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ABC13 Television schedule for Tuesday, January 20
7am - 9am: Good Morning America, Special Edition: The 2009 Inauguration
9am - 4pm: Coverage of Barack Obama's inauguration
4pm - 5pm: Eyewitness News at 4pm
5pm - 5:30pm: Live at Five
6pm - 7pm: Eyewitness News at 6pm
7pm - 9pm: Neighborhood Ball: An Inaugural Celebration
9pm - 10pm: A Moment in History: The Inauguration of Barack Obama
10pm - 10:30pm: Eyewitness News tonight
Below are the events in Washington D.C. surrounding the inauguration
TUESDAY, JAN. 20 (INAUGURATION DAY)
Gates to the Inaugural Ceremony open at 8 a.m. The inaugural
festivities are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. on the West Front of
the U.S. Capitol. They will include:
Musical selections of The United States Marine Band, followed
by the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls
Chorus.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein provides call to order and welcoming
remarks.
Invocation by the Rev. Rick Warren.
Musical selection of Aretha Franklin.
Biden will be sworn into office by Supreme Court Justice John
Paul Stevens.
Musical selection of John Williams, composer/arranger with
Itzhak Perlman, (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Gabriela Montero
(piano) and Anthony McGill (clarinet).
Obama will take the Oath of Office, using President Lincoln's
Inaugural Bible, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Scheduled around noon.
Obama gives the inaugural address.
Poem by Elizabeth Alexander.
Benediction by Rev. Joseph E. Lowery.
The National Anthem by The United States Navy Band "Sea
Chanters."
After Obama gives inaugural address, he will escort outgoing
President George W. Bush to a departure ceremony before attending a
luncheon in the Capitol's Statuary Hall.
The 56th Inaugural Parade will then make its way down
Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House.
Later that day, the Presidential Inaugural Committee will host
10 official inaugural balls:
Neighborhood Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention
Center.
Obama Home States (Illinois and Hawaii) Inaugural Ball at the
Washington Convention Center.
Biden Home States (Pennsylvania and Delaware) Inaugural Ball
at the Washington Convention Center.
Midwest Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center.
Mid-Atlantic Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention
Center.
Western Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center.
Commander in Chief's Ball at the National Building Museum.
Southern Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory.
Eastern Inaugural Ball at Union Station.
Youth Inaugural Ball at the Washington Hilton.
Unofficial balls include:
Congressional Black Caucus Inaugural Ball at the Capitol
Hilton.
Creative Coalition Inaugural Ball at the Harman Center for the
Arts.
Recording Industry Association of America's ball for Feeding
America.
BET's Inaugural Ball at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
Africa on the Potomac inaugural celebration at Crystal Gateway
Marriott in Arlington, Va.
American Music Inaugural Ball at the Marriott Wardman Park
Hotel.
Inaugural Purple Ball at the Fairmont Hotel.
Human Rights Campaign's Equality Ball at the Renaissance
Mayflower Hotel.
Inaugural Peace Ball at the Smithsonian National Postal
Museum.
Impact Film Fund ball.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21
The president, vice president and their families will
participate in a prayer service at the Washington National
Cathedral.
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