Media Only Open Dress Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds for the 21st Annual National Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Media Only Open Dress Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds for the 21st Annual National Memorial Day Concert on PBS

Renowned Actors Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna Co-Host Live National Television Event from the U.S. Capitol

WHAT: Open dress rehearsals for accredited media of the 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 30, 2010 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings).

WHEN: SAT., MAY 29 TALENT REHEARSAL SCHEDULE (subject to change):
10:00A - 11:45A Kelli O'Hara
11:45A - 12:45P Lionel Richie
2:00P - 3:15P Gary Sinise, Joe Mantegna and Dennis Haysbert
3:15P - 4:30P Yolanda Adams (stand-in)
4:30P - 5:00P Katherine Jenkins
5:00P - 5:40P Blythe Danner and A.J. Cook
8:00P - FULL CONCERT DRESS REHEARSAL (see below for live
10:30P feed info)

** CLOSED SET FRIDAY AND SUNDAY, MAY 28 & 30: 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 #5 by calling the Fox (pool chair) assignment desk at (202) 824-6369. The Pool chair there is Jodie Curtis. The feed will be available in HD 1080i on Saturday, May 29, 20:00 - 22:30 EDT (full dress rehearsal) and Sunday, May 30, 20:00 - 21:30 EDT (live broadcast). All media are welcome to receive the live broadcast of 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 (standard def 4:3) 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.

Karen Baratz: office (240) 497-1811
Kristina Hallman: cell (202) 361-7090
Carol Marshall: cell (213) 598-5888
Press Web Site: www.pbs.org/pressroom
Web Site: www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- May 25/

Source: Capital Concerts

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