VINCE VAUGHN TANDEM Chicago Air & Water Show

by Donna Dixon on August 9, 2010 · 1 comment

in Tandem Team

  

Vince believes "Comedy, at it's best, is healing"

Vincent  Vaughn will be taking his comedy sky high!  On Saturday August 14 at 11:00 am, he will be soaring over the waters of Chicago charted by Billy Murray. Vince is a strong believer that comedy, at it’s best, can be healing and always attempts to do his very best at everything. 6’ 5” Vaughn was born on March 28,1970, in Minneapolis, Minnesota is an avid Chicago Blackhawks fan and is nicked named “Mr. Sunshine.”

For Immediate Release: August 9, 2010

Media Contacts:          Mary May                                           Cindy Gatziolis          

                                    (312) 744-0576                                   (312) 744-0573

                                    (312) 446-5603 – cell                          cgatziolis@cityofchicaog.org

                                    mmay@cityofchicago.org

VINCE VAUGHN SET TO LAND AT NORTH AVENUE BEACH!

    With the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team

Saturday, August 14 at the Chicago Air and Water Show

Chicago Blackhawk fan

Chicago born actor Vince Vaughn will jump into the 52nd Annual Chicago Air and Water Show at North Avenue Beach on Saturday, August 14 at 11:00 a.m. with the U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights to kick off the show!  Mr. Vaughn is frequently spotted around Chicago, now you can see him in the skies above Chicago!

                          Vince Vaughn, is best known for his roles in “Wedding Crashers”,  “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story”, “Old School”, and “The Break-up”. He is currently wrapping up filming of “The Dilemma” from Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment.  The film is directed by Ron Howard and they have been shooting here in Chicago since May.  The film’s stars include Vaughn, Kevin James and Winona Ryder.   Other Chicago films Vince Vaughn shot in Chicago include the “The Break-Up” & “Fred Claus”.

The U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights will be performing the tandem jump with Vaughn.  In recent years the Golden Knights have tandem jumped former President George H.W. Bush and Bill Murray in Chicago in 2008.   The Golden Knights and Vince Vaughn will jump out of an aircraft 12,500 feet above Chicago and race to North Avenue Beach at speeds exceeding 120 mph, to kick off the Chicago Air and Water Show.

The Chicago Air and Water Show is free to the public and made possible by presenting sponsor Shell Oil Products U.S., and these sponsors: ABC 7 Chicago, American Airlines, The Boeing Company, Bud Light, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Tribune, Columbia Sportswear, Communications Direct, Hinckley Springs, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, LaGrou Distribution System, M*M Graphics, Oracle, Pepsi-Cola, and WBBM Newsradio 780.

Fr more information on the Chicago Air and Water Show, please call the Mayor’s Office of Special Events at (312) 744-3315or visit the web at www.chicagoairandwatershow.us. 

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