Media Only Open Dress Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds for the 20th Anniversary of PBS' National Memorial Day Concert

Media Only Open Dress Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds for the 20th Anniversary of PBS' National Memorial Day Concert

Live National Television Event from the U.S. Capitol Co-Hosted by Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna

WHAT: Open dress rehearsals for accredited media of the 20th 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 24, 2009 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings).

   (Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090520/DC19586 )    WHEN:  SAT., MAY 23  TALENT REHEARSAL SCHEDULE (subject to change):   10:00A - 10:45A    Trace Adkins   10:45A - 12:00N    Brian Stokes Mitchell   12:00P - 12:25P    Denyce Graves   12:25P - 12:45P    Colm Wilkinson   2:00P - 2:45P      Robert McDuffie, Laurence Fishburne, Denyce Graves   2:45P - 3:15P Gary Sinise, Dianne Wiest, Katie Holmes, Robert McDuffie   3:15P - 4:00P      Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise   4:00P - 4:15P      Joe Mantegna   4:30P - 5:00P      Lang Lang   5:00P - 5:30P      Katharine McPhee, Lang Lang   5:30P - 6:00P      Katharine McPhee  

7:35 to 10:00 p.m. FULL CONCERT DRESS REHEARSAL (see below for live feed info)

   ** CLOSED SET FRIDAY AND SUNDAY, MAY 22 & 24: 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 NBC (pool chair) assignment desk at (202) 885-4200. The Pool chair there is Tony Capra. The assignment desk will make the feed available to you on Saturday, May 23, 19:45 - 22:00 EDT (full dress rehearsal) and Sunday, May 24, 20:00 - 21:30 EDT (live broadcast). All media are welcome to receive the concert on PBS's Schedule X service which can be found on AMC 2, C-Band Transponder 16. This service is an unencrypted analog clear feed. The L band frequency is 1130 mghz., horizontal polarity. The audio subcarriers are L = 6.2 mghz and R = 6.8 mghz. 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   

NOTE: ADMISSION IS BASED ON CURRENT, VALID PRESS CREDENTIALS; CALL FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ON-SITE PARKING FOR MEDIA TRUCKS.

   Contact:   Kristina Hallman: 202-537-5199, cell 202-361-7090   Karen Baratz: 240-497-1811, cell 301-404-6977   Carol Marshall: cell 213-598-5888    Web Site: www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert   Press Web Site: www.pbs.org/pressroom    /PRNewswire-USNewswire -- May 20/  

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Source: Capital Concerts

Web Site: http://www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert
http://www.pbs.org/pressroom

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