Title:
USA Presidential Inaugural Opening Ceremonies
Date of transmission: Thursday
18 January 2001
Channel: CSPAN-2
Host: Larry King (Master of
Ceremonies)
Charlotte's role in programme:
Featured Performer
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teenage impressario Charlotte Church sings during
the inauguration opening celebration for
President-elect George W. Bush on January 18, 2001
at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. REUTERS/Jim
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It seems Washington elected officials can't get enough of
Charlotte these days. Only one month ago Charlotte was
lighting the National Christmas Tree along side President
Bill Clinton, today she was seen at the Inaugural Opening
Ceremonies for President Elect George W. Bush. It appears
that Charlotte may be the only thing Republicans and
Democrats can agree on these days, for her appeal certainly
bridges across party lines. Politics aside, Charlotte fans
the world over are just glad to see her perform again and
did she ever put on a show today singing a song never heard
from her in any other performance. (More on that later)
I'm not going to go really in-depth as to the content of the
Inaugural Opening Ceremony as that is easily accessible from
this features News Archive but it is an important event the
USA witnesses every four years as their President elect gets
to throw his/her(someday) own gigantic party. Lots of money
is poured in to pull this event off and stars the world over
are called in to showcase their talents in front of the soon
to be most powerful man in the world. The 2001 Ceremony was
much like previous ones in that the opening contained lots
of patriotic displays to showcase the various branches of
the armed services and their anthems. After the patriotism
the stars come out to strut their stuff. The list was huge
this year (see news/press) and included such stars as John
Secada, Ricky Martin, the ever popular Wayne Newton and of
course everyone's favourite: Charlotte Church.
   
   
   
   
The show went for about two hours until 5:12 PM finally
arrived and Charlotte took to the stage after being
introduced by master of ceremonies and international talk
show host Larry King. Charlotte sang a song she's never
performed before on Television entitled "Take Care of
this House", an obvious reference to The White House.
The song, which was written in 1976 by Leonard Bernstein and
Alan J. Lerner, is a tribute to the White House for the U.
S. Bicentennial Celebration. As for Charlotte's
performance ....you guessed it! It was as close to perfect
as this song is ever going to sound. The organisers of this
event certainly knew the right person to call for this job.
After singing Charlotte made her exit and the event went on
to eventually conclude around 50 minutes later.
   
   
   
   
So...your
probably wondering now do we have a clip of this new
Charlotte track and the answer is yes. In fact we have the
entire song available for you to download right
here. Let us
know what you think or visit
the forums to discuss this with other Charlotte fans.
Below is the menu for the items we have collected for this
feature...if the specified resource isn't uploaded yet be
patient it will be up shortly.
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