Tea Party group holding ceremony Saturday
Special to Highlands Today

The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 12, 2009

SEBRING - The Highlands Tea Party will be on the Sebring Circle on Saturday, Nov. 14 to raise awareness about their cause.

The tax protesting group will be on the Circle from 1-3 p.m., according to a press release.

"Our goal is to raise awareness ofvarious important issuesaffecting our nation today," said Mary Bengtson, chair of The Highlands Tea Party. "We are expecting a huge turn out with people coming from all over the state of Florida."

Tom Macklin, former mayor of Avon Park, will be speaking about amnesty for illegal immigrants and other speakers will include Mike Barry, Richard Norris, Bill Farmer and Barry Foster.
Master of ceremonies will be Don Elwell and the keynote speaker will be Robin Stublen, the Florida coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots.

Patriotic and inspirational musical entertainment will be provided by The Rivoli Revue who will perform "Press One For English," Rebecca Faith, Dustin McCranie and Doug Gandy.

The event will be followed by the Saturday Night Cruise and the finale of Heartland Idol. With the event coordinators expecting a large turn out, they urge those who wish to attend to come early and get a parking space along the spokes of the Circle as the parking spaces on Circle Drive will be reserved for the Saturday Night Cruise cars.

For more information, contact Mary at thehighlandsteaparty@yahoo.com.

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