The Orlando Sentinel reports that there will be a special new-citizen swearing-in ceremony today at the Magic Kingdom, which includes Lee Greenwood performing "God Bless the USA" and Gloria Estafan singing "The Star-Spangled Banner," our national anthem.
The only strange thing is that it says that the ceremony will be at 8 a.m. I wonder if they meant 8 p.m.? The fireworks were scheduled at 9 p.m., so this other ceremony would make sense to be at 8 p.m.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/ente...,0,6210373.story?coll=orl_entertainment_promo
Anyhow, if it happened this morning, did anyone see it? Or, if not, do you have confirmation of it being at 8 p.m.
I would love to see video of this very special ceremony.
Paul
Edit: Looks like the morning was not a typo. Here is more info from the Sentinel... http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2007/06/theme-park-patr.html
In addition to hitting Liberty Square attractions at Magic Kingdom, you can see a unique and first-time event in front of Cinderella’s castle as more than a thousand immigrants will be sworn in as new Americans during a naturalization ceremony on Wednesday morning. They’ll even get to take part in an honorary parade down, you guessed it, Main Street, U.S.A. Talk about dreams coming true. (Even though, as one wise-cracking Theme Park Ranger noted, these new Americans will learn quickly about U.S. capitalism and consumerism as they enjoy the park after their swearing-in event.)
Sen. Mel Martinez will speak at the event, Gloria Estefan will sing the National Anthem and Lee Greenwood will be on hand to do what Lee Greenwood does best: Make your chest swell with pride and your eyes swell with tears. Yep, he’ll perform “God Bless the U.S.A.”
You want something more to make you proud to be an American? How about a flyover of a squadron of U.S. Air Force F-15s. These guys don’t care about any silly Magic Kingdom no-fly rule, and Disney probably doesn’t care that they don’t either. After all, they’re there for us. I just hope they watch out for TinkerBell, though.
The only strange thing is that it says that the ceremony will be at 8 a.m. I wonder if they meant 8 p.m.? The fireworks were scheduled at 9 p.m., so this other ceremony would make sense to be at 8 p.m.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/ente...,0,6210373.story?coll=orl_entertainment_promo
Anyhow, if it happened this morning, did anyone see it? Or, if not, do you have confirmation of it being at 8 p.m.
I would love to see video of this very special ceremony.
Paul
Edit: Looks like the morning was not a typo. Here is more info from the Sentinel... http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2007/06/theme-park-patr.html
In addition to hitting Liberty Square attractions at Magic Kingdom, you can see a unique and first-time event in front of Cinderella’s castle as more than a thousand immigrants will be sworn in as new Americans during a naturalization ceremony on Wednesday morning. They’ll even get to take part in an honorary parade down, you guessed it, Main Street, U.S.A. Talk about dreams coming true. (Even though, as one wise-cracking Theme Park Ranger noted, these new Americans will learn quickly about U.S. capitalism and consumerism as they enjoy the park after their swearing-in event.)
Sen. Mel Martinez will speak at the event, Gloria Estefan will sing the National Anthem and Lee Greenwood will be on hand to do what Lee Greenwood does best: Make your chest swell with pride and your eyes swell with tears. Yep, he’ll perform “God Bless the U.S.A.”
You want something more to make you proud to be an American? How about a flyover of a squadron of U.S. Air Force F-15s. These guys don’t care about any silly Magic Kingdom no-fly rule, and Disney probably doesn’t care that they don’t either. After all, they’re there for us. I just hope they watch out for TinkerBell, though.
