First Group of Entertainers Announced for the 2004 Republican National Convention

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[CaraM]

Sara Evans sang "Amazing Grace" at the President's Dinner in July this year. She belted out that song, everybody was in awe. It is a treat to hear her sing. She will not disappoint! (and that is on top of being 7 or 8 months pregnant)

[CaraM]

Hey there..I'm in Missouri, too :)

[MayflowerMadam]

What? No Dennis Miller? They should bring him on board.

[Bobby Chang]

Jack Black wrote:

I absolutely hate Aerosmith. I still remember Steve Tyler's destruction of the National Anthem at the (2001) Indianapolis 500. Yuck.

I remember reading stories about that, but it was covered by the first of what has become many cases of drivers initially ignoring Victory Lane for a front stretch party.  Helio climbed the fence, something which was copied by NNCS teams at Indy (Childress, 2003), Lowe's (Roush, 2001), and Darlington (Hendrick, 2003).     That was so disgusting from what I read a few days later it was outrageous.  One journalist covering the NNCS Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's had this to say when he saw it:

The TV monitors in the media center carried the Indy (500).  Everyone was laughing when they showed A.J. Foyt's expression during Tyler's version of the anthem.

I bought several Aerosmith albums and cd's during their earlier years.  Once Tyler completely blew out his throat and started just screeching and screaming, I stopped listening to them.

It is amazing that some people can get by on show presence, or something.  I want someone to actually carry a tune or melody and not growl, rap, screech, scream, squeal, or whatever.

Why the CCM stars are fairly unknown has to do with a big blunder by the Gospel Music Association.  The artists of the genre were burned by the non-showing of the Gospel Music Association's 35th Annual GMA Music Awards in April when the broadcast of the GMA's big night was given to Regal Cinemas in 50 cities for $10, and then they said a rebroadcast would take place on UPN a month later.  But between the awards and the broadcast date, host Deion Sanders defected from Paramount's The NFL Today to Disney's Sunday NFL Countdown, and UPN cancelled the rebroadcast of the GMAMA after the defection.  Many fans are still outraged and don't believe that it was the defection of Prime Time, who hosted the GMAMA with Yolanda Adams, which resulted in the cancellation of the rebroadcast for a month later, even though there has been precedent previously in such calls.  By then what's worth watching if you've read the results?

Rebecca St. James is a no-no.  She's Aussie.  But I wouldn't mind a Kathy Troccoli (who would return back to her roots in New York, even though the 46-year old is now a Nashville resident), Point of Grace (albeit without Heather Payne, pregnant with child), Mark Schultz ("Letters from Home" has been promoted by the US military), or any of the non-screamers.

If you're working a media booth, you shouldn't be speaking at the RNC.  If we do bring McBride, after she finishes "Independence Day," bring out a symphonic chorus of conservatives to perform immediately after Mrs. McBride,  performing "O Fortuna" from Orff's Carmina Burana.  Most conservatives know the sequence, and I think most of us know what it means.

[bluejean]

Um - not sure why this list has to impress me in COMPARISON to the silly DNC "show", which was laughable and pathetic. BTW, Michael Moore WILL be "at" the RNC, in the distance, getting more air time than anything going on at the actual convention, unfortunately. Sigh...

I find myself wishing SOME closet Republicans of 'star' or 'famous' status would show up, regardless. It's sad that people have to sacrifice reputation and career in Hollywood and/or elsewhere to be a blasted conservative or confess to same.

Re: the entertainment. The Statler Brothers will make the Buck Owens crowd happy and granted there's a crowd of 'em to be MADE happy, but I still, and I don't think it's absolutely wrong, wish some 'current' 'big names' besides some Country Western types might show up. I shan't back down on this one!! It needn't be rap, for God's sake. But SOMETHING a little rock and roll wouldn't gripe the soul TOO badly, would it?

There's a clue.