Former first lady Laura Bush
On Thursday night, former first lady Laura Bush will join the U.S. Army Chorus, the Lone Star Wind Symphony Orchestra and the Turtle Creek Chorale on stage at the Meyerson Symphony Center for Made in America: The Best of American Composers. Bush is serving as the honorary chair for the evening celebrating those who serve to protect our freedom.
The U.S. Army Chorus first performed with the Chorale in 2009 in Dallas. They are the only remaining military service chorus in the U.S. The group of singing soldiers has made hundreds of appearances at the White House and has performed for every president since Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The first half of the concert will focus on popular American composers and music from Broadway, jazz standards, traditional and pop music. The second half will feature American folk songs and showcase American patriotic music classics like “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “God Bless America” and “America the Beautiful,” as well as modern patriotic songs like “American Anthem” and “I Was There.”
The finale of the concert will be a “service medley” where the anthems from each branch of the Armed Forces will be sung and members and veterans of those branches will be honored.
This is the first TCC concert conducted by Trey Jacobs since he was appointed permanent artistic director of the Chorale.
The concert takes place on May 24 at 8 p.m. at the Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora St. Tickets are $20–65.
The Bushes are smart to always surround themselves with veterans and the military. It prevents criticism by making people look somehow unpatriotic if they question the Bushes’ actions. Remember when George W. specifically ran against gay people in his 2004 re-election campaign? Laura remained silent – and still does. Maybe she will take the microphone at the Meyerson and publicy apologize to the LBGT community. Or maybe she will just privately pal around with her closet-case designers and decorators.
any gay person that appears on the stage with her should be ashamed of themselves.
She and her husband have worked hard with the GOP to set gay right back.
Laura was amazing last night. So nice and welcoming and took plenty of pictures with many people. It looked like she very much enjoyed the concert.
If we as gay people practice hate, how will we ever create or influence change and acceptance? We cannot banish or give up on the people who are yet to be our advocates. We have to keep coming back to the table to dialogue and find common ground and live into who we are as gay Americans.
I am not going to count out or give up on any conservative. I don’t share one thing with the Bush family BUT I am hopeful that one day we can all work together for the rights of all people.
There’s no way in hell i’d be caught dead at an event where the Bushes are “celebrating those who serve to protect our freedom.” Ridiculous. I remember watching her husband setting us back on Television announcing how marriage was between a man and a woman, blah blah blah.
I shake my head at this event. Stupid.