PRESS
RELEASE
from
2012
Tampa
Bay Host Committee
Host Committee RNC Media Contact:
Aileen Rodriguez Communications Director
2012 Tampa Bay
Host Committee for the Republican National Convention Announces
Featured Entertainment and Guest Performances for The Welcome Event
Combined Delegate and Media Welcome Event Highlights Tampa Bay Region
(PR NewsChannel) Tampa Bay, FL (August 14, 2012) – The
2012 Tampa Bay Host Committee for the Republican National Convention is
pleased to announce its featured entertainment for The Welcome Event,
country music sensation Rodney Atkins. Atkins is a six-time nominee
with the Academy of Country Music and two-time nominee with the Country
Music Association (CMA). His hits include “Take A Back Road,” the title
track of his fourth studio album and sixth career number one hit, “If
You’re Going Through Hell” and “It’s America.” In addition, Atkins won
CMA’s “Top New Male Vocalist” award in 2006.
The combined delegate and media welcome event, which will kick off the
week of the Convention on Sunday, August 26, 2012, is the
first-of-its-kind in the history of a presidential nominating
convention. More than 20,000 guests have been invited to this
ground-breaking event. Performances will highlight the local Tampa Bay
region in an inaugural, innovative and incredible way. The acts below,
and more, will represent Tampa Bay:
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders
- Tampa Bay Rays Street Team
- Tampa Bay Lightning’s “Lightning Girls”
- University of South Florida’s “Herd of Thunder” Marching Band
- Gasparilla pirates and krewes
- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay performers and acts
In addition to local musical and dance performances, cirque-style
performers, including acrobats, contortionists, rolla bolla artists and
animal-themed dancers will perform as a part of “Cirque Dreams,”
presented by Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.
“We are excited to showcase Tampa Bay and the many wonderful
entertainers that represent our region,” said Host Committee President
and CEO Ken Jones. “Guests of The Welcome Event will experience a taste
of Tampa Bay’s culture, history and themes, as well as its warm
hospitality. We are proud of the Tampa Bay region and all it has to
offer. We are excited to show the thousands of convention guests the
Tampa Bay we know and love.”
Also performing at The Welcome Event are former competitors and
national recording artists from two top network reality shows, both
with ties to Tampa Bay:
- Shannon Magrane, from the eleventh season of Fox’s “American Idol”
- Karla Davis, from season two of NBC’s “The Voice”
Media outlets interested in covering the event should contact the Host
Committee at media@2012Tampa.com. NOTE: Only credentialed media for the
Convention will be able to request Host Committee credentials to cover
The Welcome Event. Due to very limited space, the deadline to request a
Host Committee credential to cover the event as press is Friday, August
17, 2012.
About the 2012
Tampa Bay Host Committee
The 2012 Tampa Bay Host Committee,
Inc. (“Host Committee”) is a Florida not-for-profit corporation that
operates as a public charity under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code. The Host Committee serves as the officially designated
Presidential Nominating Convention Host Committee under federal law and
is a registered host committee with the Federal Election Commission.
The Host Committee is not involved in any political activity and is in
no way considered a political committee under any state or federal
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WASHINGTON, June
5,
2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Presidential
Candidate Gary Bauer congratulated Governor Scott
Walker for his win in Wisconsin's
recall
election,
calling
it
"another sign that taxpayers will award
office holders ready to do the hard work of reigning in out-of-control
government spending."
Bauer, the chairman of the Campaign for Working Families, made
the following statement:
"I congratulate Governor Scott Walker
for his hard-fought victory tonight, and most especially for having the
courage of his convictions to fight the good fight. But the victory in Wisconsin is not Scott
Walker's alone. It is a victory for the hard-working
taxpayers of Wisconsin, who foot the
bill year after year. It is a victory for common sense over
powerful special interests. It is a victory that taxpayers in
every state can celebrate. It is a victory, yes, even for some
union members.
"Since Gov. Walker's reforms were enacted, tens of thousands of
state employees have opted to keep more of the money they earn rather
than let the public employees union siphon off their hard-earned
dollars. In other words, once given the choice, more than half of
the public employees union's members decided that they didn't need the
union. These reforms will pay real dividends for the taxpayers of
Wisconsin. They are the real winners tonight.
"The recall election is a sign of good things to come. The
power of the Big Labor bosses has finally been checked, not just in Wisconsin, but also in scores of other
states across the country. More governors, legislators and
taxpayers will be inspired to stand up against the liberal labor unions
and do what is truly in the best interests of their communities. Wisconsin's 10 Electoral College votes are
now in play, and the anti-tax, small government movement that swept the
country in 2010 is about to sweep Barack Obama
out of office in 154 days!"
Source: PR Newswire (http://s.tt/1drYR)