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Parties, Protests & Programs


MONDAY, AUGUST 30


Session 1 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.


Theme: ‘A Nation of Courage’ Convention Call to Order, Ed Gillespie Chairman, Republican Nat’l Committee Presentation of Colors, the Greater NY Council of Boys Scouts, Troop 520 and the Law Enforcement NYPD Transit Bureau Explorers Post 5233 Pledge of Allegiance, Steven McDonald, New York, NY The National Anthem, the Gatlin Brothers, Abilene, TX Invocation, Sheri Dew, Salt Lake City, UT


RNC Official Business


Welcome, Ed Gillespie Chairman, Republican National Committee Ann Wagner, Co-Chairman, Republican National Committee The Honorable Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City The Honorable Marc Racicot, former Governor of Montana and the Bush-Cheney ’04 Campaign Chairman Ann Wagner, Co-Chairman, Republican National Committee Bill Harris, CEO of the 2004 Republican National Convention Representative Tom Reynolds (NY), chairman, Nat’l Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Republican Candidates for U. S. House of Representatives


RNC Official Business


The Honorable J. Dennis Hastert (IL), Permanent Convention Chairman, 2004 Republican Nat’l Convention Sara Gear Boyd, Secretary of the Convention The Honorable Jane Norton, Assistant Secretary of the Convention


RNC Official Business


Submission of President Bush as Candidate for Presidential Nomination Submission of Vice President Cheney as Candidate for Vice Presidential Nomination


Roll Call Votes


Senator George Allen (VA), chairman, Nat’l Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Republican Candidates for U. S. Senate The Honorable J. Dennis Hastert (IL), Permanent Convention Chairman, 2004 Republican Nat’l Convention Governor Bob Taft (OH), chairman, Republican Governors Association Eric Hoplin, Pres., College Republicans The Honorable Pat McCrory, president, Republican Mayors and Local Officials Susan Davis, President, Irish-American Republicans Marilyn Byers, President, National Conference of Republican County Officials Michael Mack, Pres., Young Republicans Fernando Mateo, President, Hispanics Across America


Benediction


Joni Eareckson Tada, Agoura Hills, CA


Session 2 7:45 to 11:15 p.m.


Theme: “A Nation of Courage” Convention Call to Order, Representative Deborah Pryce (OH), Deputy Permanent Co-Chair Presentation of Colors, NYPD Pledge of Allegiance, Lt. Col. Joseph Repya (Ret.), Eagan, MN National Anthem, Olivia Lalewitz, Detroit, MI Invocation, Imam Pasha, New York, NY Rolling Roll Call of the States Ed Gillespie, Chairman, Republican Nat’l Committee Sara Gear Boyd, Secretary of the Convention The Honorable Jane Norton, Assistant Secretary of the Convention Official Convention Photograph The Honorable J. Dennis Hastert (IL), Permanent Convention Chairman, 2004 Republican Nat’l Convention Tribute to President Ford Music, Dexter Freebish Recognition of President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush Ron Silver, Actor Representative Heather Wilson (NM) Music, Christ Tabernacle Choir Bernard Kerik, Former Police Commissioner NYC Robert Khuzami, Former Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY Zainab Al-Suwaij, Executive Director, American Islamic Congress Jason Sehorn and Angie Harmon Music, Darryl Worley Senator Lindsey Graham (SC) Senator John McCain (AZ) Music, Daniel Rodriguez The Honorable Rudy Giuliani, Former Mayor of the City of New York Benediction, Reverend Max Lucado, San Antonio, TX


Protests 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. NYC Atheists. 8th Avenue and 30th Street. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Disabled American Veterans, rally at main demonstration area.


8th Avenue and 30th Street.


Noon NYC AIDS Housing Network and Hip Hop Summit Action Network march and rally. From 15th Street at Union Square to 8th Avenue, north to 31st Street. Still We Rise. Union Square to Madison Square Garden. 1 p.m. Poor People’s Economic Human Rights. 45th St. and 1st Ave. 7 p.m. Rock the Vote Concert


Parties


8 to 9:30 a.m. New York Delegation Breakfast Honoring U.S. Senate Candidate Assemblyman Howard Mills. New York Sheraton Hotel & Towers. 5 to 8 p.m. Americans for Tax Reform cocktail reception honoring those who have signed the taxpayer protection pledge. New York Yacht Club, 37 West 44th St. 6 p.m. The New YorkTimes cocktail reception, hosted by Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Invitation only. The Frederick P. Rose Hall, Lincoln Center. 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. New York and New Jersey Delegations Post-Convention Party.


Cipriani’s, 42nd St., 110 E. 42nd St. (A Pataki Pass Event)


6 p.m. Newsweek Party, hosted by Lally Weymouth. Guests include Thomas Tisch.


The Four Seasons.


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