Media Only Open Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds of the 30th Anniversary Broadcast of A Capitol Fourth on PBS!

Media Only Open Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds of the 30th Anniversary Broadcast of A Capitol Fourth on PBS!

Jimmy Smits Hosts All-Star Line-Up With Gladys Knight, Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker, David Archuleta, John Schneider and Lang Lang

WHAT: Open dress rehearsals for accredited media of A Capitol Fourth Concert.

Note: The concert will be broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, July 4, 2010 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings).

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WHEN: SAT, July 3
TALENT REHEARSAL SCHEDULE (subject to change):
10:00A - 10:30A Jimmy Smits
11:00A - 11:40P David Archuleta
11:40A - 12:35P Lang Lang
2:00P - 2:30P Stand-in for Gladys Knight
2:30P - 2:50P Stand-in for Darius Rucker
2:50P - 4:00P Reba McEntire
4:00P - 4:30P John Schneider
4:30P - 5:15 P 1812 Overture & George M. Cohan Medley

8:00P - 10:30P FULL CONCERT DRESS REHEARSAL (see below for live feed info)

** CLOSED SET FRIDAY, JULY 2 AND SUNDAY, JULY 4: 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 NBC (pool chair) assignment desk at (202) 885-4200. The NBC pool coordinator is Tony Capra at the NBC News Bureau. The feed will be available in HD 1080i on Saturday, July 3, 20:00 - 22:30 EDT (full dress rehearsal) and Sunday, July 4, 20:00 - 21:30 EDT (live broadcast). All media are welcome to receive the July 4th live telecast (and only the July 4th live telecast) of the concert on PBS' Schedule X 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 MHz 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 A Capitol Fourth 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.

Press Web Site: www.pbs.org/pressroom
Web Site: www.pbs.org/capitolfourth

CONTACT: Karen Baratz: office +1-240-497-1811, Kristina Hallman: cell +1-202-361-7090, or Carol Marshall: cell +1-213-598-5888, all of Capital Concerts

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- June 28/

Source: Capital Concerts

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

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