Preparations for funeral of Whitney Houston, family arriving

(18 Feb 2012)
++DAY SHOTS++
1. Pan across gold limousines arriving outside funeral home, led by police vehicle
2. Tracking shot of Whitney Houston's relatives getting out of vehicle and walking away
3. Zoom in on more relatives getting of vehicle and waling away
4. Mid of police vehicle and motorcycles
5. Mid of family members getting out of vehicle
6. Tracking shot of Clive Davis, Houston's mentor, arriving at funeral home
7. Wide of gold hearse with letter 'W' in back window driving away
++NIGHT SHOTS++
8. Mid of Davis leaving funeral home and getting into vehicle, zoom out
9. Wide of gold limousines outside funeral home
10. Various of relatives leaving funeral home and getting into waiting limousines
STORYLINE:
Relatives of Whitney Houston gathered at a Newark funeral home on Friday night for a private viewing service of the late singer.
Three gold limousines pulled up at the Whigham Funeral Home, New Jersey, where various family members were ushered inside amid tight security.
Houston's long-time mentor and the music mogul who launched her career, Clive Davis, also attended.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday at Newark's New Hope Baptist Church, where she sang with the choir as a young girl.
The church, which seats about 300 people, will be filled with friends, family members and some of her famous connections.
Kevin Costner, her co-star in the movie blockbuster "The Bodyguard," is scheduled to speak, as is Davis.
Houston's cousin and fellow singer, Dionne Warwick, will be on the programme, as will friends including Alicia Keys, Tyler Perry and gospel stars Donnie McClurklin, Kim Burrell and Cece Winans.
Ray J, who spent time with Houston in her last days, will also be in attendance.
Houston was found in a bathtub, underwater, by a member of her staff at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last weekend.
It is unclear if drugs caused her death.
It will take weeks before toxicology results determine what medications and quantities, if any, were in Houston's system at the time of her death.
After the funeral, Houston is scheduled to be buried beside her father, John Russell Houston, at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, near where she grew up.
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