789. A teenage DJ from Utah will take over an inaugural ball on Friday night, and Mormon Leaders at Presidential Inaugurations

A teenage DJ from Utah will 

take over an inaugural ball on 

Friday night

For an hour on Friday night, a 16-year-old DJ will take over one of three inaugural balls in Washington, D.C., held in honor of President-elect Donald Trump. Who is this kid from Lone Peak High School in Highland, Utah?

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For an hour on Friday night, a 16-year-old DJ will take over one of three inaugural balls in 
Washington, D.C., held in honor of President-elect Donald Trump. Who is this kid from
 Lone Peak High School in
 Highland, Utah?

WASHINGTON — By night, Olso is a DJ big enough to land a gig taking over an hour

 of an inaugural ball on Friday in Washington, D.C.

By day, 16-year-old Cache Olson is a student at Lone Peak High School in Highland,

 Utah, who is going to Preference back home on Saturday night.  To top it all off, the

 self-described DJ/producer/artist will get his Eagle Scout Award on Sunday night.

"This is kind of a crazy week," Olson admitted Wednesday night after his plane landed

 and he had settled into his hotel a block from the Walter E. Washington Convention

 Center, where he will perform at the Freedom Ball, one of the official events

 following the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Friday.

Olson, who goes by Olso when he DJs, will play walk-in music before the ball,

 then take over and produce a DJ set from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. to close the event.

 He'll feature six or seven of his own songs in a mix of about 35 he'll play 

during the set.

"This is definitely the biggest thing I've done," he said. "I've been around the 

country quite a bit, but this is the coolest set I've had."

Olson's inaugural gig was announced over the intercom at Lone Peak High on

 Tuesday morning, leading to an outpouring of support from teachers and students.

"We are so proud of Cache and excited for him to have this opportunity," school

 principal Rhonda Bromley said in an email. "I know that he will do a great job

 representing Lone Peak."

The news is still fresh enough that Olson hasn't faced any criticism from those who

 don't support Trump.

"In my opinion, if I were to get anything (critical) that would be more of a divisive tool," 

he said. "I wish people would always just see performances for what they are, as an

 artist being able to just respect this country and to serve and have a great opportunity. 

I get that politics are a little bit different and everything can be turned. Being that

 people try to turn something into a lot bigger, it's really kind of sad. Any performer 

that's still here, it's an incredible opportunity and we all agree that it's an honor and

 whether who won or not, it's still a great thing."

Olson has a mini studio beside his bed in his room. That's where he mix and master

 and produces his music. He plays a DJ set from songs he plays and songs he likes 

and has mixed.

"I'm able to create and synthesize any sound I want," he said. "It's all about matching

 the right rhythms and the right sounds.  After providing the sounds for the end of the

 Freedom Ball, Olson will catch a flight early Saturday morning so he can enjoy a 

day date ahead of the Preference dance that night.

Mormon Leaders at Presidential 

Inaugurations

Over the years, the First Presidency and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have met with presidents belonging to both political parties. Members of the First Presidency typically attend or send representatives to the inaugurations of U.S. presidents.Here is a list of known dates and names of Latter-day Saint leaders who have attended inaugurations of U.S. presidents:

1873—Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant
Church representative: George Q. Cannon (Apostle)

1877—Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes
Church representative: George Q. Cannon (Counselor, First Presidency)

1905—Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)           

1909—Inauguration of William Howard Taft         
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)           

1913—Inauguration of Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)           

1917—Inauguration of Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)           

1921—Inauguration of Warren G. Harding
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)

1925—Inauguration of John Calvin Coolidge Jr.
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)

1929—Inauguration of Herbert C. Hoover     
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)

1953—Inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Church representatives: David O. McKay (Church President) and Ezra Taft Benson (Apostle)

1957—Inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Church representatives: Ezra Taft Benson (Apostle and Secretary of Agriculture)

1961—Inauguration of John F. Kennedy
Church representatives: Ezra Taft Benson (Apostle and Secretary of Agriculture)

1965—Inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson       
Church representatives: Hugh B. Brown* (Counselor, First Presidency)

1969—Inauguration of Richard M. Nixon        
Church representatives: Ezra Taft Benson (Apostle) and Richard L. Evans (Apostle)

1973—Inauguration of Richard M. Nixon        
Church representative: Boyd K. Packer** (Apostle)

1977—Inauguration of James E. "Jimmy" Carter
Church representative: N. Eldon Tanner (Counselor, First Presidency)

1981—Inauguration of Ronald W. Reagan
Church representatives: Ezra Taft Benson (Apostle) and Joseph B. Wirthlin (General Authority Seventy)

1989—Inauguration of George H. W. Bush
Church representatives: Ezra Taft Benson (Church President) and Thomas S. Monson (Counselor, First Presidency)

1993—Inauguration of William J. "Bill" Clinton Jr.
Church representative: James E. Faust (Apostle)

1997—Inauguration of William J. "Bill" Clinton Jr.
Church representative: Henry B. Eyring (Apostle)

2001—Inauguration of George W. Bush
Church representative: J. Willard Marriott (Area Seventy)

2009—Inauguration of Barack H. Obama
Church representatives: Dieter F. Uchtdorf (Counselor, First Presidency) and M. Russell Ballard (Apostle)

2013—Inauguration of Barack H. Obama 
Church representatives: L. Tom Perry (Apostle) and Quentin L. Cook (Apostle)

2017—Inauguration of Donald J. Trump
Church representatives: D. Todd Christofferson (Apostle) and Gary E. Stevenson (Apostle)

*Church President David O. McKay was to attend, but didn't because of his wife's poor health.

** Church President Harold B. Lee was to attend, but didn't because of illness.