WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, the Presidential Inaugural Committee and the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee will hold a dress rehearsal for the 2009 Inaugural Ceremonies on Sun, Jan. 11, 2009. The rehearsal will include run-throughs of the swearing-in ceremony on the West Front, the departure ceremony and Presidential Review of troops on the East Front of the Capitol, and the Inaugural Parade along Pennsylvania Avenue.
Please Be Advised That Media Must RSVP For The Swearing-In and Parade Rehearsals Separately.
DRESS REHEARSAL FOR INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
6:45 AM Armed Forces Inaugural Committee (military participants only)
8:00 AM Joint Congressional Committee of Inaugural Ceremonies and Armed Forces Inaugural Committee
9:00 AM East Front Ceremonies
Media wishing to attend the DoD West Front Rehearsal should check in at the South Screening Trailer, located on the South Lawn of the Capitol, off Independence Avenue no later than 6:15 AM.
Media wishing to attend the JCCIC and DoD Combined West Front Rehearsal should check in at the South Screening Trailer, located on the South Lawn of the Capitol, off Independence Avenue at 7:30 AM.
At the conclusion of the West Front rehearsal, those media wishing to cover the East Front rehearsal will be escorted as a group to the East Front media platforms.
Media planning to attend only the East Front rehearsal should arrive at the South Screening Trailer no later than 8:30 AM to be escorted to the East Front.
Following the East Front rehearsal, Howard Gantman, staff director for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies will be available to talk to the media, as will Armed Forces Inaugural Committee Spokespersons with the military stand-ins for the President-elect, Vice President-elect, Mrs. Obama and Dr. Biden.
DRESS REHEARSAL FOR THE 2009 PARADE
Following the rehearsal for the swearing-in, more than 3,000 people, including stand-ins for the president- and vice president-elect will march in the Inaugural Parade rehearsal. The participants will consist largely of the military personnel who will march in the Inaugural Parade.
PIC and Armed Forces Inaugural Committee spokespeople will be on hand at the parade rehearsal to answer questions.
Media wishing to attend the parade rehearsal should check in at Freedom Plaza at 13th and E Streets NW at 8:15 a.m.
RSVP INFORMATION
Media who plan to attend the swearing-in ceremony rehearsal must RSVP to the appropriate credentialing authority by 5 p.m. on Thursday, January 8:
DOD Media contact AFIC: 202-691-2059
Senate Daily Press Gallery: 202-224-0241.
Senate Periodicals Gallery: periodicals@saa.senate.gov
Senate Radio/TV Gallery: 202-224-6421
Senate Press Photographers Gallery: Press_Photo@saa.senate.gov
Members of the media who plan to attend the Inaugural Parade rehearsal should RSVP by 6 p.m., Thursday, January 8 to: Adam Elkington at aelkington@pic2009.org, or Timothy Skoczek at tskoczek@pic2009.org.