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For Immediate
Release
9/5/06
CONTACT:
PA
Senate Republican Communications
(717) 787-6725
Centennial Gala to
Mark 100th Birthday of Pennsylvania's State Capitol
Event to Be the Culmination of a Week-Long
Celebration
HARRISBURG -- Tickets
are now available for the Centennial Gala marking the 100th birthday of
Pennsylvania's State Capitol. The culmination of a week-long celebration, the
Gala will take place Wednesday, October 4 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Main Capitol
Building and the East Wing (enter through the main entrance on Third Street).
The theme for the
Centennial Gala is "Yesterday and Today." A buffet dinner will be
served and musical groups featuring the sounds of the past century will
entertain in various areas of the Capitol.
The evening will
culminate in a fireworks display. Attire for the event is business
dress.
Tickets to this
special occasion are $25 for adults and $10 for children under 12.
Sales are limited. To purchase tickets, send your name, address,
daytime phone number, and the number of tickets you wish to purchase
along with a check made out to: PA Capitol Centennial Foundation, Gala
Tickets, 632 Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120 (deadline is Fri.,
Sept. 22). Or, you may purchase tickets in person at the Capitol Shop
in the East Wing Rotunda between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through
Friday. (After the mail-in deadline, tickets may only be purchased
in person.)
Other upcoming events
to mark the centennial include:
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the
Pennsylvania’s Treasures Parade around the Capitol complex at 11
a.m. on Saturday, September 30, with former Philadelphia Eagle Vince
Papale as Grand Marshal;
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a Treasure Hunt
and Kids Expo on the Capitol grounds from noon until 3 p.m. on
Sunday, October 1;
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an Ecumenical
Church Service of Rededication at Grace United Methodist Church, 216
State Street, at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 1;
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a Pennsylvania
Politics Symposium in the House Chamber at 7 p.m. on Monday, October
2;
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a Ribbon Cutting
Ceremony for the newly constructed Rare Collections Library housed
in the State Library of Pennsylvania, Forum Building, at 10 a.m. on
Tuesday, October 3; and,
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a Rededication
Ceremony of the Capitol in front of the building, with a reenactor
depicting President Theodore Roosevelt, at noon on Wednesday,
October 4.
For more information, visit
www.pacapitol.com.
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