June 14, 2007 – Multi-platinum recording artist Jo Dee Messina was scheduled to perform the National Anthem and a forty five minute show at the 2007 President’s Dinner last night in Washington D.C.. However, at the last minute, Jo Dee volunteered to perform an additional hour long set at the beginning of the event to fill in for an ailing Trace Adkins.

Jo Dee welcomed the roughly 5,000 attendees to the event with a performance of her hits and then was whisked away to meet the President.

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