Anyone remember if/that Sondheim turned down his Kennedy Center Honor..

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Anyone remember if/that Sondheim turned down his Kennedy Center Honor..

Posted: 9/6/06 at 9:10pm

...because he wasn't in support of the then George H. W. Bush administration?

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Updated On: 9/6/06 at 09:10 PM

re: Anyone remember if/that Sondheim turned down his Kennedy Center Honor..

Posted: 9/6/06 at 9:18pm

1) Sondheim got his Kennedy Center Honor in 1993 when Clinton was President.

2) I remember seeing him there for his tribute that year -- Angela Lansbury, Jason Alexander, Scott Bakula and Bernadette Peters were on hand to honor him.

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re: Anyone remember if/that Sondheim turned down his Kennedy Center Honor..

Posted: 9/6/06 at 9:22pm

Sondheim had the time of his life that night! It was the Clinton's and the Gore's. One big happy family at the time. And he truly enjoyed the time he spent with them.

He still considers that honor to be one of the most important events of his life!

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re: Anyone remember if/that Sondheim turned down his Kennedy Center Honor..

Posted: 9/6/06 at 9:24pm

I remember seeing the event on CBS. A real treat.

However, I recall that he declined the chance to be honored earlier. His reason being that he would did not support the then Bush administration.

Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk alone.

re: Anyone remember if/that Sondheim turned down his Kennedy Center Honor..

Posted: 9/6/06 at 10:29pm

In 1992, Sondheim declined the National Medal of the Arts, which is presented by the president. He later accepted it from Clinton in 1996. The Kennedy Center honors are given by the center, not by the president.

re: Anyone remember if/that Sondheim turned down his Kennedy Center Honor..

Posted: 9/6/06 at 10:33pm

Go Sondheim!

Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

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