Obama greets Kennedy Center Honorees
President Obama welcomed this year’s Kennedy Center Honorees to the White House Sunday evening, ahead of the ceremony at the Kennedy Center.
Musicians Billy Joel and Carlos Santana, pianist Herbie Hancock, opera singer Martina Arroyo and actress Shirley MacLaine are the five artists receiving this year’s honors.
“Each of our brilliant honorees has given us something unique and of richness beyond measure,” Obama said at the White House.
“As individuals and as a nation, together they bring us closer to President Kennedy’s vision of the arts as a great humanizing and truth-telling experience. Their triumphs have lifted our spirits, and have lifted our nation, and have left us in a better and richer place.”
The honorees will sit with Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the Kennedy Center ceremony Sunday night. The event will be broadcast Dec. 29 on CBS from 9 to 11 p.m.
Secretary of State John Kerry hosted the honorees Saturday night for a black-tie dinner at the State Department.
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