Media Only Open Dress Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds of PBS' National Memorial Day Concert 2007
Media Only Open Dress Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds of PBS' National Memorial Day Concert 2007
Award-Winning Live Concert from the U.S. Capitol Hosted by Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna
** General Admission Gates for the Public Open at 5 p.m. on May 26 and 27 ** (Please note this is a change from previous years)
WASHINGTON, May 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by Capital Concerts, Inc.:
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070523/DCW006 ) WHAT: Open dress rehearsals for accredited media of the 18th Annual PBS National Memorial Day Concert. Note: The concert will be broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, May 27, 2007 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings). WHEN: SAT., MAY 26 TALENT REHEARSAL SCHEDULE (subject to change): 10:00A - 10:45A Josh Turner 10:45A - 11:45A Jane Monheit 11:45A - 12:30P Natalie Cole 2:00P - 2:45P Charles Durning 2:45P - 3:15P Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise and Bonnie Hunt 3:15P - 3:45P Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise 3:45P - 4:30P Jimmy Smits and Dianne Wiest 4:30P - 5:30P CeCe Winans and Jimmy Smits 7:35 to 10:00 p.m. FULL CONCERT DRESS REHEARSAL (see below for live feed info) ** CLOSED SET FRIDAY AND SUNDAY, MAY 25 & 27: NO MEDIA ACCESS ** WHERE: U.S. CAPITOL, WEST LAWN, IN FRONT OF THE STAGE. LIVE FEED: Pool members -- CNN, CBS, NBC, FOX and ABC -- are invited to use the live program feed available at Verizon's AVOC pool switch Source Port # 17 by calling the CBS News (pool chair) assignment desk at (202) 457-4444. The CBS pool coordinator is Aaron Lewis. The assignment desk will make the feed available to you on Saturday, May 26, 19:45 - 22:00 EDT (full dress rehearsal) and Sunday, May 27, 20:00 - 21:30 EDT (live broadcast). All media are welcome to receive the concert on PBS' schedule X which can be found on IA 6, C-Band Transponder 8. This service is an unencrypted analog clear feed. Additionally, a mult feed will be available from the production truck on site. The maximum footage allowed for use is 3 minutes and the video credit which must be chyroned while footage is broadcast is National Memorial Day Concert/PBS. Technical contact for all other information and for assistance on site: Tad Scripter/Capital Concerts, Inc. Cell phone: (818) 903-5711; Voicemail/Pager: (888) 582-2838
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