President Obama and India.Arie at the Apollo

Thursday January 19, 2012

from Huffington Post

Obama Apollo Theater Fundraiser Marks President’s Return To Harlem

President Barack Obama tonight will go where no sitting president has ever gone before: the landmark Apollo Theater in Harlem.

Obama will join the singers Al Green, India.Arie and more than 1,400 supporters who doled out between $100 and $5,000 per ticket to the fundraiser at the legendary theater. A number of $25,000 VIP tickets were also available for what organizers reported is a sold-out event.

“We’re excited,” said Chet Whye of Harlem4Obama. “We really wanted an opportunity for people in Harlem to see the president and we got it.”

The Apollo is an intimate venue much smaller than many might expect from years of watching stars and amateurs parading across the stage on the once-syndicated television talent show “Showtime at the Apollo.” And it’s much smaller than many venues in which the president routinely appears.

“People won’t have to look down a football field to see the president,” Whye added. “They can see him and feel him. And he will get the Apollo treatment, but I don’t expect the sandman to come on stage at any point during the event.”

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