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First Lady to Share Madison Square Garden Box with Special Guests

    NEW YORK, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- First Lady Laura Bush will share her
Madison Square Garden box with a number of special guests during tonight's
session of the 2004 Republican National Convention.
    The First Lady is also a featured speaker for this evening's convention
program that will pay tribute to the compassion of the American people and the
uniquely American belief that our best days lie ahead.

    Mrs. Bush's guests include:

    *  Princella Smith, of Wynne, AR, winner of the 2004 Republican National
       Convention and MTV's Stand Up and Holla! Essay Contest and also a
       featured speaker.

    *  Congresswoman Anne Northup, of Kentucky, an aggressive advocate for
       education reform, and a member of the Congressional Coalition on
       Adoption.

    *  Greg Loy, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside,
       California, who will deliver the evening's invocation.

    *  Rebettin Esther Jungreis, of New York, a survivor of the Nazi's Bergen
       Belsen concentration camp and founder of Hineni, an international out-
       reach organization, who will deliver the evening's benediction.

    *  Gracie Rosenberger, of Tennessee, an entertainer whose inspirational
       presentations reflect her journey through recovery from a devastating
       car accident in 1983 which led to more than 60 operations and
       eventually the amputation of both of her legs.


    Additional special guests include:

    *  Maria Shriver, First Lady of California and the Schwarzenegger
       children: Catherine, Kristina, Patrick, Christopher.

    *  Mr. Roland Betts and Mrs. Betts

    *  The Honorable Don Evans and Mrs. Evans

    *  Oscar de la Renta

    *  The Honorable Alonzo Jackson and Mrs. Jackson


    Bush family members in the box will include:

    *  Jenna and Barbara Bush

    *  Former President George H.W. Bush and Former First Lady Barbara Bush

    *  Doro Koch Bush

    *  Neil and Maria Bush

    *  George P. and Mandi Bush


            Paid for by the Committee on Arrangements for the 2004
                        Republican National Convention
           Not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee.


SOURCE 2004 Republican National Convention




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