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Event Includes Evening Performance and Daytime Student Workshop Honoring  the Men and Women Who Serve the United States As part of the “In Performance at the White House” series and the  Joining Forces  initiative, the President and First Lady will invite music legends, members of the U.S. military, military veterans, and their families to the White House on Thursday, November 6 for a celebration of the men and women who serve the United States. The program  on the South Lawn  will have a live audience that will include hundreds of military service members, veterans, and their families. The event will feature performances by Mary J.  Blige, Common, John Fogerty , Willie Nelson, Romeo Santos, as well as active duty military members Army SGT. Christiana R. Ball, Marine Corps Capt. Matt Smith and Capt. John Ed Auer, with Don Was as music director.  The rock band Daughtry will also perform via satellite from a USO concert at Yokota Air Base in...

The White House, in celebration of African American History Month, held a workshop and live performance at the White House with some of America's best Blues artists. First Lady Michelle Obama addressed students from various schools around the country in a Blues workshop where she told them to never sell themselves short.  "Anything is possible" she said to the blues music lovers and future musicians. The White House State dining room was filled with the sound of Blues music as Blues artists B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Trombone Shorty, along with Mick Jagger delighted a crowd that included President Obama singing with Sweet Home Chicago. See the entire evening performance here .