Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.

Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C., were live concerts by Whitney Houston.

Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.
Concert by Whitney Houston
VenueDAR Constitution Hall
Date(s)October 3, 1997
October 5, 1997
Supporting actsCissy Houston
BeBe Winans
Monica
Shirley Caesar
Attendanceover 2,500

The concerts were held at historic DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C., on October 3 and 5, 1997. The second-night concert was broadcast live via HBO, which was her third HBO special. (First was "Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston" in March 1991 and second, "Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa" in November 1994.) The first-night concert was later broadcast on HBO in late October.[1]

Houston said her one-woman show was especially significant because it was occurring during the 100th anniversary of acclaimed opera singer Marian Anderson's birthday. Houston dedicated her performance to Anderson's memory and her historic attempt to perform in 1939 at Constitution Hall, where she was banned by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).[2] The special was viewed as a debacle within HBO according to the book Tinderbox by James Andrew Miller.

History

Whitney Houston performed more than 20 songs in these concerts, including such hits as "I Will Always Love You", "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" and "Greatest Love of All".[3]

Set list
  1. "I Will Always Love You"
  2. "I Know Him So Well" (duet with Cissy Houston)
  3. Dionne Warwick Medley:
  4. Aretha Franklin Medley:
  5. Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr.:
  6. Tribute to United States great men:
  7. Diana Ross Medley:
  8. Tribute to George Gershwin:
  9. "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (BeBe Winans, Monica and Shirley Caesar joined in ad-lib of song's finishing part in the second concert.)
  10. "I Love the Lord"
  11. "I Go to the Rock"
  12. "Greatest Love of All"
Encore
  1. "Amazing Grace" (saxophone solo by Kirk Whalum)
  2. "Step by Step"
  3. "I'm Every Woman"

Personnel
  • Marty Callner - Director
  • Whitney Houston - Executive Producer
  • Marty Callner - Producer
  • Bill Brigode - Co-Producer
  • Randall Gladstein - Co-Producer
  • Laurie Badami - Associate Producer
  • Rickey Minor - Associate Producer
  • Alan Jacobs - Director of Security for Whitney Houston
  • Jeff Thorsen - Line Producer
  • Tony Bulluck - Tour Manager
  • Jimmy Searl - Road Manager
  • Nick Jeen - Production Manager
  • Risa Thomas - Script Supervisor
  • Sara Fung Niimi - Script Coordinator
  • Doug Barry - Technical Supervisor
  • Keith Winikoff - Technical Director
  • Randall Gladstein - Stage Manager
  • Gary Natoli - Stage Manager
  • Cheryl Teetzel - Production Coordinator
  • Erik Jensen - Production Coordinator
  • William Hadley - Production Manager
  • Rocky Danielson - Camera Operator
  • David Eastwood - Camera Operator
  • Tom Geren - Camera Operator
  • Robert L Highton - Camera Operator
  • Dave Hilmer - Camera Operator
  • Lyn Noland - Camera Operator
  • Wayne Orr - Camera Operator
  • Kenneth A Patterson - Camera Operator
  • Bill Philbin - Camera Operator
  • David Plakos - Camera Operator
  • Manny Rodriguez - Camera Operator
  • Scott Johnson - Camera Operator
  • Bruce Solberg - Videotape Operator
  • Bill Lorenz - Videotape Operator
  • Paul Ranieri - Video
  • Susan Noll - Video
  • Greg Brunton - Lighting
  • Sam Drummy - Camera Operator
  • Ron Sheldon - Camera Operator
  • Rickey Minor - Music Director
  • Alan Fitzgerald - Music
  • Victor Rodriguez - Music
  • Mellios Papaterpou - Music
  • Sy Smith - Backup vocalist
  • Sharlotte Gibson - Backup vocalist
  • Pattie Howard - Backup vocalist
  • Joseph Dorose - Performer
  • Whitney Houston - Song Performer
  • Victor O Hall - Music
  • Joe Wolfe - Music
  • Joseph Dorose - Music Performer
  • Valjean Leiker - Music
  • Dirk Vanoucek - Music Supervisor
  • Bruce Ryan - Production Designer
  • Kent McFann - Art Director
  • Caren Reiser - Executive
  • Norm Levin - Consultant
  • Carolyn Ensminger - Hair Stylist
  • Roxanna Floyd - Makeup
  • Ellen White - Wardrobe
  • Ellin LaVar - Hair Stylist
  • Rose Sellers - Wardrobe
  • Michael Murray - Wardrobe
  • Jeff Fecteau - Audio
  • Debbie Kelman-Fecteau - Audio
  • Peter San Filipo - Audio
  • Don Worsham - Audio Mixer
  • Mark Bradley - Sound
  • Michael J White - Sound
  • Philip Miranda - Sound
  • George Strakis - Audio
  • Harry Netti - Audio
  • Roy Simmons - Sound
  • Ishai Ratz - Sound
  • Lisa Gilhausen - Lighting Technician
  • Renee Adrienne Smith - Stand-in
  • Greg Hoffman - Key Grip
  • Vicki Brenner - Gaffer
  • Russell Morris - Best Boy
  • Irv Gorman - Best Boy
  • Donny Arrows - Dolly Grip
  • Kurt Schupp - Carpenter
  • Wendell Jones - Carpenter
  • Elisa Arden - Graphics
  • Gordon Vernon - ASL Interpreter
  • Scott Wallace - ASL Interpreter

References
  1. "Classic Whitney Concert". Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  2. "Whitney Houston Performs Exclusive HBO Concert to Benefit Children". Jet. October 20, 1997. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
  3. Whitney Houston Plans HBO Special. www.ClassicWhitney.com
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