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Former first lady Barbara Bush is surrounded by children as she poses for photos Monday, March 24, 2008, following her reading at the 2008 White House Easter Egg Roll, where she read "Arthur's New Puppy."

Hall of Fame football player Troy Aikman reads "One Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" for children at the reading nook at the 2008 White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, March 24, 2008

Children gather at the Magic Stage on the South Lawn of the White House to watch magician Fairy Twinkletoes perform Monday, March 24, 2008, during the 2008 White House Easter Egg Roll.

Excited Fans reach out toward the Jonas Brothers as they perform on the South Lawn of the White House Monday, March 24, 2008, during the 2008 White House Easter Egg Roll.

The Presidential character mascots of the Washington Nationals baseball team, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington participate Monday, March 24, 2008 on the South Lawn of the White House, at the 2008 White House Easter Egg Roll.

Kids paint a large mural of an ocean scene at the White House Easter Egg Roll Monday, Mar. 24, 2008 on the South Lawn of the White House. The theme for the 2008 Easter Egg Roll is Ocean Conservation. The kids were able to learn how to keep our oceans clean and healthy for fish and other ocean life.

Some of the thousands of guests who attended the 2008 White House Easter Egg Roll are seen at festivities on the South Lawn of the White House Monday, March 24, 2008.

Mrs. Laura Bush, joined by her daughter, Jenna, applauds the PBS character "Arthur," following the reading of "Arthur Meets the President," Monday, March 24, 2008, during festivities at the 2008 White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House.

Kaslin, I'm very happy to see that pic of the Jonas Brothers at the White House in 2008. I didn't remember that they had ever performed at the White House prior to the night they surprised the tweens currently living there on January 20th 2009. After seeing the pic you posted I did a little research.

Their first appearance at a White House Easter Egg Roll was on Monday, April 9, 2007.

Their second on Wednesday June 27, 2007 at a Tee Ball game on the South Lawn.

Then the one pictured here on Monday, March 24 2008 at the White House Easter Egg Roll.

In August of 2008 they filmed a public service announcement at the White House with Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne

In November 2008 the brothers joined Laura Bush in Dallas at a National Parks Foundation youth event called First Bloom.

They may have been there at other times for less publicized events during the Bush Administration but they were in and out of the White House so frequently in 2007 and 2008 they might have been family members. Clearly they were already well-known and in demand during in 2007 and 2008 or they wouldn't have been invited to perform. Yet I have no recall of any press mention about them being there. not until the excited gushing over a single appearance by the brothers at the White House in 2009.