C-SPAN New Civics Bus to Visit SC Book Festival February 26- March 1

The award-winning C-SPAN Civics Bus is back on the road on its new “100 Days, 100 Schools” national tour. The 45-foot mobile production studio and demonstration center will travel to Columbia and finish up its tour at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center after stopping at Airport High School, Ben Lippen School, the West Columbia Rotary, and Benedict College. Time Warner in Columbia is hosting the Bus during its visit.

The Bus will be open for talks with students and teachers at Airport and Ben Lippen schools. The public is invited aboard the Bus at Benedict College and the South Carolina Book Festival. We will also be filming interviews for C-SPAN2’s BookTV at the festival.

Thursday, February 26

· Airport High School, West Columbia, SC: 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
· Ben Lippen School, Columbia, SC: 11:45 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.

Friday, February 27

· West Metro/West Columbia Rotary, Holiday Inn Columbia Airport: 7:30 a.m.-9:15 a.m.
· Benedict College, Columbia, SC: 11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 28

· South Carolina Book Festival, Columbia Convention Center: 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 1

· South Carolina Book Festival, Columbia Convention Center: 11:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Two thousand nine marks the bus’s sixteenth year on the road. With a new exterior design wrap and an interior with the latest television production equipment, the C-SPAN Civics Bus is scheduled to travel to Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington state. For more information and the latest schedule, visit our website at www.c-span.org/schoolbus.

Students, teachers and the public will have the chance to tour the bus during stops and learn about the many resources C-SPAN offers, including the network’s education website, C-SPAN Classroom (www.c-spanclassroom.org) a free membership service for educators with downloadable video clips; the C-SPAN Video library (www.c-spanarchives.org ); and C-SPAN’s coverage of the new administration.