Country Star to Perform at WithIt Tent Party Friday, October 21, 2005
HIGH POINT, N.C. (Oct. 17, 2005) – Capital Records recording artist Jamie O’Neal is scheduled to perform Friday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. at the Women In the Home Industry Together (WithIt) Fall Tent Event in the Century Courtyard of Market Square during the High Point International Home Furnishings Market® Oct. 20-26, 2005.
This country music singer-songwriter has had a pair of #1 hits - There Is No Arizona and When I Think About Angels – that both earned her Grammy nominations as a songwriter for Country Song of the Year. In addition, Arizona brought a third Grammy nod for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and The Academy of Country Music named her the Top New Female Vocalist. Currently her song Somebody’s Hero from her current album Brave is in the Top Five.
O’Neal sang on the soundtracks of Bridget Jones's Diary and When We Were Soldiers, and also on the upcoming Desperate Housewives soundtrack. She has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late Show with David Letterman and toured with Reba McEntire and Martina McBride, and opened for Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney and Toby Keith. For more information visit www.jamieoneal.com.
WithIt, founded in 1997, encourages and develops leadership, mentoring, education and career opportunities for women in the home furnishings industry. A national organization created to foster the professional development of women in the furnishing industries; WithIt endeavors to involve both those who seek support and those in a position to give support. Membership is open to students, women just establishing their careers and those who have achieved the pinnacle.
Century Courtyard and the Market Square Building are located at 305 W. High St., High Point, N.C.
The International Home Furnishings Market’s seven-day event encompasses 12 million square feet and draws more than 80,000 attendees from more than 60 channels of distribution, such as home furnishings dealers, department stores, specialty stores, catalog companies, discount/mass merchandisers and regional chain stores.
For more details, please visit www.merchandisemart.com or call 800.677.MART (6278).
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. (MMPI) is a trade show and property management firm, specializing in managing buildings devoted to wholesale showrooms and commercial office space. MMPI produces more than 300 trade shows, market events and conferences each year.
MMPI manages The Merchandise Mart, 350 West Mart Center, and 33 North Dearborn in Chicago; Market Square, the Suites at Market Square, Hamilton Market, Plaza Suites, Furniture Plaza and the National Furniture Mart in High Point, N.C.; the Architects & Designers Building and 7 W New York™ in New York; the L.A. Mart® in Los Angeles; and the Washington Design Center and Washington Office Center in Washington D.C.
Vornado Realty Trust, owner of MMPI, based in New York City, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust. Vornado’s common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and are traded under the symbol VNO.
The International Home Furnishings Market is a registered trademark of the International Home Furnishings Market Authority.
MEDIA INQUIRIES ONLY:
Jackie Paulsen
Director of Public Relations
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.
Phone: 312.527.7555
E-mail: jpaulsen@mmart.com
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