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A National Effort
To support the proposed Cultural Center, President Kennedy declared the week of November 26-December 2, 1962 “National Cultural Center Week.” During that week, a black tie audience attended the fundraiser An American Pageant of the Arts. Leonard Bernstein led a star-studded program featuring comedian Danny Kaye, ballerina Maria Tallchief, singer Marian Anderson, seven-year-old cellist Yo-Yo Ma, actor Bob Newhart, and musician Harry Belafonte with music by the United States Navy Band and the National Symphony Orchestra. |