In town pool report #6 - gather for departure

Lots of breaks in taping for set changes and the intermission for the president's tour of construction. First honoree was Stallone; second was Crawford; third (after the intermission, was Strait; fourth, at 9:10 p.m., was Gaynor; fifth was KISS.

One note on the president: his separate introductions of each different artist were taped at his desk in the Oval Office.

At 10:08, pool was gathered to prepare for departure.

Also note that all the President's entry hall Q&A is posted on the White House YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwBzHksi9QE

Thus ends the president's first Kennedy Center Honors hosting duties, 48 years after another New Yorker, Leonard Bernstein, emceed the first awards. Nine more times and he'll tie Caroline Kennedy for #2. To catch Walter Cronkite's 23 times, he will have to heed Gloria Gaynor's advice and survive until 2048.