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==Selection process==

==Selection process==

Each year, the Kennedy Center's national artists committee and past honorees recommend proposed Honorees to the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center.<ref>[http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=XHHON "Kennedy Center Honors"] kennedy-center.org, retrieved December 6, 2010</ref> The selection process is kept secret, though "certain criteria seem apparent: a mix of artistic disciplines, the inclusion of men and women, minority recognition."<ref name="washpost">Crews, Chip.[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/26/AR2005122600801_pf.html "The Honors, Take 2"]''The Washington Post'', December 27, 2005</ref>

Each year, the Kennedy Center's national artists committee and past honorees recommend proposed Honorees to the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center.<ref>[http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=XHHON "Kennedy Center Honors"] kennedy-center.org, retrieved December 6, 2010</ref> The selection process is kept secret, though "certain criteria seem apparent: a mix of artistic disciplines, the inclusion of men and women, minority recognition."<ref name="washpost">Crews, Chip.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/26/AR2005122600801_pf.html "The Honors, Take 2"]''The Washington Post'', December 27, 2005</ref>

The announcement is made in late summer, usually after the Labor Day Weekend.  The ceremony is held the first weekend of December.  Highlights from the fundraising performance are televised in a two-hour special produced by Stevens on [[CBS]] television between Christmas and the New Year.

The announcement is made in late summer, usually after the Labor Day Weekend.  The ceremony is held the first weekend of December.  Highlights from the fundraising performance are televised in a two-hour special produced by Stevens on [[CBS]] television between Christmas and the New Year.