Dan Cirucci: Official Events: Ronald Reagan Birthday Weekend

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Official Events: Ronald Reagan Birthday Weekend

The approaching 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birthday on February 6, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library in Simi Valley, California, is gearing up for a full weekend of activities celebrating the legacy of our 40th President.
The weekend will kick off with a Concert for America: A Tribute to Ronald Reagan at 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 5. Combining live musical acts with video tributes to Reagan’s life and Presidency, the concert will feature The Beach Boys, Lonestar, Lee Greenwood, and Roger Williams with video tributes from both former Presidents George Bush and George W. Bush as well as from Edwin Meese, Attorney General during the Reagan administration.
On Sunday, February 6, the Centennial weekend festivities will continue with a morning military tribute to the 40th President. Five F-18 Hornets will take off from the flight deck of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan and fly over the official wreath-laying ceremony at the Presidential Library, followed by a 21-gun howitzer salute. James Baker, III, former Reagan Chief of Staff and Secretary of State under President George Bush, will be the keynote speaker. The official ribbon cutting for the renovation of the Reagan Library Museum will follow the ceremony. “The birthday events are meant to be a celebration of his life,” says Melissa Giller, Director of Communications and Programs for The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. “Ronald Reagan inspired freedom and changed the world.”
On Monday, the Presidential Library and Museum will be open to the public with free birthday cake, birthday albums for visitors to sign, and the first public access to the museum following its $15 million renovation. Newt and Callista Gingrich will also be on hand signing copies of Ronald Reagan: A Rendezvous with Destiny, based on the award-winning documentary of the same title. Monday evening, guests can enjoy a birthday dinner with live band with purchase of advance tickets at www.reaganfoundation.org.
Among the many dignitaries who will be attending the Centennial weekend in Simi Valley are former Secretary of State George Shultz, former National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Larry King, two of the Secret Service agents who protected Reagan during the assassination attempt in 1981, and ambassadors from several Eastern European countries, including Hungary, Serbia, Estonia, and Lithuania.
Giller says the Foundation has been planning the Centennial celebration for two years and credits GE’s generous sponsorship with making it possible. GE presented a $15 million gift to the foundation to go toward museum renovations, advertising and marketing for the Centennial, and to support 20 annual GE-Reagan Foundation college scholarships for American high school students. Among the dignitaries who will be speaking at the weekend birthday celebration are GE’s CEO Jeffrey Immelt, who Giller says will address “what it means to have had Ronald Reagan as an employee of GE.”
While the festivities of February 5 and 6 are private, full coverage of the Centennial weekend will be available to the public via live podcast at www.reaganfoundation.org.

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He has been cited by Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed on radio, TV and in social media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, Matt Rooney's sidekick on Save Jersey's videocasts and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post and other publications.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

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