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Episode Detail: The President's Own - In Performance at the White House

Nell Carter, country singer Toby Keith and cohosts Larry Gatlin and Gerald McRaney join the U.S. Marine Band ("the President's Own") in the first "In Performance" concert hosted by President George W. Bush. Highlights include "The Marine Hymn," John Philip Sousa's "Semper Fidelis" and "The Washington Post March," Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" and Aaron Copland's "Variation on a Shaker Melody" (Band). Taped July 30, 2001, in the White House's East Room.
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Premiered: 1981, on PBS
Rating: TV-G
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Premise: An occasional series featuring concerts from the nation's capital that, over the years, has showcased performers as diverse as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Elvis Costello and Steve Martin. As Nancy Reagan noted in the first program, `With the participation of public television, the East Room becomes a concert hall for the entire nation.'

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