The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors will feature inductees Joan Baez, Debbie Allen, Dick Van Dyke, Garth Brooks, and violinist Midori.
The 2021 Kennedy Center Honors will be televised on CBS starting at 9/8c on Sunday night, June 6th, almost a half year after it was originally scheduled to premiere in December 2020.
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2021 Kennedy Center Honors Preview
The official CBS preview for the 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors reads:
“The 2020 Kennedy Center Honors, which traditionally is held in early December each year, was postponed until May 2021 due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recipients to be honored at the 43rd annual national celebration of the arts are: multi-disciplinary artist, choreographer, and actress Debbie Allen; singer-songwriter and activist Joan Baez; country singer-songwriter Garth Brooks; violinist Midori; and actor Dick Van Dyke.”
You won’t want to miss Kelly Clarkson’s tribute to Garth Brooks as previewed above, just one of many performances sure to bring the house down.
Here’s a history of the Kennedy Center Honors for newcomers to the event:
“Throughout its 40-year history, the Kennedy Center Honors has redefined America’s perception of its artistic legacy and reinvented the way this nation rewards its artists. The Honors have been compared to a knighthood in Britain, or the French Legion of Honor–the quintessential reward for a lifetime’s endeavor. At the same time, the annual addition of new names to the roster of Honors recipients charts the international standard of excellence set by America’s artists, as well as the aesthetic inspiration provided by artists of other nations who have achieved prominence on these shores.
The annual Honors gala is an evening without categories, without disappointments, and without competition. And the Honors telecast, aired during the week between Christmas and New Year’s, is a perennial Emmy nominee. It serves for millions of American arts lovers as the year’s crowning event, paying tribute to our nation’s preeminent artists with performances by the great stars of today who have followed in their footsteps. The complete list of guest performers is kept secret until the show is in progress, keeping both the Honorees and the nation on the edge of their seats.”
