

What did Emily find most fun? “Everything,” she said. The event on the South Lawn also featured magicians, yo-yo experts and costumed characters. “It was an honor to be part of such a fun, spring family event,” she said. Emily said she’ll “put them somewhere by my piano at home.”Īndrea said the Bushes, including the President’s mother, Barbara, were gracious and the event was “magical.” Emily was asked to play piano after White House staff became aware of Emily through her performances and her Web site,, where visitors soon will find information about the release of her CD, “The Love In Us.”Īs a thank you for her piano playing, Emily was given a basket with gifts that included four painted wooden eggs with Mrs.

The Bear family went to the White House, too, and walked through several rooms. The roll is a race where children 7 years old and younger, including Emily, push an egg through the grass with a large spoon.
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She also hugged Laura Bush after the first lady introduced Emily to the breakfast crowd and before she played her final two songs at the event: “The C Boogie,” and a song she wrote, “The Love In Us.”Įmily, who played piano three times last year on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” also performed 30 minutes of songs she wrote, along with jazz selections, while guests ate and before Emily’s formal introduction, said Andrea Bear, Emily’s mother.Įmily also met the Jonas Brothers, one of the hottest boy bands on the charts, and Kyle Massey, who plays Cory Baxter in the Disney TV show, “Cory in the House.” The day’s highlight for thousands of kids and their families was the annual egg roll on the White House lawn. Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz and Quvenzhan Wallis (Annie (2014)). This father-daughter duo have performed multiple times on Ellen after a video of three-year-old Claire singing A Part Of. With Ellen DeGeneres, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhan Wallis. “I said, ‘Hi,’ and I gave him a hug,” Emily, 6, said in a telephone interview Monday afternoon after she’d played piano in front of about 300 people at the White House before the traditional annual Easter Egg Roll. The Cast of 'Annie'/Piano Prodigy Harmony Zhu: Directed by Suzanne Luna, Liz Patrick. Elias Phoenix, a seven-Year-old piano prodigy from Brandon, Florida, has a hard time containing his excitement during an interview with Ellen Degeneres. Via YouTube Talk Show host Ellen Degeneres had a knack for finding some of the most talented child stars in the industry. Gold Digger on Ellen Elias and Zion Perform Gold Digger on The Ellen Show. The Ellen DeGeneres show became known for bringing on child prodigies, like Kai Langer, as guests, with many ultimately becoming superstars. Emily Bear of Rockford squeezed President Bush Monday morning - in a good way. Elias is a 7-year-old piano prodigy, but what he brought when he met Ellen was.
