Martina McBride is telling all about her amazing performance at the White House on her Myspace Blog.  It was a long and hectic day, and there were an eclectic group of people thrown together for the event.

 It was nice to see everybody…most of whom I was meeting for the first time.  On the bus with me was Paul Simon, Diana Krall, Will.i.am, Mary, Mary….John and I spent some time talking to Will.I.Am and also Wayne Brady and the girls from Mary Mary (who are SO sweet!).  I also met Paul Simon, India Arie, Diana Krall, and  Esperanza Spalding.

Even though Martina is a big star in her own right, some of these people are on a different level all together…iconic.  Even Martina was taken a back by Stevie Wonder.

Before I knew it, it was time for me to sing.  I was pretty nervous.  I don’t think I did as good of a job as I did at rehearsal, but I guess it was ok.  I looked down and saw the President and the First Lady, Vice President Biden and his wife, and then to my right was Stevie Wonder!  Then it was over and I was back in the room with everyone.  Everyone pretty much had the same story….how emotional or surreal it was and how nervous they were.  Then they asked us to come back in the room and watch Stevie perform. So we saw the President give Stevie his award and then Stevie sang 3 or 4 songs and it was amazing.  He was charming and funny sang SO great!  I thought, “here I am, at the White House, listening to Stevie Wonder sing ‘Isn’t She Lovely’ from just across the room”. 

Martina also met President Obama and the First Lady.  You can read the entire blog here.  Thanks to Diane for giving us the scoop!

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