (Light of a Clear Blue Morning), Parton's audience expanded as well. With 1977's breakthrough hit Here You Come Again, she successfully erased the line between country and pop music. Over the last twenty years, through often exhausting and widely varied film, television, concert and recording work, the woman once dubbed the "hillbilly Mae West" has remained an internationally renowned superstar grounded by a deep-seated and humbly rooted sense of tradition and place. "
- 4TH_030703_189.JPG: From http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/concert.html : "Craig Bierko: In 2001, Craig Bierko completed his successful run starring in Meredith Wilson's The Music Man. Craig's debut on Broadway as the legendary "Harold Hill" garnered critical acclaim and attention. He was nominated for the prestigious Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, The Drama League Award and was the recipient of The Theater World Award. Just prior, Bierko appeared in a staged workshop of Boys From Syracuse at The Roundabout Theatre. Born in Westchester, NY, he made his stage debut at the age of 10 as a newsboy in Gypsy, in a local community theatre run by his parents. Bierko later went on to study at Northwestern University. Bierko has enjoyed a diverse group of film roles, ranging from the villain in Renny Harlin's The Long Kiss Goodnight opposite Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson, to the comedic turn in Larry David's Sour Grapes and in the virtual reality thriller, The 13th Floor. Additional film credits include Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas and The Suburbans. Bierko will next be seen in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star written by Fred Wolf and David Spade and directed by Sam Weisman. The film will be released in September by Paramount Pictures. Television credits include memorable guest appearances on Sex And The City, Ally McBeal and as Paul Reiser's prospective agent on Mad About You."
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