Obamas Take in Alvin Ailey Show at Kennedy Center

ABCNews.com
February 6, 2009
Jake Tapper

Date Night for President and First Lady Obama came Friday night as the two visited the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to take in "Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater At 50 -- A Golden Anniversary Celebration."

The President, First Lady, Malia and Sasha Obama waved at the audience from a red VIP box decorated with the presidential seal.

The Kennedy Center program describes the show -- which was sold-out -- as "One of America's cultural ambassadors to the world, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater marks its 50th anniversary of bringing African American cultural expression and the American modern dance tradition to the world's stages." Tickets cost from $30 to $89.

Another theater at the Kennedy Center hosted the premiere of the documentary "Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny," produced by Republican activist David Bossie along with Newt and Calista Gingrich.

Bossie's previous film, "HYPE: The Obama Effect," was a less glowing assessment of the Illinois pol. Gingrich recently said that by trying to be both bipartisan and partisan, President Obama resembled President Carter.

No word if there were any run-ins over Jujubes at the refreshment stand.


 

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