INTRODUCTION FOR GENE GRIESSMAN AS ABRAHAM LINCOLN

And now for a few words about our speaker....

(Pronunciation of Griessman rhymes with Riceman. )

Have you ever wondered who votes for the weird shows that win Emmys?   Our speaker does.  He’s a voting member of the Television Academy. 

For years he has been listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World.

He has interviewed some of the most famous people in the world including Ronald Reagan, Ray Charles, Jimmy Carter, David Rockefeller, Sandra Day O’Connor, Jack Nicklaus, Hank Aaron, Ted Turner, Julie Andrews, Aaron Copland, Jack Lemmon, Billy Joel, and Tennessee Williams and many others  

Our speaker often appears on television and radio, and his award-winning programs have aired on WCNN and TBS.  For years he was host of “Up Close” on TBS, the SuperStation founded by Ted Turner.

He has written and co-authored seven books including the best-seller “Time Tactics of Very Successful People” and “The Words Lincoln Lived By.”  His latest DVD is “Abraham Lincoln on Communication.”

But tonight he comes to us, not as an author or a lecturer, but as the main character from the one-man play that he wrote about Abraham Lincoln.  He has performed as Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre, the Georgia Dome before an audience of 25,000, at countless conventions, schools, and universities, and most recently on board the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN.  Many who have seen this performance say that after a few minutes they feel that President Lincoln is present.

Tonight you have a front-row seat to experience this famous presentation. 

 And now ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand and join me in giving an enthusiastic __________welcome to the 16^th President of the United States, President Abraham Lincoln.