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Whitehouse were an English noise music band formed in 1980. The group is largely credited for the founding of the power electronics genre.Whitehouse was founded and ended as a duo consisting of electronics player Philip Best and vocalist William Bennett, however the group is perhaps best–recognized for their 20-year-tenure as a three-piece with synthist Peter Sotos as a member, who joined ...
An Evening of Spirituals and Gospel Music. It was hosted by Leontyne Price and recorded at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.. The choir of Howard University appeared alongside Price; other performers included Lillias White, Kevette Cartledge, David Weatherspoon, and the Richard Smallwood Singers.
The Red Room is one of three state parlors on the State Floor in the White House, the Washington D.C. home of the president of the United States.The room has served as a parlor and music room, and recent presidents have held small dinner parties in it.
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. [10] It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture and evolved slowly in the early/mid 1980s as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat.
The musical examined the establishment of the White House and its occupants from 1800 to 1900. Primarily focusing on race relations, the story depicted (among other incidents) Thomas Jefferson 's then-alleged affair with a black slave , James Monroe 's refusal to halt slavery in Washington, the aftermath of the American Civil War and Andrew ...
The White House includes six stories and 55,000 square feet (5,100 m 2) of floor space, 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms, 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, eight staircases, three elevators, five full-time chefs, a tennis court, a (single-lane) bowling alley, a movie theater (officially called the White House Family Theater [86]), a jogging ...
In 1878, Williams became the first black artist to perform in the White House. [3] On November 13, she sang for President Rutherford B. Hayes and First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes in the Green Room and was introduced by Marshall Fred Douglass. [4] [5] [6] She also performed at Philadelphia's Academy of Music in 1878 and at New York's Steinway Hall in ...
Later, when the White House was being renovated, he conducted all the Blair House engagements for Harry S. Truman. In 1955 Schoepper replaced William F. Santelmann as Marine Band Director. Schoepper directed "The President's Own" (as the Marine Band is known) at the inaugurations of Dwight D. Eisenhower , John F. Kennedy , Lyndon B. Johnson ...