PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS CELEBRATES HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AT HEALTHIER US FITNESS FESTIVAL

Free public celebration in Washington , DC on National Mall features Harlem Globetrotters, interactive sports and dance demos, yoga, Tai Chi, health information/screenings, fitness tips.

When: Wednesday, June 16, 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. ( 12:00 - Harlem Globetrotters)

Where: National Mall, between 1 st and 4 th Streets, SW, Washington , DC

Who: Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson; U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona; Congressmen Zach Wamp and Mark Udall; Harlem Globetrotters

Free and Open to the Public

The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (PCPFS) will showcase activities to help all Americans get moving for health. The festival program will feature a noon appearance by Harlem Globetrotters basketball team members ( Herbert ‘Flight Time' Lang, Keiron ‘Sweet Pea' Shine, Bubba Wells and Michael ‘Wild Thing' Wilson), who will appear on the main stage with HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson; the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Richard Carmona; Congressmen Zach Wamp and Mark Udall, co-chairs of the Congressional Fitness Caucus; and Melissa Johnson, executive director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. From 10:00 A. M. to 3:00 PM, the festival will include ongoing interactive sports demonstrations (basketball, football, soccer) as well as fitness dancing, bicycling, yoga, rugby, walking, Tai Chi, lacrosse, running, and sports new to the U.S.--Tchoukball and USFooty. Health and fitness experts from forty organizations will be on hand to share tips and health information.

The Healthier US Fitness Festival
Program of Events
June 16, 2004

10:00   Opening of Healthier US Fitness Festival

10:05   Kids Move with Dr. Bear - National Children's Medical Center

10:20   Kids in Action - National Association of Sport and Physical Education

10:35   Bally Total Fitness Aerobic Dance

10:50   Integral Yoga/Yogaville

11:00   USA Football

11:05  Thera Band – Stretching with Elastic Bands

11:15  Jazzercise, Judi Sheppard Missett

12:00  Secretary Tommy G. Thompson -Department of Health and Human Services

            Harlem Globetrotters

            Congressmen Zach Wamp and Mark Udall

            Dr. Richard Carmona - U.S. Surgeon General

           Fran Mainella - Director, National Park Service
           Department of Interior

12:30  President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports' Recognitions
            Melissa Johnson, Executive Director

12:40   Nike – SPARK Program

1:00   Leslie Sansone – Power Walk 1 mile

1:15   The Sergeant's Program

1:30   Young at Heart Line Dancing

1:45   Sports Club/LA - Body Wedge 21

2:00   Northern Virginia Gymnastics Academy

3:00   Closing