Club members can buy tickets to the Gridiron Reprise, March 3

For 134 years, a great Washington tradition known as the Gridiron Show has skewered presidents and congressional leaders, political candidates and journalists. The Gridiron Club and Foundation first regales official Washington at a white-tie dinner on Saturday night with satire and songs. The next day, the club puts on another performance – known as the Gridiron Sunday Reprise -- for associations, alumni groups, friends and family. As a National Press Club member, you have been invited to take part in this event.

The 2019 Sunday Reprise will be held Sunday, March 3, in the ballroom of the Washington Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street NW. The reception, which includes beer, wine, soft drinks and munchies, begins at 2 p.m. The show starts at 3 p.m. and ends by 5 p.m. Dress is business casual.

During the reprise, you are likely to see well-known faces that might include Wolf Blitzer of CNN, Andrea Mitchell of NBC, Judy Woodruff of PBS and Bret Baier of Fox News. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields relays highlights of the speeches that were delivered the night before that typically include remarks by the president – or another member of
the administration -- and in this case, Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana. Running the musical performance is the director of the President’s Own, the United States Marine Band, Lt. Col. Jason Fettig, the club's musical director.

Tickets are $70 each. Because the Gridiron Club is a 501© (3) organization, $56 of the ticket cost is tax-deductible as a charitable contribution.

If you are interested in this fun event, please send a check by Feb. 20 for $70 per ticket, made out to Gridiron Club and Foundation to:

Carol Stevens
3507 N. Ohio Street
Arlington VA 22207

Tickets can be distributed to you before the show or held at Will Call outside the ballroom at the Washington Renaissance Hotel. Please note when purchasing that you'd like to sit with your National Press Club friends.