Vanessa Willams hosted the patriotic event alongside
Kermit the Frog, while tributes to our military and America itself were prominent throughout the show. But one performance in particular really made a splash.
Iconic singer / songwriter
This Land Is Your Land towards the end of the 90 minute event. The 1944
Woody Guthrie classic was given the Buffett treatment with a breezy, tropical arrangement filmed in front of a pool on the Pacific Ocean. Featuring footage of some of the most iconic places in the United States, Buffett strummed an electric ukulele as his Coral Reefers band accompanied him with the island vibe.
Vanessa Willams hosted the patriotic event alongside
Kermit the Frog, while tributes to our military and America itself were prominent throughout the show. But one performance in particular really made a splash.
Iconic singer / songwriter
This Land Is Your Land towards the end of the 90 minute event. The 1944
Woody Guthrie classic was given the Buffett treatment with a breezy, tropical arrangement filmed in front of a pool on the Pacific Ocean. Featuring footage of some of the most iconic places in the United States, Buffett strummed an electric ukulele as his Coral Reefers band accompanied him with the island vibe.
Vanessa Willams hosted the patriotic event alongside
Kermit the Frog, while tributes to our military and America itself were prominent throughout the show. But one performance in particular really made a splash.
Iconic singer / songwriter
This Land Is Your Land towards the end of the 90 minute event. The 1944
Woody Guthrie classic was given the Buffett treatment with a breezy, tropical arrangement filmed in front of a pool on the Pacific Ocean. Featuring footage of some of the most iconic places in the United States, Buffett strummed an electric ukulele as his Coral Reefers band accompanied him with the island vibe.
Luke Frazier and the American Pops Orchestra make the season merry and bright
APO offers three superstar-packed specials celebrating drag queens, Ella Fitzgerald, and America
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American Pops Orchestra: Drag Out the Holly Photo: DuHon Photography
“I like turning things on their head,” says Luke Frazier. The maestro behind Washington, D.C.’s venerable American Pops Orchestra has long been an advocate of innovation and finding new ways to bring music to the masses far and wide. It’s more than a passion for Frazier, it’s a life’s calling. The joy he has for music, lodged deeply in his soul, was forged early in his youth growing up in West Virginia’s Appalachian region, where, he says, becoming a conductor was not necessarily a career option.