Update: Media Only Open Dress Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds of A Capitol Fourth, America's Biggest Birthday Party, Live in HD and All Commercial Free on PBS

Update: Media Only Open Dress Rehearsal Schedule and Live Feeds of A Capitol Fourth, America's Biggest Birthday Party, Live in HD and All Commercial Free on PBS

** ATTENTION: REVISED POOL FEED INFORMATION **

Hosted by Jimmy Smits, With the Biggest and Brightest Stars, Huey Lewis & The News, Taylor Hicks, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hayley Westenra, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Harolyn Blackwell and Scott Hamilton

WHAT: Open dress rehearsals for accredited media of the 28th Annual PBS A Capitol Fourth Concert. Note: The concert will be broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Friday, July 4, 2008 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET (check local listings).

WHEN: THURS., July 3 TALENT REHEARSAL SCHEDULE (subject to change):
10:00A - 10:45A Harolyn Blackwell
10:45A - 11:45P Huey Lewis and the News
11:45A - 12:00P Brian Stokes Mitchell
12:00P - 12:20P Hayley Westenra
12:20P - 12:50P The U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps
2:00P - 3:00P Taylor Hicks
3:00P - 4:00P Scott Hamilton, Olympic Heroes, Brian Stokes Mitchell
4:00P - 5:20P Jerry Lee Lewis (with stand-in)
5:20P - 5:40P Jimmy Smits
7:35P - 10:00P FULL CONCERT DRESS REHEARSAL (see below for live feed info)

** CLOSED SET WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY, JULY 2 & 4: NO MEDIA ACCESS **

WHERE: U.S. CAPITOL, WEST LAWN, IN FRONT OF THE STAGE.

LIVE FEED: Pool members -- CNN, CBS, NBC, FOX and ABC -- are invited to use the live program feed available at Verizon's AVOC pool switch Source Port # 18 by calling the CBS News Bureau (pool chair) assignment desk at (202) 457-4444. The CBS pool coordinators are Diana Quinn and Tom Seem. The assignment desk will make the feed available to you on Thursday, July 3, 19:45 - 22:00 EDT (full dress rehearsal) and Friday, July 4, 20:00 - 21:30 EDT (live broadcast). All media are welcome to receive the concert on PBS's Schedule X which can be found on ANC 2, C-Band Transponder 16. This service is an unencrypted analog clear feed. The L band frequency is 1130 mghz horizontal polarity. The audio subcarriers are L = 6.2 mghz and R= 6.8 mghz. Additionally, a mult feed will be available from the production truck on site. The maximum footage allowed for use is 3 minutes and the video credit which must be chyroned while footage is broadcast is A Capitol Fourth Concert/PBS.

Technical contact for all other information and for assistance on site:

Tad Scripter/Capital Concerts, Inc.
Cell phone: (818) 903-5711; Voicemail/Pager: (888) 582-2838

NOTE: ADMISSION IS BASED ON CURRENT, VALID PRESS CREDENTIALS; CALL FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ON-SITE PARKING FOR MEDIA TRUCKS.

CONTACT: Kristina Hallman,+1-202-537-5199, cell: +1-202-361-7090, or Carol Marshall, +1-213-598-5888, both of Capital Concerts; or Karen Baratz, +1-240-497-1811, cell: +1-301-404-6977, for Capital Concerts

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- July 3/

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Source: Capital Concerts

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