FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Jessica Proud (914) 438-5325
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
Congressman Turner to Host Students from PS 90 in Singing
“God Bless the USA”
IN A DECLARATION OF PATRIOTISM AND FIRST AMDENDMENT RIGHTS, CONGRESSMAN AND U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE BOB TURNER WILL JOIN MUNECA LOZADA, THE MOTHER OF FIVE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND PS 90, AND OTHER PARENTS AND STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL TO PERFORM “GOD BLESS THE USA” AT THE NEPTUNE PLAYGROUND ADJACENT TO PS 90 ON MONDAY AT 3:00 P.M.
FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE OUTRAGED LAST WEEK WHEN THE PRINCIPAL OF PS 90 DECIDED TO BAN STUDENTS FROM SINGING THE POPULAR PATRIOTIC SONG, WRITTEN AND RECORDED BY MUSIC ARTIST LEE GREENWOOD, AT THE SCHOOL’S GRADUATION CEREMONY, YET ALLOWED THEM TO PERFORM AN AGE-INNAPROPRIATE JUSTIN BIEBER SONG.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, MR. TURNER WROTE A LETTER TO MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND EDUCATION CHANCELLOR DENNIS WALCOTT URGING THEM TO ALLOW THE CHILDREN TO PERFORM THE SONG.
MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
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DATE: MONDAY, JUNE 18
TIME: 3:00 P.M.
LOCATION: NEPUTNE PLAYGROUND, ADJACENT TO PS 90, 2840 WEST 12TH STREET BETWEEN SURF AND NEPTUNE AVE
CONEY ISLAND, BROOKLYN
Bazzo 06/16/12
