NEWS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 29, 2004

CALENDAR NOTICE

ORLANDO HOME SHOW RETURNS SEPT. 24-26, 2004

WITH AREA’S LARGEST HOME REMODELING AND INTERIOR DÉCOR CONSUMER SHOWCASE

Former Trading Spaces Designer Vern Yip Is Featured Guest

Last year, it broke all records as the largest consumer event in the history of the Orange County Convention Center.  This fall, the Orlando Home Show returns September 24-26 to Hall South B in the Center’s new North/South Complex as the area’s leading and largest consumer showcase of new products and services for home remodeling and interior décor.  Guests can experience the very latest in remodeling, building, decorating and landscaping products and services from more than 600 exhibits and seminar experts representing 50-plus home improvement-related disciplines.  Highlights include:

• Vern Yip, formerly of the hit TV show, Trading Spaces, offers the latest advice and trends on interior design, plus answers questions, meets with guests and signs autographs in two appearances on Friday and Saturday
• Presentations by “The Wall Wizard,” Brian Santos, “The Bed and & Bath Lady,”

Mary Grover, and other national home improvement experts

• Celebrity Showcase Rooms designed for local TV and radio personalities
• A complete home, built on the show floor by Nautilus Homes

• Live radio broadcasts by  WFLA’s In the House with Ken & Jared
• Free children’s activities

• Plus, live entertainment, giveaways, contests and more. 

Show hours are Friday, September 24, 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m., Saturday, September 25, 10:00 a.m. -9:00 p.m., and Sunday, September 26, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.  Tickets are available at the door, $8.00 for adults, $4 for children ages 6-12, and free for children ages 5 and under.  Seniors are $5.00 on Friday only.  Guests receive $2 off admission for bringing a new or gently-used children’s book to the ticket window.  Books will be donated to the Orlando Sentinel’s Reading By Nine literacy program.  Limit one discount per adult full-price admission; no combining of discount offers.  Ample, convenient on-site parking is available adjacent to the new North/South Complex, and is discounted to $5 per car with a valid Florida driver’s license.  For more details, consumers can call 800/645-7798, or visit www.orlandohomeshow.com.  The Orlando Home Show and its springtime sister show, the Central Florida Home & Garden Show, are both produced by dmg world media, one of the world’s leading exposition companies.   

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