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Press Release | Fleet Week San Diego
FLEET WEEK
SAN DIEGO CELEBRATES OUR NATION’S FREEDOM
SAN DIEGO, June 10, 2008 – The next Fleet Week San Diego event is
rapidly approaching.
Join us on Sunday, July 6th to celebrate the brave men and women who
defend our nation’s freedom. Approximately 5,000 people will be heading
down to the Embarcadero Marina Park South to celebrate Bands and Booms,
one of the many successful Fleet Week San Diego events.
Bands and Booms
Produced by the San Diego Symphony, this Annual Fourth of July
celebration features patriotic music and spectacular fireworks.
The San Diego Symphony has generously provided 250 tickets for each
performance to active duty military families. The tickets may be
obtained by contacting the on-base MWR or MCCS Ticket Offices. General
tickets may be purchased through the San Diego Symphony by calling their
box office at: 619.235.0804 or visit www.sandiegosymphony.com.
Fleet Week San Diego
With a range of major corporate sponsors that include the Northrop
Grumman Corporation, the Port of San Diego, TriWest Healthcare Alliance,
Raytheon, North Island Credit Union, General Dynamics, The San Diego
Padres, SeaWorld, USA Federal Credit Union, BAE Systems, Lockheed
Martin, Union Bank of California, General Atomics and a host of others,
the Foundation produces events that entertain and thank our military
service members and their families for their extraordinary sacrifice and
selfless dedication.
Thanks to the overwhelming support from regional businesses and the
people of San Diego, our Fleet Week has become the largest “thank you”
to the military in the nation and has adopted the tag line, “Fleet Week,
Honoring our Military throughout the Year”.
What: Fleet Week San Diego’s Annual 4th of July Celebration,
Bands and Booms
When: Sunday, July 6th – 7:30pm seating, performance begins at
8pm
Where: Embarcadero Marina Park South (Just behind the San Diego
Convention Center)
Fleet Week San Diego is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation. In
addition to honoring the military services through the annual Fleet Week
events, the Foundation’s goals are to foster awareness of the
contributions made by enlisted military personnel and their families, to
enhance relationships between the civilian, business and military
communities, to provide events that Military personnel and their
families can attend at little or no cost, and to raise funds for
charitable efforts benefiting enlisted service members and their
families. Benefiting organizations include the USO, Navy-Marine Corps
Relief Society and the Armed Services YMCA. For more information, or for
a complete listing of all of the Fleet Week events, please visit www.fleetweeksandiego.org.
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