Handy, Dandy Guide to Tomorrow's State Visit Events

[Clio the Leo]

(for all of my fellow pomp and circumstance geeks)

Events will be streamed here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/


9:10am - Arrival Ceremony for the Prime Minister of India


11:40am - President Obama and Prime Minister Singh Hold Press Conference


2:00pm - The History and Protocol of State and Official Visits with the First Lady
(no, I have no idea what that means either, but it sounds interesting)


8:15pm - State Dinner in Honor of His Excellency Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, and Mrs. Gursharan Kaur


These are the folks you want to train your eyes for....

.... the Americans are the TALLER couple. ;)
(giants! seriously! we've got a couple of GIANT people leading this country)


So Manmohan, we've got this awesome house back in DC. Seriously, there's a bowling alley and everything! You should stop by sometime.





.... grrrr .... breaking ....... the State Dinner has been moved outside from the gloriously guilded East Room to .... a TENT! For crying out loud!!! Obama why!!!! Do you know how long I've been looking forward to this and you're giving me a TENT!!!!


grrrrr ...... I am not pleased.

Oh well, cheers!

[Clio the Leo]

1. Links to the arrival ceremony streams:

Which, sadly, has been moved inside because of the rain. Clearly this is an effort by the right wing to ruin my day.

(starts at 9:15)

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream4

http://cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx

And on CSPAN2

[Kdillard]

2. Aww. Is it supposed to rain all day? I can't wait for the

Evening ceremony.

[Clio the Leo]

3. Hopefully not..

I wonder what Michelle and Mr. Kaur are going to do today.

[Clio the Leo]

4. CSPAN will cover the State Dinner tonight at 9pm Eastern. NT

[ClarkUSA]

5. Nice to see the genuine warmth between the leaders of the 2 largest democracies.

Thanks for the info.

[Clio the Leo]

6. Links to the Press Briefing....

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-and-prime-minister-singh-hold-press-conference

http://cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN_wm.aspx

[HopeOverFear]

7. So will the State Dinner itself be streamed live?

if so, that's awesome!

[Clio the Leo]

8. Yep....

.... both at the WH website (link above) and CSPAN.org

[HopeOverFear]

9. Cool! And I agree, a tent IS tacky

I don't know what's up with that.

[Clio the Leo]

10. lol, well, I dont think it's tacky....

.... they did it for practical reasons, so they could invite more people ... you know those darned Obamas, always trying to be pragmatic and include everyone. ;)

But I have been looking forward to a state dinner INSIDE the WH for ...... 10 months now ..... we all have our push button issues. :)

I know, I know, wah wah wah, where's my pony! lol

[HopeOverFear]

11. You're right I take it back I just got a look at the tent on the news...

it looks REALLY GOOD! and you know it's gonna be heated, so no problem there.

[Clio the Leo]

12. They showed a photo this morning.....

.... of a state dinner the Clintons did in a tent. It was gorgeous, HUGE chandeliers and everything, just like the ones in the East Room. They definately had the swank aspect covered.

I'm just a history nut. ;)

[treestar]

13. Please no bowing, Mr. President!

:rofl: