The 2010 Kennedy Center honorees pose for their formal class photo following the formal Artist’s Dinner at the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, December 4, 2010. Top row, from left to right: Michael M. Kaiser, President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Merle Haggard; Bill T. Jones; Sir Paul McCartney; and David M. Rubenstein, Chairman, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Bottom row, from left to right: United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Jerry Herman; Oprah Winfrey; and George Stevens, Jr., creator of The Kennedy Center Honors . UPI/Ron Sachs/Pool Photo via Newscom

Sir Paul McCartney, left, and Merle Haggard, center, share some conversation after posing for their formal class photo following the formal Artist’s Dinner at the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, December 4, 2010. Mr. Haggard’s wife, Theresa Ann Lane looks on.

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Bill T. Jones, Sir Paul McCartney, and United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton share a light moment.