Such was the staff-only inauguration ball held on Tuesday night ... The fact of the matter is, though, that if you worked on the Obama campaign, if you actually put your nose to the grindstone ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With his nation under financial strain, President Barack Obama is restricting the inaugural balls to the lowest number in 60 years, with just two official parties plus a ...

But McSweeny, a businessman and philanthropist, and his wife Dorothy have attended eight inaugural balls — what is probably a record number — spanning Richard Nixon’s in 1973 to Obama’s in ...

Here are scenes from the 2013 inaugural balls. Jan. 21, 2013: Jennifer Hudson performs while President Barack Obama dances with Air Force Staff Sgt. Bria Nelson as first lady Michelle Obama dances ...

4683162Barack Obama, Joe Biden and their wives are going to appear at 10 official inaugural balls on Jan. 20, the Washington Post reports. That's the same number Ronald Reagan had in 1985 ...

the commander-in-chief and his first lady will have two inaugural balls to attend. READ: Obama's Official Inauguration Playlist Each event is set to feature performances from some of the top ...

President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle shared a tender dance at the Commander in Chief ball Monday night, hours after he swore the oath of office during the public inauguration. Jennifer ...

Obama attended three balls after his second inauguration like Trump will on Friday, but he attended more after his first inauguration in 2009. Several other balls are scheduled for the evening.

More than 35,000 people are expected to attend the evening's largest gala, called simply the Inaugural Ball. The other committee-organized event scheduled is the Commander in Chief's Ball.

WASHINGTON — After the swearing in, the speech and the parade, there’s just one major obstacle for Barack Obama on Inauguration Day: the first dance. The president and first lady Michelle ...

At the evening inaugural balls, she reemerged in a black-and-white ... white gown by French designer Hervé Pierre. At Barack Obama's second inauguration, Michelle Obama wore a tailored Thom ...

It’s not totally unprecedented: former President Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009 saw more than 100 balls total—ten of which he attended—and then in 2013, his second inauguration weekend ...