Our Democratic County Central Committee is planning an evening event the night of the Inauguration to show the ceremony so those who are at work or in school can see it and share the excitement with other supporters. I'm on an ad hoc committee of four charged with setting this up. We've made arrangements at a local restaurant to host and provide a buffet. If it proceeds as planned it will be at Crawdaddy's on Burke and Main in Visalia. It should cost no more than $15 a head and go from 6:00 to 9:00 the night of January 20, a Tuesday.
Crawdaddy's is a three-story New Orleans-style place with the brick and wrought iron that would make it look right at home in the French Quarter. I've been tapped to be the emcee. There should be good Cajun eats. We'll have an invocation, flag salute, a taped greeting and comment on the importance of the moment from a local 104-year-old African-American and a good speaker. We'll introduce our local club chairs and they'll invite people to join their groups. Then we will show the Inaugural festivities from Dianne Feinstein's call to order through the swearing in of the President and Vice President and the Inaugural Address. Aretha Franklin, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perleman and others will be among those performing.
We're all looking forward to it and it ought to be a day and night to remember. If you are interested in coming and want to reserve a ticket or two let me know or give a call to Pam Mayo at (559) 732-1002.
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