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unusual facts about The Kennedy Center Honors



John Barry Talley

Under his direction, the Glee Club appeared in more than one hundred nationally televised programs, and were featured on NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, the CBS Morning Show, numerous appearances on The Kennedy Center Honors, several U.S. Presidential Inaugural Galas, and a twenty-year run on NBC/TNT’s annual Christmas in Washington.


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New York City Breakers

While performing in tribute to legendary choreographer, and Kenndy Center Honoree Katherine Dunham at the Kennedy Center Honors, the NYCBs befriended Frank Sinatra, (also an Honoree that year) who was so impressed by the NYCBs, he hired them back to perform for the 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala, which Sinatra was the organizing Chairman.

The United States Army Field Band

The Kennedy Center Honors, the 1995 Presidential Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of V-J Day, the 40th Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, the National Memorial Day Concert, the state funerals of Presidents Reagan and Ford, and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games are some examples of high-profile appearances by the Army Field Band.