An American pageant of the arts
Contributors: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1962
Language: eng
Description: "An American Pageant of the Arts," a closed-circuit teIecast, 9:30 p.m., produced by Robert Saudek Over Theatre Network Television, Inc., Leonard Bernstein, host, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, General and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, National Symphony Orchestra, Howard Mitchell conducting, United States Navy Band, the National Cultural Center.
Notes: National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 29, 1962. Dinner 7:00 P.M., show 9:30 P.M.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Marian Anderson, Harry Belafonte, Pablo Casals, Van Cliburn, Colleen Dewhurst, Bradford Dillman, Florence Eldridge, Royes Fernandez, Robert Frost, Hal Holbrook, Danny Kaye, Dorothy Kirsten, Yo-Yo Ma, Yeou-Cheng Ma, Fredric March, Bob Newhart, Andre Previn Trio, Jason Robards, Jr., Alexander Schneider, Maria Tallchief, Richard Tucker.

Includes menu, catered by the Mayflower and Statler Hilton hotels.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).
Table of contents: title: Dinner program, 7:00 p.m.: United States Navy Band / Lieutenant Anthony A. Mitchell, conducting; title: United States Air Force Kiltie Band; title: 3rd Infantry Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps; title: Rinat Chorus / Gary Bertini, conductor; title: Marine Drum and Bugle Corps.