Smaller celebration for Obama's second inauguration

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he inauguration ceremony for President Barack Obama's second term will be held Monday after taking the oath of office Sunday in an intimate White House ceremony witnessed by family.
The 57th presidential inauguration will begin at 11:30 a.m. ET. Obama will once again be given the oath by Chief Justice John Roberts on the Capitol steps in Washington.
The official theme for the 2013 inauguration is "Faith in America's Future," commemorating the United States' perseverance and unity, marking the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's march on Washington.
The president has chosen to take the public oath with his hand on both their Bibles stacked together.
After the ceremonial swearing in, the Inaugural Luncheon with Congress in the Capitol will be held. The president and vice president and their wives will then lead the parade at 2:35 p.m. to the White House.
Obama has cut back on some of the reveling from four years ago - there will be no concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and only two official balls instead of 10.
But there still will be elaborate celebration - a long list of top entertainment acts, including Beyonce - who will sing the national anthem, Katy Perry and Brad Paisley have signed on to perform at the weekend's events, including the balls which are expected to draw around 40,000 people to the Washington Convention Center.
An estimated 1.8 million people attended Obama's 2009 Presidential Inauguration, a record-breaking number for any event in the nation's capital.