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    --"Musical Highlights from the White House," by Elise K. Kirk. "Entertaining at the White House with Nancy Reagan" by Peter Schifando and J. Jonathan Joseph. Full Article at Boston Globe
    Entertaining at the White House with Nancy Reagan
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Playing the White House: music on a higher scale
  1. Theremin Wave -- a scientific musical mystery
    SOURCE: Boston Globe 1 month ago
  2. Musical Highlights from the White House
    SOURCE: Boston Globe 1 month ago
  3. Mr. President, I want to sing a song, not ride a horse.
    – Pearl Bailey SOURCE: Boston Globe 1 month ago
  4. The president listened with charming interest and applauded vociferously and always shouted out 'Bravo! Bravo! Fine! Splendid! -- even during the performance.
    SOURCE: Boston Globe 1 month ago
  5. As the last piece was almost finished, I was to open the central door of the East Room from the outside about two inches -- enough for him to glimpse the prominent Baldrige nose structure in the crack. It worked beautifully that night and for all future concerts
    SOURCE: Boston Globe 1 month ago
  6. I've been listening to it for 30 years.
    SOURCE: Boston Globe 1 month ago
  7. You might know this song ... It's a Catalan folk song, 'The Song of the Birds' -- but to me, it's the song of the exile.
    – Pablo Casals SOURCE: Boston Globe 1 month ago
  8. I don't know whether I'm finding him, or he's finding me
    SOURCE: Boston Globe 1 month ago
  9. The yellow head of the Lion shone gloriously against the satin of the Blue Room. ... I think it may have been better than hearing Chopin himself.
    SOURCE: Boston Globe 1 month ago

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