En Pointe at the White House; With a Fete for Founder Arthur Mitchell, the Bushes Give a Lift to Dance Theatre of Harlem

From: The Washington Post | Date: February 8, 2006| Author: Sarah Kaufman | Copyright information

There were ballerinas and cavaliers, Broadway singers and a country crooner, but it took the Rev. Al Green to really get the party started at the White House on Monday night.

The soul man turned soul saver worked his magic on the East Room crowd, gathered to honor the Dance Theatre of Harlem and its famed founder, Arthur Mitchell.

"I-I-I-I, I'm so in love with you," Green rasped in his signature falsetto, arcing back like a bow about to launch its arrow.

Of course, ther...

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