I've just downloaded Beyonce singing "At last" to my ipod as a reminder of the Inauguration. She sang this at the Neighbourhood Ball (which was televised) - the first song that the First Couple danced to at the first of the Inauguration Balls they went to. Yet again softy Spark was blubbing!! It was good to see a President and First Lady who were able to cut a rug on the dancefloor. As I pointed out to my hubby, this was another reason that he would never be President...being Scottish might be the first drawback, but having two left feet was certainly another!!!
President Obama has retaken the oath of office as a precaution as there was an outcry brewing that he might not be President as he flubbed the oath (or rather John Roberts had flubbed the oath and he'd repeated it). According to all reports this was an excess of caution and he HAD been president from 12 noon on Tuesday. Obviously they're not counting the 6 minutes when Joe Biden was in charge!
Apparently the little green men were also there to watch the historic events unfolding. There was a video on youtube showing a supposed UFO sighting above the Mall on Tuesday.... as a cynic I'm going to point out that there were probably "UFO" sightings every two minutes as it was exactly on the flight path for Reagan airport and planes were landing regularly!!!
The final controversy of the Inauguration was the fact that the quartet that played before Obama took the oath had pre-recorded their piece and were miming. I'm sure YoYo Ma was very capable of turning out a fantastic live performance, but realistically it was freezing and fingers and instruments don't react well to subzero temperatures! Can you imagine taking your Strad out into freezing temperatures with zero humidity. The thing would never play properly again!! Strings would snap, the piano would have been out of tune...Much better to pre-record it than play live and have it sound like cats being tortured.
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