· Gates to the Inaugural Ceremony open at 8 a.m.
· The inaugural festivities are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. They will include:
· Musical selections of The United States Marine Band, followed by the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus.
· Sen. Dianne Feinstein provides call to order and welcoming remarks.
· Invocation by the Rev. Rick Warren.
· Musical selection of Aretha Franklin.
· Biden will be sworn into office by Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
· Musical selection of John Williams, composer/arranger with Itzhak Perlman, (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Gabriela Montero (piano) and Anthony McGill (clarinet).
· Obama will take the Oath of Office, using President Lincoln's Inaugural Bible, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts. Scheduled around noon ET.
· Obama gives the inaugural address.
· Poem by Elizabeth Alexander.
· Benediction by Rev. Joseph E. Lowery.
· The National Anthem by The United States Navy Band "Sea Chanters."
· President Obama escorts former President George W. Bush to a departure ceremony before attending a luncheon in the Capitol's Statuary Hall.
· The 56th Inaugural Parade will then make its way down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House.
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