HILLARY CLINTON AND THE NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM
June 12th, 2008 adminPresidential candidate, Senator Hillary Clinton, recently bowed out of the race for the White House at the historic National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The building is stunning with eight Doric columns in what, is essence, one giant room.
The National Building Museum was originally built during the Civil War to house the cavalry. You may have also have seen this majestic building during the annual “Christmas in Washington” television special which features many major entertainment stars, the President and members of Congress.
Our firm had the pleasure of producing Natalie Cole in the National Building Museum on behalf of the LPGA Championship and Mazda – the title sponsor of the tournament at that time. The event, chaired by Barbara Bush, was attended by many legends from the LPGA including Betsy Rawls. As the show was about to begin, the entire lighting board did a memory dump losing all cues painstakingly generated during the show set up. Our lighting engineer didn’t miss a beat as he ran the show manually which is unbelievably difficult with that many lighting cues. Natalie and the audience never knew what had happened and the show was a huge success. Glitches and unknowns are common in live entertainment events. Our professional stage crews and the on site producer are veteran professionals who can turn a potential nightmare in to victory.
Additionally, we produced Marvin Hamlisch in the National Building Museum on behalf of Kemper Insurance and the previous Kemper Open PGA Tournament in the Washington, D.C. area. Marvin was the composer and lyricist for such mega hits as “A Chorus Line”, “The Way We Were” and “The Sting” among many others.
The John Bernardoni Production Group, an international booking and production company, has produced over 400 major entertainment concert touring stars for three decades throughout the U.S. and abroad. Stars as diverse as Hootie and the Blowfish, Itzhak Perlman, Vince Gill, Denise Graves, Kool and the Gang and Rita Rudner are just a few of the entertainment stars available for your event through our firm.