Amy Grant and Vince Gill bring their love of music entertainment to the stage of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to launch the national Challenge America initiative. During this beautiful and intimate evening, guests will be both entertained and inspired by Amy, Vince and a host of other prominent entertainers. Special guests will include:

Melinda Doolittle

Alison Krauss

Stephen Mansfield

Mac McAnally

Michael McDonald

Darius Rucker

"There will be lots of music and laughter. The evening will bond us together and make us feel what I feel every time I'm in Washington. We are still what George Washington proclaimed us to be: we are the great experiment. We are constantly inventing who we are, and the world is watching. We've got to reinvent how we care for our soldiers because they are coming back with lives that need to be led in very vital ways." Amy Grant

"I'm excited about getting to share what we believe in so deeply. We want to make an impact on the individuals that have given to us in unimaginable ways. Challenge America 2009 is our way of honoring the men and women who truly are heroes." Vince Gill

The evening of entertainment begins in the Concert Hall at 8 p.m.