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Little Rock Central High Band Marches Today in Inaugural Parade

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LR City Manager Bruce Moore presents a check to LR Central Principal Nancy Rousseau and members of the Central High Tiger Band to help defray their costs to go to 57th Inauguration.

The Little Rock Central High School Tiger Band will be marching today in the Inaugural Parade as part of the 57 Inauguration festivities.

Under the direction of director Brice Evans, the 103 member band was selected to participate in the Inaugural Parade today which will follow the second swearing-in ceremony for Barack Obama.

“The Battle Hymn of the Republic” is what the band will play at the inauguration on Monday, Jan. 21.

Central was the only school in Arkansas chosen to take part at the ceremony, marking the start of President Obama’s second term.

Bands which want to participate in the parade fill out an application online. Central’s application included the honors and awards the band has received. The school also submitted a history of the band and a letter of recommendation from Governor Beebe and Senator Pryor.

They were notified that they were chosen on Dec. 17, which gave them just over a month to raise over $100,000, which include travel expenses, hotel, food, and entertainment.

The band members raised money themselves and a community wide effort also took place.  The City of Little Rock and LR Convention and Visitors Bureau together donated $5,000 toward the goal.  The band achieved the fundraising goal and departed on January 17 by bus for the trip.

 

Mosaic Templars Celebrates Inauguration of President on January 21

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Today is officially Inauguration Day. But since it falls on a Sunday, the festivities have been moved to Monday, January 21. (President Obama is being sworn in privately today in advance of tomorrow’s festivities, as is the custom when events fall as they do this year.)

Tomorrow, Mosaic Templars Cultural Center will host an event to watch the second inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama.  The doors will open at 10am.  There is no admission fee.

Also starting tomorrow and running through June 29, Mosaic Templars will be home to a traveling exhibit which celebrates the first inauguration of President Obama.

Commissioned by Doug Morton & Marilyn Brown of Denver, this life size memorial to the historic inauguration of the first African American President, is to record and place into our American political landscape this transitional event that is destined to transform our country. It is composed of the President, the First Lady, the First Daughters, and Chief Justice John Roberts administering the Oath of Office. 

Mosaic Templars Cultural Center is an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage.