It was in a HUGE room that was reminiscent of an airplane hanger. The Presidential Inaugural Committee had tried to spruce it up, but that was an impossible task. The stage looked nice.
In order to avoid long lines we walked as far away as possible to load up on pretzels (couldn't find the alleged Cheez-its) and get in a line to pay money to get tickets to wait in line again for drinks.
When we walked in, Brad Paisley was singing. After that, fun. played and got the crowd really into it. We could see CNN and other news media hanging towards the back of the hall. We squeezed our way through the crowd - just in time to be about 40 or 50 feet away from the President and First Lady as they were serenaded by Jennifer Hudson.
When they left, many people left and we moved closer to the stage. We were very glad we did because Stevie Wonder was up next and we ended up about 20 feet away from him. He played five or six songs and was just fabulous.
It started to get really hot all crammed in there and we left to move to a less crowded area. Awhile later, Jamie Fox came out to sing while the Vice President and his wife danced. A few members of the cast of Glee sang, and then John Legend sang.
We were out of energy and sat in the back. The crowd had thinned out considerably and we decided it was time to leave. We were able to get in line for coats before the big rush hit and off we went into the frigid night. We were able to flag down a taxi a few blocks away to take us back to the apartment. Both of us were too tired to go out to eat, so we ate the girls' leftover pizza and went to sleep.
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