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* '''2008''': (March 24) Elmo, [[Zoe]] and Gordon perform. Abby Cadabby is among the costumed characters. <ref>"[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/03/20080322-2.html 2008 White House Easter Egg Roll: Frequently Asked Questions]". Office of the First Lady. March 22, 2008.</ref> |
* '''2008''': (March 24) Elmo, [[Zoe]] and Gordon perform. Abby Cadabby is among the costumed characters. <ref>"[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/03/20080322-2.html 2008 White House Easter Egg Roll: Frequently Asked Questions]". Office of the First Lady. March 22, 2008.</ref> |
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* '''2009''': (April 13) Abby Cadabby, Elmo, and [[w:c:HDPS:Sid the Science Kid walk-around|Sid the Science Kid walk-around]] are among the costumed characters.<ref>[http://twitter.com/hensoncompany/statuses/1492614510 HensonCompany Twitter Account - April 10, 2009]</ref><ref>"[http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/30190677#30190677 NBC Today Show video]"</ref> (The cast of ''[[The Electric Company]]'' performed.)<ref>"[http://twitter.com/pbsengage/status/1511037072 PBS Engage status update]"</ref> |
* '''2009''': (April 13) Abby Cadabby, Elmo, and [[w:c:HDPS:Sid the Science Kid walk-around|Sid the Science Kid walk-around]] are among the costumed characters.<ref>[http://twitter.com/hensoncompany/statuses/1492614510 HensonCompany Twitter Account - April 10, 2009]</ref><ref>"[http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/30190677#30190677 NBC Today Show video]"</ref> (The cast of ''[[The Electric Company]]'' performed.)<ref>"[http://twitter.com/pbsengage/status/1511037072 PBS Engage status update]"</ref> |
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Image:NBC_White_House_Egg_Roll_2009.jpg|2009: Elmo, Abby, [[Al Roker]], Sid, and others. |
Image:NBC_White_House_Egg_Roll_2009.jpg|2009: Elmo, Abby, [[Al Roker]], Sid, and others. |
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Revision as of 18:56, 5 April 2010
The White House Easter Egg Roll has been a White House tradition since President Rutherford B. Hayes opened the grounds in 1878.
Muppet and Sesame Street appearances
- Unknown, Reagan-era: Caroll Spinney appears as Big Bird. Spinney recalled to a newspaper that Nancy Reagan stayed in the tea room, "barking orders... to this Air Force captain", making sure things were moving along. "We were supposed to do a show at 1:30, and at 10 minutes to 1 we overheard her snapping on the radio, 'I want the show to start now.' And he says, 'But I don't think we start just yet.' And she said, 'Well, tell them if they're not off the grounds by 2, they'll be thrown off.'"[1]
- 2002: (March 31) Elmo is among the costumed characters.[2]
- 2003: (April 21) Bear performs. Zoe is among the costumed characters on the South Lawn. [3]
- 2004: (April 21) Bear performs. Elmo is among the costumed characters. [4]
- 2005: (March 27) Sonia Manzano is one of the guest readers. [5]
- 2006: (April 16) Cookie Monster is among the costumed characters. [6]
- 2007: (April 9) Elmo, Rosita and Gordon perform. Abby Cadabby is among the costumed characters. [7]
- 2008: (March 24) Elmo, Zoe and Gordon perform. Abby Cadabby is among the costumed characters. [8]
- 2009: (April 13) Abby Cadabby, Elmo, and Sid the Science Kid walk-around are among the costumed characters.[9][10] (The cast of The Electric Company performed.)[11]
- 2010: (April 5) Elmo and Maria (Sonia Manzano) will be reading at the event. Abby Cadabby also appeared. Walkarounds of Elmo, Abby, and Henson's Sid and Buddy wandered.
Gallery
2009: Elmo, Abby, Al Roker, Sid, and others.
Sources
- ↑ "Big Bird says he met Nancy the Grouch", The Milwaukee Sentinel, November 23, 1994.
- ↑ "White House Easter Egg Roll Information and History".
- ↑ "Fact Sheet: White House 2003 Easter Egg Roll Frequently Asked Questions". Office of the Press Secretary. April 21, 2003.
- ↑ "White House 2004 Easter Egg Roll : Frequently Asked Questions". Office of the First Lady. April 12, 2004.
- ↑ "Update: White House to Hold Annual Easter Egg Roll". Office of the First Lady. March 22, 2005.
- ↑ "White House Announces Easter Egg Roll Entertainment". Office of the First Lady. April 12, 2006.
- ↑ "2007 White House Easter Egg Roll: Frequently Asked Questions". Office of the First Lady. April 9, 2007.
- ↑ "2008 White House Easter Egg Roll: Frequently Asked Questions". Office of the First Lady. March 22, 2008.
- ↑ HensonCompany Twitter Account - April 10, 2009
- ↑ "NBC Today Show video"
- ↑ "PBS Engage status update"