Chartier will be ostracised at the KodakTheatreon Sundaynight, though should hisfilmwinhewill be presented with his winner's statuette at a later date.
The 70-year-old singer made famous by the Oscar-winning documentary "Searching for Sugar Man" performed Sundaynight to a worshipful crowd at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre.
While millions of Americans are expected to tune in to see movie stars walk the scarlet path at Sunday night's Academy Awards presentation at the soon-no-longer-to-be-called Kodak Theatre, a small but growing number of everyday folks are doing the peacock-strutting themselves at events ranging from bar mitzvahs to corporate bashes.