Wednesday, Aug. 2
7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
EDT
• House
Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and The Rock of the World
Wrestling Federation will call the delegates to their seats.
• Presentation of the Colors by
Boy Scout Troop 82 of Somerset, Ky., and the Campfire Boys and Girls of
Pennsylvania;
• Joe Guerra, father of eight and
small businessman from Laredo, Tex. will lead the pledge of
allegiance.
• Rebecca King, a singer,
songwriter and recording artist from McLean, Va. will sing the national
anthem.
• Steve Young, former San
Francisco 49ers quarterback will deliver the invocation.
• Harold Melvin's Blue Notes and
The Delfonics, rhythm-and-blues musical artists, will
perform.
• Kenny Gamble, a Grammy-award
winning musical artist and founder of Universal Community Homes of South
Philadelphia, will speak about urban renewal and revitalization.
8 p.m. to 9 p.m. EDT
• Hector Barreto, a California
small-business owner, will discuss the importance of providing
opportunity in every community.
• Gayle White, a fifth-generation
farmer from Oklahoma, will address the challenges facing the family farm
in the new century.
• Video: A look at El Barrio, a
private assistance center in Cleveland, Ohio, that provides support to
the city's Hispanic community.
• Leilani Durate, Beaver Dam,
Wis. A single mother of twins, she will discuss life after welfare.
• Kim Jennings, Rodgers, Ark. A
single mother, she will discuss balancing the challenges of her
education, her career and her daughter.
• Gov.
Jim Gilmore (R-Va.), a convention National Caucus Team
co-chairman, will talk about lowering taxes.
• Video profile of Republican
governors.
• Regular Joe, a rock band
featuring U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.), will perform.
• Christina Jones, president and
founder of pcOrder, an online business in Austin, Tex., will discuss
George W. Bush's economic proposals in relation to the "new
economy."
9 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT
• Jon Secada, a Cuban-born
musical artist, will perform.
• Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and
dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance in Los
Angeles, Calif., will introduce L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan.
• Los Angeles Mayor Richard
Riordan will speak remotely on education and economic reform
policies.
• Rolling Roll Call (tentative)
10 p.m. to 11 p.m. EDT
• Senate
Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), temporary convention
chairman, will speak.
• Nomination and introduction of
Richard B. Cheney as the vice presidential candidate.
• Richard
B. Cheney will give his acceptance speech.
• Lee Greenwood, musical artist,
will perform.
• His Eminence Archbishop
Demetrios, of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, will
deliver the benediction.
Thursday, Aug. 3
7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
EDT
• Presentation of colors by the
Korean War veterans of the Maryland Honor
Guard.
• Nic Lott, a student from the
University of Mississippi, will lead the pledge of allegiance.
• Lorrie Morgan, country-music
artist, will lead the national anthem.
• Rev. Mark Craig, Governor
Bush's
pastor at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, will deliver
the
invocation.
• Philadelphia Boys' Choir will
perform.
• Nancy Brinker, a breast-cancer
advocate, will discuss efforts to fight the disease.
• Video: A profile of St. Luke's
Free Clinic in
Hopkinsville, Ky.
• Sen.
Bill Frist. A heart surgeon from Tennessee and the U.S. Senate's
only
practicing physician, Frist will discuss prescription drugs and the
patients' bill of rights.
• Video: A profile of the Good
Neighbor Projects in the Philadelphia area.
• Phyllis C. Hunter, Texas
literacy expert serving as advisor to the Statewide Reading Initiatives
program, will discuss the program.
• Mike Rantilla, a union member
from Courtland, Ohio, will discuss Social Security and taxes.
• Dave Wenzel, a decorated
Vietnam
veteran and former mayor of Scranton, Penn., will discuss Gov. Bush's
initiative designed to help the disabled.
• Bo Derek, movie actress, will
introduce California Assemblyman Abel Maldonado.
8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Abel Maldonado, California
Assemblyman, will deliver remarks in Spanish focusing on Gov. Bush's
efforts to reach a broad range of Americans.
• Heather Whitestone McCallum,
Miss America 1995, will introduce a video tribute to Texas first lady
Laura Bush.
• Biographical Video: Texas first
lady Laura Bush
• Rolling Roll Call
(tentative)
9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
• George
P. Bush, nephew of Gov. George W. Bush, will deliver a bilingual
address about inclusion and the challenges facing young Americans.
• U.S.
Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.), great-grandson of a U.S.
Congressman who voted to create Social Security in the 1930s, will
discuss Gov. Bush's plans to reform the program.
• Sally Brenner, a 65-year-old
grandmother from New Jersey, will speak via satellite about Gov.
Bush's Social Security plan.
• Amy Knutsen, the 22-year-old
granddaughter of the previous speaker, will discuss Gov. Bush's
Social Security plan and its impact on younger generations.
• Gov.
Tom Ridge (R-Pa.), host
governor of the 2000 Republican National Convention, will profile Gov.
Bush.
• Rudy Bradley, a former
Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives who switched
parties to became a Republican, will discuss the reasons for his change
affiliation.
• Jan Bullock, wife of late Texas
Democratic Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, will discuss Gov. Bush's efforts to
reach across party lines.
• Brooks and Dunn, musical
artists, will perform.
10 p.m. to 11
p.m.
• Nancy Weiss, a longtime friend
of Gov. Bush, will speak.
• Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, a
longtime friend of Gov. Bush, will introduce a video biography of the
governor.
• Biographical Video: Gov. George
W. Bush
• Gov.
George W. Bush will deliver
his acceptance speech.
• His Eminence Anthony Cardinal
Bevilaqua of Philadelphia, Penn., will deliver the Benediction.
• Chaka Khan, Grammy-Award
winning musical artist, will close the convention with a
performance.
Source: Republican National Convention
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