Diary Entry - 12/06/1981
Key Facts
The President and the First Lady host a reception for Kennedy Center Honorees.
The President and the First Lady go to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to attend the Kennedy Center Honors Gala.
Sun. but hardly a day of rest. A pic. at 11 A.M. for Time magazine. 2 P.M. meeting with Al Haig. Then changed clothes for another pic. This one downstairs with the Christmas tree. Nancy & Ted have done a beautiful job of decorating the entire downstairs. Then change into Black Tie for reception for the annual winners of honors as entertainers; Helen Hayes, Cary Grant, Count Bassie, Jerome Robbins & Rudolph Sarkin (pianist). We shook 450 hands in a receiving line. But it was a beautiful & warm affair amid all the Xmas lights & decorations. Then upstairs to snatch a quick dinner and off to Kennedy Center for the show (taped to go on CBS) honoring the 5. This too was a wonderful event.
