Our holiday luncheon was on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at the Bala Golf Club. It was a holiday festival with Danny & the Juniors, Billy Carlucci of "Billy and the Essentials," Peggy King, Ukee Washington, Jane Norman, Joe Pellegrino, Bill Wright, Sr., John Primerano and more.

It all happened at the beautiful Bala Golf Club, 2200 Belmont Avenue in Philadelphia! Just minutes away from Channels 6, 10 and 17 plus the radio stations in Bala Cynwyd. Meet and greet (networking) started at noon with lunch served at 12:30 pm.

Our MC were Dom Giordano and Robin Mackintosh. Some of the people you hears from were:

(In alphabetical order) Paul Big Bear, Billy Carlucci of “Billy and the Essentials,” Danny & the Juniors, Peggy King, Jane Norman (aka Pixanne), Joe Pellegrino, John Primerano, Ukee Washington, Bucky Clark and Bill Wright Sr.

Plus, Jane Norman has written a very special Chanukah song which she will premiere for us at this very luncheon! She wrote it just for this event so you'll be the very first to hear it.

Plus, you got a free, complete reproduction of the December 1953, Christmas issue of "the Bunyip News." It was issued by WPTZ, Channel 3 in Philadelphia who carried the children's program called, "Bertie the Bunyip."

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Our luncheon MCs were member Dom Giordano of WPHT Radio and member Robin Mackintosh, formerly of Eyewitness News. Dom started things off and introduced Father James Drucker (who is also a Broadcast Pioneers member) who did the invocation.

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Part of program included a reading of the New York Sun's Editorial, "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus. It was read by Paul Wright, son of member Bill Wright, Sr.

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One of the highlights was when Pretty Perky Peggy King (of the network George Gobel TV Show) sang a duet of Silent Night with Eyewitness News Anchor Ukee Washington.

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