CBS Special
Marian Anderson Will Be Honored At Stellar Event
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forming Arts," a major two
hour entertainment gala at
which the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing
Arts in Washington, D.C., will
pay tribute to five at the
world's most distinguished
artists-Marian Anderson,
Fred As taire, George Ba lan
chine, Richard Rodgers and
Artur Rubins tein-by present
ing them with the first annual
Kennedy Center Honors, will
be broadcast Tuesday, Dec
ember 5 at 9 p.m. on WBTV,
waannei 3. An array of top
stars from various categories
of tbe performing arts will
entertain at the invitational I
black-tie event, à benefit (or
tbe Kennedy Crater, to be held
in its Opera House on Sunday
night, December 3.
The honorees, whose artistic
excellence is world renowrâir
have been chosen by the Ken
nedy Center Trustees as "indi
viduals who throughout their
lifetimes have made signifi
cant contributions to Ameri
^ar^ultur^hrougl^h^e^
forming arts."
The annual presentation of
Kennedy Center Honors is
being established, according
•to Kennedy Center chairman
Roger L. Stevens, in response
to "a real need in this country
for national recognition of
individuals who enrich lives
and our culture by their life
work in the field of the perfor
ming arts."
Marian Anderson, who has
often been referred to as the
world's greatest contralto and
to whom Toscanini once said:
"A voice like yours is beard
only once in 100 years," has
proved to be equally at borne
with the works of Brahms,
Handel, Saint Sa ens, Schubert
and Nesro spirituals through
out her long career on concert
stages around the world.
Fred As ta ire, who has dan
, ced his way from Broadway,
through more than 30 movie
musicals and highly praised'
television specials, such as the
one that garnered nine Emmy
Awards in 1958. and into the
category of legend throughout
the world, has been credited
with revolutionizing the art of
the movie musical and of
lance itself. He has also prov
ed his ability as a dramatic
actor through such roles as the
ones that earned him Oscar
nominations in the films "The
Towering Inferno" and "On
the Beach," and another
)ppoeite Helen Hayes in the
recent television drama "A
Family Upeide Down", for
which he won another Emmy.
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