Posted on 05/10/2008 6:08:35 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Jenna Bush picks 'You Are So Beautiful' for dance with Dad
By JOE EDWARDS, Associated Press Writer 38 minutes ago
Jenna Bush picked "You Are So Beautiful," the ballad made famous by Joe Cocker, for the father-daughter dance with President Bush at her wedding reception Saturday night in Texas, the band leader said.
Tyrone Smith of Nashville and his 10-piece party band, The Tyrone Smith Revue, were hired to play at the reception in Crawford.
The band was asked to do "Lovin' in My Baby's Eyes" by Taj Mahal for the newlyweds' first dance. Smith spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday about the music plans, on the condition that the reporter honor a request by the Bush family not to release the information before the wedding.
Smith, who also played at one of the 2005 Bush inaugural balls at the Washington Convention Center, normally coaxes his audience members onstage to dance. He planned to make the president a target Saturday night.
"If he's around and the party's going, I'll get him up," Smith said. "I can't imagine him ducking out."
Smith planned to play "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang as the newlyweds arrived at the reception about 7 p.m. CDT in a tent on the 1,600-acre family ranch in Crawford. He said the band would play briefly, then break while the attendees have dinner, then resume and play until around 1 a.m.
"It'll be a 'get down' party," Smith promised.
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What a beautiful day for their family. I am so proud.
Heh! Nice.
I love that song, good choice...
Amen. So great that she had her wedding her way.
Sorry to politicize the thread, BUT ... is there irony in Jenna Bush marrying at the family ranch in TX on the same day Hillary’s hopes of a WH wedding seem to be crushed forever as the superdelegate lead turns to BHO?
God gave us a gift...History will recognize it in time.
Or especially, "You Can Leave Your Hat On."
At least Barbara is still single. I was going to be her date for the wedding but I was tied up with some business in Rochester.
Me,too.
Nothing but the finest.
Personally knowing Henry Hager has been a delight. He “babysat” my children and is everything you would want in a son in law. I am extremely happy for both families !
You said it better than I could. I agree 100%
I agree. Once the facts are examined - after the Democrats and media have chosen someone new to scream at - I think Bush will begin to be seen as having done an extraordinary job in extremely difficult times.
I think the modesty and lack of pretension of this event, when it could have very easily been otherwise, is quite admirable.
You just keep tellin’ yourself that when your town’s hospitals are shut down by illegals. Everything will be just fine.
Thank you, Lord. You have blessed us beyond measure.
Don’t you know that the President is gonna get fahklempt when he dances with Jenna! I can’t wait to see pictures!
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