New Silver and Golden Owls to join flock April 26

New Silver and Golden Owls, the Class of 2012, will be inducted into the flock of longtime National Press Club members when the Owls gather to roost at the Club for their spring "Hoot" April 26.

The event salutes the the "long, gray line" of 32 surviving ex-presidents of the National Press Club and 10 surviving ex-presidents of the old Washington Press Club, which merged with the NPC in 1985.

The April 26 event begins at 6:30 p.m. with a reception followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. in the ballroom. All members and their guests are welcome. You do not have to be a Silver or Golden Owl to attend.

John Eaton, the great jazz pianist and one of the legendary interpreters of American popular music, will entertain. Eaton, who performs and lectures regularly at such venues as the Smithsonian Institution's Performing Arts jazz series, the Kool Jazz Festival and Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, is an old friend of the Silver Owls, the organization of National Press Club members who have belonged to the organization for 25 or more years. He is a past recipient of their highest honor, the Order of the Owl.

To reserve call 202-662-7501 or e-mail [email protected].

The cost is $35 per person. There will be a cash bar. Free parking will be provided at the PMI lot on G Street,between 13th and 14th Streets (about a block and a half from the Club).