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MEMORIAL WEEKEND DINNER AND CONCERT

Sunday, 26 May 2019 – 1730 – Memorial Day Celebration – Dinner and KC Symphony Concert

The associations of graduates of the Air Force Academy, Annapolis, and West Point invite you to our annual dinner and concert honoring our American Veterans and the Fallen.  This annual celebration in the private dining room at Pierponts at Union Station will be followed by the Kansas City Symphony’s Celebration at the Station concert. This year our dinner will be a celebration of the commissioning of the Navy’s newest ship, the USS Kansas City.

Location:  Pierponts at Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Rd, KC, MO 64108 (816-221-5111) (Belvedere Private Dining room, second floor)

Date/Time:  Sunday, 26 May 2019, 1700 (5:00 pm)

 

Presentations:

  • Guest Speaker, CDR Travis Dvorak, USN, Skipper of the USS Kansas City
  • RADM Jeff Penfield, Chairman of USS Kansas City Commissioning Committee
  • Special video presentations by Sean Winn, Producer of Patriotic Productions

 

Special guests include:

  • Steve Woelk, USS Pueblo POW
  • Debbie Austin, President, North East Chapter, American Gold Star Mothers
  • Four WW II veterans as our honored guests

 

Dinner Options:

CAESAR SALAD| Romaine lettuce, Caesar dressing, Parmigiano-Reggiano and sourdough croutons

Choice of one:

KC STRIP| grilled 10 oz. cut, roasted garlic whipped potatoes, baby green beans and maître d’butter

 

GRILLED MAHI MAHI | herbed risotto, sweet peas and blue crab cardinal sauce

 

ROASTED CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS | spinach caramelized onion veloute

 

USS KANSAS CITY cake

COFFEE AND ICED TEA

 

Cash Bar: Will be open before, during and after dinner.

 

Cost: $65/plate (taxes and gratuities included)

Dress: Business Attire (Active Duty and Military Veterans are encouraged to wear their uniforms in honor of Memorial Day Weekend.)

 

Symphony Seating: KCAOG has arranged for a limited number of VIP passes and VIP seats for the KC Symphony Celebration at the Station patriotic concert.  These are normally reserved by the Symphony for donors as a fundraiser at $500/VIP Pass. However, the Symphony has recognized our Veterans’ event as important to their venue and has given us a special deal. You may reserve your VIP pass/seat for a tax-deductible donation of $25/Pass online along with your dinner reservation.  Passes will be handed out at the dinner. Alternatively, those wishing to attend the concert but without donating for seats may bring their own chairs and sit in the general audience area.

 

Donations:  Those wishing to honor our WWII veterans with a donation towards their dinner may do so upon registration.

Reservations: Due to very limited space in the Belvedere Private Dining room, early reservations are highly recommended.  Registration will close on Sunday, May 19th at midnight. Cancellation deadline for refunds is also 19 May.  Those wishing to attend after reservations are closed may sign up on a waiting list in this registration.  They will be contacted if reservations become available for them.

Reservations should be made at:     http://www.cvent.com/d/d6q66q 

 

Questions: Contact Greg Shuey at: gshuey@tensortech.com or 913-894-8887.

 

Gregory N. Shuey, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret)

President, KCAOG

913-894-8887

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MEMORIAL WEEKEND DINNER AND CONCERT
Sunday, 27 May 2018 – 1730 – Memorial Day Celebration – Dinner and KC Symphony Concert
The graduate associations of Air Force Academy, Annapolis, and West Point invite you to our annual dinner and concert honoring our American Veterans and the Fallen.  This is our annual celebration at Union Station in the private dining room at Pierponts. Dinner is followed by the always enjoyable Kansas City Symphony Patriotic Concert outside Union Station. This is an event you won’t want to miss.  This year our dinner program includes:
  • Brigadier General Kristen E. Goodwin, Commandant of the Air Force Academy, as our guest speaker (Note: Gen. Goodwin is the senior officer during the Symphony’s Patriotic Salute to the Armed Forces)
  • Debbie Austin, President, North East Chapter, American Gold Star Mothers
  • WW II veterans as our honored guests
  • Special video presentations by Sean Winn, Producer of Patriotic Productions
Location:  Pierponts at Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Rd, KC, MO 64108 (816-221-5111)
Date/Time:  Sunday, 27 May 2018, 1730 (5:30 pm) 
Dinner Options:
MIXED GREENS SALAD | tomatoes, English cucumber, carrots and roasted shallot vinaigrette

Choice of one:

FILET MIGNON | grilled 5 oz. cut, roasted garlic whipped potatoes, baby green beans and Cognac demi-glace

GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST | roasted Yukon gold potatoes, baby green beans and whiskey-bacon marmalade

SALMON | French red rice, Brussels sprouts and citrus beurre blanc

          CRÈME BRÛLÉE with fresh berries

          COFFEE AND ICED TEA

  Cash Bar will be open, before and during dinner

Cost: $65/plate (taxes and gratuities included)

Please note that due to very limited space in the Belvedere Private Dining room, early reservations are highly recommended and will be restricted to members of the three military service academies associations of graduates up until Saturday, 12 May.  After that, reservations will be open to other military service members, veterans, Parents’ club members and their spouses.  Cancellation deadline for refunds is 23 May.  Those wishing to attend after reservations are full may contact Greg Shuey below to be put on a waiting list.

Symphony Seating: As always, the KC Symphony is providing a free Memorial Weekend concert, the largest in the country, followed by a major fireworks display.   A limited number of Free VIP passes for reserved seating are being provided to each service academy alumni group in chair-back seats up front near the Symphony pavilion.  Each service academy alumni group is making a block donation out of their Treasuries to the Kansas City Symphony. That got us 18 seats.  In that event, if you want to register for possible reserved seating, immediately send an email to Bob Culler, Chapter President, with the number in your dinner party who will be attending the concert. If we go over the allocated 18 seats for Navy you may be asked to make a $25 donation to the Kansas City Symphony, so register early please. 

Donations:  Those wishing to honor our WWII veterans with a donation towards their dinner may do so upon registration.

Questions: Contact Greg Shuey at:  gshuey@tensortech.com or 913-894-8887.  Navy please contact Bob Culler USNA Kansas City Alumni Chapter President bculler@sbcglobal.net. 913 488-6319 mobile phone.

Very Important Dinner Reservations:  Reservations should be made at http://www.cvent.com/d/ggq1sf and should be prepaid with a credit card. $65 per plate. 

Bob Culler, USNA ’74, Alumni Chapter President

Gregory N. Shuey, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret)

President, KCAOG

 

USNA Chapter participated in a dinner and concert at Union Station and the Liberty WWI Memorial in downtown Kansas City. 50,000 attended the outdoor concert. 2017

Agenda for Dinner at Pierponts 2017. Charles Cottita guest, Director Voice of a Generation, was a sponsor. Dinner organized by Lt.Col Greg Shuey, USAF Ret. (USAFA ’68). Invocation by Monsignor Stu Swetland, USNA ’81.

2017 Dinner at Pierpont’s inside of Union Station honored five WWII vets speaker was Debbie Austin, President American Gold Star Mothers. USNA Chapter mustered 26 out of the 63 total attending the dinner.

The Kansas City Symphony 2017 patriotic concert featured the centennial of WWI and honored military veterans in attendance. Concert was televised by KCPT public television in KC.

The 2017 Kansas City Symphony directed by Michael Stern played a medley of patriotic music.