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If you aren’t a subscriber, grab a copy of the December 4 TV Guide at the supermarket this week! Gary and Melina Kanakaredes are on the cover, and there’s a nice story about CSI:NY inside.
You can see a preview of the article and a small version of the cover here (this link will only work for about a week).
Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band are the featured performers for the Concert for Peace, December 10th at Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza. The event is presented by Genesis at the Crossroads as a benefit for One Peace at a Time (Chiildren’s Humanitarian Peace Quilt Program).
Tickets prices are $75 for VIP seating and $50 for general admisssion. Tickets include admission (the day of the concernt) to the One Peace at a Time exhibit and the One of a Kind art show at the Merchandise Mart. For tickets call: TicketWeb 866-468-3401. For more information, please see Concert for Peace.
If you missed Gary’s “Early Show” interview Wednesday morning, it is available online here: Sinise on Early Show.
Just a reminder — set your TiVo/VCR/alarm clock for CBS’s The Early Show tomorrow morning — Gary is scheduled to appear.
A one-hour program featuring actor Gary Sinise and his Lt. Dan Band will be broadcast at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. today on Naperville Community Television Channel 17.
The program was recorded July 22 at Cantigny in Wheaton, where the band performed a benefit concert for Operation Support Our Troops of Illinois. The program also features Naperville Mayor George Pradel singing the national anthem.
The program will be sent to Wheaton’s adopted 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division stationed in Iraq. Operation Support Our Troops of Illinois will also be shipping the program to its troops.
For information on air dates and times, visit NCTV17.com.
On Friday, November 10th Gary and his Lt. Dan Band performed a benefit concert for Operation Iraqi Children at the Uptown Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri.
And we have to love You Tube. Here’s a snippet of Gary with his heartfelt words to the U.S. troops on stage that night:
If anyone was at the show, feel free to share with us what a great time you had!
Gary was emcee for the Veteran’s Day Observance Program at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday, November 11th.
President Bush spoke of the men and women in the armed forces for their bravery and fortitude, calling them “America’s finest citizens.” Bush earlier laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, a memorial gravesite commemorating all unknown American soldiers who died under the call of duty. Also in attendance was veteran and former Sen. Bob Dole, whose right arm was left paralyzed by gunfire during World War II.
On Wednesday, November 15th, Gary is scheduled to appear on CBS’ “The Early Show”.
If video becomes available, we’ll post it here.
Gary is scheduled to help the USO celebrate its one millionth Operation USO Care Package Saturday, November 11th at the USO Warehouse in Fort Belvior, Virginia. To celebrate, service members and volunteers will assemble some 10,000 care packages at a Care Package Stuffing Party from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Among them will be the one millionth care package.
Military leadership, USO World Headquarters and USO of Metropolitan Washington leadership, USO board members and program sponsors will also be in attendance.
Care packages are distributed to service members deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan and other overseas locations.
Please visit the USO website to see photos of USO events Gary has attended over the past year (and learn more about the USO) at: USO Gallery.
