Jamaican entertainers Coco T and Cherine Anderson will hold centrestage as they play a role in the inauguration ceremonies of President elect Barack Obama in Washington DC this weekend. Cherine Anderson will be performing at the 'Green Ball' alongside Michael Franti and Spearhead, on  Monday, January 19 and the Peace Ball the following day.

Coco T and his group The Roaring Lion Band along with manager and cordinator of the event Copeland Forbes will start the weekend celebrations off on Friday January 17 at the famous Zanzibar on the Waterfront on Water Street in Washington DC.

"Coco T and his Roaring Lion band will be the headline entertainer for the event, which will be preceded by performances of some other groups from different caribbean countries  and the African American Community.The sold out event is one of the most tallked about event within the DC area," Copeland Forbes told one876entertainment.

Coco T who was recently invited by the Virgin Islands Institute of Development to be the surprise guest performer and to perform his tribute song 'Barack Obama" at the US Virgin Islands inauguration Ball for the Organization of American States at 'Hall of the Americas'. The event will be hosted by the Governor of the US Virgin Islands, the Hon. John P DE Jong jnr. and the Hon. Donna M Christensen MD.

Anderson has done well in the past year, appearing on major television networks for interviews and performing in exotic locales such as Australia. But the coup de gras to date will be the Green Ball, the event, hosted by former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore is sold out and takes place at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Center. 

Anderson is in outstanding company at "The Green Ball", with fellow performers including John Legend, Maroon 5 and Melissa Etheridge among others. 

She will also take the stage again on Tuesday, January 20, while performing at "The Peace Ball".   This special event will be held at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, and is hosted by Harry Belafonte.   Other distinguished performers at this event include Joan Baez and Angelique Kidjo.  

In a release to one876, Anderson is quoted as saying: "It feels wonderful to be a part of an event that is so historic.  This will be one of the biggest celebrations, so I am working very hard to give a memorable performance to honor the occasion."

In the meantime, singer Hopeton Lindo recently recorded an Obama tribute called Finally We Made It which is getting favourable airplay in the South Florida region.