Kennedy Honors

Kennedy Center Honors recipients and dignitaries connected with the event pose for a group photo Dec. 6, 2003. Honorees, wearing their ribbons, are Loretta Lynn, James Brown, Carol Burnett, Mike Nichols and Itzhak Perlman. In the back row: Michael Kaiser, president of the Kennedy Center; George Stevens, producer of the honors; Jim Johnson, chairman of the Kennedy Center; and Colin Powell.

Honoree Carol Burnett poses for photographs at the Kennedy Center Dec. 7, 2003.

Singer Loretta Lynn, one of the Kennedy Center honorees, smiles at the event Dec. 7, 2003.

Honoree James Brown poses at the Kennedy Center Dec. 7, 2003.

Honoree violinist Itzhak Perlman poses for photographs at the Kennedy Center Dec. 7, 2003.

Kennedy Center honoree, director Mike Nichols, arrives with his wife, news anchor Diane Sawyer, for a reception of this year's honorees Dec. 6, 2003, at the State Department in Washington.

President George Bush and first lady Laura Bush are applauded by Vice President Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney, former first lady Barbara Bush, former president George Bush (partly obscured) and Secretary of State Colin Powell, as they arrive at the gala performance Dec. 7, 2003.

President Bush, Mrs. Bush, Vice President Cheney, and Mrs. Cheney sing the National Anthem with the honorees: Loretta Lynn, Mike Nichols, James Brown, Carol Burnett, and Itzhak Perlman, Dec. 7, 2003. Standing at the back are former first lady Barbara Bush, sixth left, and Secretary of State Colin Powell, third right.

Country singers Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood arrive at the State Department as guests at a reception for the Kennedy Center honorees Dec. 6, 2003, in Washington.

"Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall poses for photographs at the Kennedy Center Dec. 7, 2003.

Pop singer Anastacia poses for photographs at the Kennedy Center Dec. 7, 2003 in Washington.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld poses for photographs at the Kennedy Center Dec. 7, 2003.

Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and his wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, arrive at the State Department for a reception for the Kennedy Center honorees Dec. 6, 2003.

Kennedy Center Honors recipient Itzhak Perlman, right, talks with Dan Akroyd during a reception at the State Department Dec. 6, 2003.