ACTOR TONY LO BIANCO TO HOST LINCOLN DINNER!
LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!
ACTOR TONY LO BIANCO TO HOST LINCOLN DINNER!
Folks, we’re in the countdown. Sunday, February 9 is the day our Lincoln Day Dinner takes off for what promises to be another stellar performance for this historic Club.
Tony Lo Bianco as Fiorello H La Guardia
We are pleased to announce a stunning list of speakers. Actor Tony Lo Bianco has graciously agreed to be the Master of Ceremonies for our Lincoln Day Dinner at Antun’s. Tony’s career in films spans from 1968 to 2011 including roles in the French Connection (1971) and Body of Evidence (1988). His television credits and live theatre roles are extensive and are available on-line for you to peruse. Currently Tony stars in a one-man show The Little Flower, which presents a historic look into the life and career of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia – a courageous and flamboyant personality who fought against corruption and cleaned up city politics. “What this city needs is another LaGuardia!”
New President’s Acceptance Speech
This is the text of Phil Orenstein’s acceptance speech at the installation of new Club officers at the January 9, 2014 Queens Village Republican Club meeting.
Thank you for the great honor of being installed as President of the Queens Village Republican Club. But I accept this role also as a great responsibility to continue to build our historical and iconic Club and the Republican Party in this part of Queens.
As former Congressman LTC Allen West, who was our keynote speaker at a past Lincoln Dinner, said: “As the oldest GOP club in America, it is your duty to carry the torch for the Republican Party and its core principles for the whole nation.” This is a tall order and I will do my utmost to fulfill this mission entrusted to us.
Abraham Lincoln was the original force behind the creation of a teeming network of Republican Clubs to build the Party organization and help in his presidential campaign with parades, brass bands, barbeques and rallies. The Republican Party stood for opposition to slavery, for economic freedom, individual liberty, free market capitalism, opportunity, the dignity of work, self-improvement and hope, and it still does today.
