{"id":12672,"date":"2014-02-06T16:25:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T21:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playingfieldpromotions.com\/blog\/?p=12672"},"modified":"2022-05-25T22:16:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T22:16:09","slug":"magic-johnson-named-keynote-speaker-desert-christian-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/magic-johnson-named-keynote-speaker-desert-christian-fundraiser","title":{"rendered":"Magic Johnson Named Keynote Speaker at Desert Christian Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>INDIAN WELLS, CA. &#8212; Former NBA legend, <a href=\"\/speaker\/magic-johnson.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magic Johnson<\/a>, has been named the keynote speaker at Desert Christian Academy\u2019s 24th annual auction gala fundraiser to be held on March 29th at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort in Indian Wells, California. The benefit is the school\u2019s primary fundraiser for the school of 500 students. Tickets to the event are $150 per person. The school\u2019s annual auction gala is their primary fundraiser, and all proceeds from ticket sales will go to benefit the school\u2019s 500 students.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12678\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12678 \" title=\"magic-johnson-on-the-tonight-show\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/magic-johnson-on-the-tonight-show.webp\" alt=\"with the Lakers.\" width=\"480\" height=\"304\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo shows Magic Johnson speaking with Jay Leno Jan. 2014 about the Lakers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more-->&#8220;Magic\u2019s life has been walk of faith &amp; I know he will be an inspiration to our gala auction audience. It\u2019s been a dream of mine as a Laker fan &amp; a Magic fan, to have Mr. Johnson come and be our keynote speaker, so I am thrilled,\u201d said Desert Christian founder Dave Fulton.<br \/>\nWatch the following video where Magic Johnson discusses what&#8217;s wrong with the Lakers on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno<br \/>\n<object width=\"492\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IrJN0Xqc_1M?hl=en_US&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><br \/>\nMagic Johnson is an NBA Hall of Famer who played his entire basketball career with the Los Angeles Lakers. Johnson is currently a part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and was previously a part owner of the Los Angeles Lakers. If you would like to book athletes like Magic Johnson for a speaking engagement, guest appearance,\u00a0 endorsement or special event, <a href=\"\/request-speaker-info.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact Magic Johnson&#8217;s agent<\/a> for speaker fees or call 800.966.1380.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIAN WELLS, CA. &#8212; Former NBA legend, Magic Johnson, has been named the keynote speaker at Desert Christian Academy\u2019s 24th annual auction gala fundraiser to be held on March 29th at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort in Indian Wells, California. The benefit is the school\u2019s primary fundraiser for the school of 500 students. 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