Barack Obama: Dances with wife

On Tuesday night US President Barack Obama and his wife shared a gala time as the couple glided through their first inaugural dance to the Etta James classic titled "At Last".

Sources have thrown more light on the news of Barack Obama. Mr Obama and his family became the star attraction at the ten inaugural celebrations that they attended on Wednesday. The celebrations marked the end of a long day of formal inaugural events and the two-year campaign that put them in the White House.

The president pulled his wife close and they danced a slow, dignified two-step. In the offstage Beyonce sang the beautiful song. The president spun first lady Michelle Obama once in a half-turn.

Obama cut loose in a faster groove a few minutes later, as Shakira, Mary J. Blige, Faith Hill and Mariah Carey sang along with Stevie Wonder to his "Signed, Sealed, Delivered." The song was played at nearly all of Obama's rallies throughout the campaign.

Barack Obama wore a white tie, while Michelle shimmered in a white, one-shouldered, floor-length gown. It was embroidered from top to bottom with white floral details and the dress was created by twenty six year old New York designer namely Jason Wu.

"First of all, how good looking is my wife?" Obama jokingly asked the crowd of celebrities and his supporters.

"Hello, everybody. Aloha. What's going on?" added Obama in the Hawaiian dialects and Illinois contingents, thereby saying that they reflected his roots. He continued, "So many of you got involved not just in our campaign but in our lives."

Both Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden gave salute to the nation’s military men and women at the Commander in Chief Ball via satellite. Biden also said that he was not looking forward to his moment in the spotlight i.e. dancing.

"The thing that frightens me the most (is) I'm going to have to stand in that circle and dance in a minute." At that, he laughed and did a quick sign of the cross.

The Obamas became more excited and  splited up to dance with Marine Sgt. Elidio Guillen of Madera, Calif. ,who was shorter than dance partner Michelle — and Army Sgt. Margaret H. Herrera of San Antonio, Texas, who started crying in the president's arms.

In spite of the formal attire and celebrity entertainment, balls aren't overly fancy affairs.
In a sign, perhaps, of the tough economic times, guests who already paid anywhere from $75 for a ticket to thousands more for a package deal had to buy their own drinks served in small plastic cups. Beer went for $6, cocktails for $9 and champagne for $12.

There was lot more people who stood in line outside Union Station to get into the Eastern States Ball an hour and a half after it started. Since there was limited seating arrangement at the Western ball, a number of attendees in long gowns and fancy dress plopped cross-legged on the floor.

Director Ron Howard said he sympathized with the long day Obama was having.

"I feel bad for him." "He's had a long day and now he has to do seven dances. This has got to be the grueling part for the first family." The comment was put forth by Howard during an interview with The Associated Press at the Western Ball.

At the Obama Home States ball, the dance floor was dominated by two little girls who skipped and twirled in matching red dresses while the grown-ups stood still, crowded around the stage waiting for Obama to appear.

Singer Sheryl Crow, doing a sound check for the Midwestern Ball, added that she was homesick. She continued, "I have not seen my child in four days. I'm miserable."

But there was still plenty of fun to be had at the official balls and dozens of other parties around Washington.

The Obamas, following Kid Rock and Kanye West, got the real rock-star reception and launched into something of an awkward dance, laughing as they swayed. When they were done, the president grabbed a microphone and added, "That's what's called old school."

At the Midwestern Ball, he cracked a joke that it was time to "dance with the one who brung me, who does everything that I do except backwards and in heels."

Although festive mood was prevalent, the reality that the country remains at war hung over the festivities at the Commander in Chief ball and a separate Heroes Red White & Blue Ball.

She commented,"Please know that you are in our thoughts and prayers today, every day, forever," Obama told troops at the Commander in Chief ball. "Tonight, we celebrate. Tomorrow, the work begins. ... Together, I am confident we will write the next great chapter in America's story."