WASHINGTON, June 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating 35
spectacular years on air, A CAPITOL FOURTH will kick
off the country's 239th birthday with an all-star musical
extravaganza hosted by Emmy and SAG Award-winning actor
Bradley Whitford. The
gala anniversary celebration will be headlined by music legend
Barry Manilow who will open
and close the concert broadcast with a special patriotic
medley. Broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S.
Capitol, the star spangled party will also feature performances by:
the most successful country music group of all time,
Alabama; Grammy
nominated singer/songwriter, with over 70 million album sales,
Nicole Scherzinger; five-time
Grammy nominee, CMA Award winner and
multi-instrumentalist Hunter
Hayes; vocal powerhouse Meghan Linsey (THE VOICE); Grammy
award-winning and multi-platinum selling band, fronted by the
Founder of the Dance Revolution, KC and the Sunshine Band;
world renowned piano virtuoso Lang
Lang; and inspirational classical cross-over global star
and Irish tenor Ronan Tynan;
with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of
top pops conductor Jack
Everly. In celebration of American icon
Frank Sinatra's 100th
birthday, the award-winning star of film, television and the
concert stage Robert Davi
will pay tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes.
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"It is a thrill and an honor to be hosting this year's
CAPITOL FOURTH celebration," said Whitford.
"I invite you all to join us live from the Capitol on the
Fourth of July for a concert and
fireworks display you'll never forget. It's gonna be a
blast!"
The top-rated, award-winning extravaganza puts viewers front and
center for the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation
with twenty cameras positioned around the city, including the U.S.
Capitol, the White House and the Washington Monument. Capping
off the show will be a rousing rendition of Tchaikovsky's "1812
Overture" complete with live cannon fire provided by the United
States Army Presidential Salute Battery, an audience favorite and
A CAPITOL FOURTH tradition.
The 35th annual broadcast of A CAPITOL
FOURTH airs on PBS Saturday, July 4, 2015 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET before a concert
audience of hundreds of thousands, millions more at home, as well
as to our troops serving around the world on the American Forces
Network. The program can also be heard live in stereo over
NPR member stations nationwide.
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