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VNU Jewelry Group Timothy V. Welo, 646-654-4955 or Bratskeir/ Seidman Meredith Bryan, 212-679-2233 mbryan@bratskeir.com or Erin Cohen, 212-679-2233 ecohen@bratskeir.com
VNU Expositions is pleased to announce the appointment of Nancy Robey to the position of Vice President of the VNU Expositions Jewelry Group. Robey was previously Group Brand Director at VNU.
Robey has been instrumental in guiding the Jewelry Group to a distinctive level since she joined VNU in 1994. She is responsible for both the development and launch of the Couture Jewelry Collection & Conference in 1995 and recently achieved success with the Couture Diamond Leadership Conference, launched to great reviews at the Plaza Hotel in New York City in October. Her knowledge of this selective market and understanding of the clientele have made the Couture shows the industry’s premier event.
“I’m thrilled about my expanded role with the VNU Expositions Jewelry Group and looking forward to continuing to bring the best service and standards to our partners in the industry,” says Robey. “The success of Couture has been exhilarating, and it emphasizes VNU’s dedication to the needs of our exhibitors and buyers. I am excited to continue my work with Couture and also to work more closely with the outstanding JA New York shows, which are in a class of their own in terms of the breadth of their selection and the efficiency of their business environment.”
The expansion of Couture will continue under Robey’s leadership in conjunction with Show Director Mindy Fielman, with the debut of the Couture Pavilion at the upcoming JA New York Winter Show, January 23-25, 2005 at the Jacob Javits Center. This special exhibitor section is designed to expand upon the very successful Couture Club at JA New York, and will provide exhibitors and buyers with an array of special amenities – and of course, Couture’s unparalleled business environment. The debut of the Couture Pavilion coincides with the move of the exclusive Couture Jewellery Collection & Conference from Phoenix to the brand-new Wynn Las Vegas this upcoming spring.
The move to Las Vegas will also signify the debut of Signature Salons, which will immediately follow Couture in early June. Signature Salons promises to be an exceptional event, showcasing the finest names in the jewelry industry in a world-class business and luxury environment. With the incredible demand for exhibitors to remain at the Wynn after Couture in its first year, Signature Salons is poised to become a premier jewelry event for the entire industry moving forward.
Robey will take on an expanded role in the leadership of the JA New York Shows, which include the JA New York Winter and Summer Shows and the JANY Special Delivery Show, which debuted this past October at the Javits Center in NYC. JA New York continues to lead the industry in attracting exhibitors from around the world to showcase their diverse collections in a highly organized, service- oriented, and professional environment. With the addition of the Couture Pavilion at the Winter Show, JA New York has raised the bar of expectations and promises to cater to the most discriminating buyers and exhibitors. Under Robey’s direction and in collaboration with Drew Lawsky – JA Show Director, JA New York will remain at the forefront of the jewelry industry, setting trends and defining the jewelry exhibition experience for years to come.
Robey’s influence in the jewelry industry has been widely acknowledged, and her work with Couture exemplifies her unparallel vision for both perfection and prestige. She received the NW Ayer Chairman’s Award as Account Executive while working on the DeBeers account from 1987-1991 and the prestigious Women’s Jewelry Association Award for Excellence in Marketing as an acknowledgement of her outstanding leadership in 1997. Prior to joining VNU, Robey held such esteemed positions as the Director of Advertising at Tiffany and President of her own consulting business, Robey Partnership.
About Couture Jewellery Collection & Conference
The Couture Jewellery Collection & Conference is the definitive event for the most upscale jewelers and the designers, manufacturers, watchmakers and press that serve them. Like the premier fashion designers who present their new lines on the runways of Paris, Milan, London, and New York, the world’s elite jewelry designers gather to show their latest collections at the Couture Jewellery Collection & Conference. The conference is by-invitation- only and to the trade.
About VNU Jewelry Group
The VNU Jewelry Group is a division of VNU Expositions Inc., a leading event management company producing trade shows, conferences and special events. VNU Expositions produces more than 50 conferences and trade shows annually for professionals in fields ranging from presentations and training to travel, design and retail merchandising. VNU Expos reach thousands of industry leaders each year in collaborative environments designed to inspire, inform and entertain. VNU Expositions is part of VNU Business Media, which publishes Couture International Jeweler, the official business journal of the Couture Jewellery Collection & Conference.
Hear that tap-tap-tapping at your front door? That’s Cupid reminding you that Valentine’s Day is tomorrow.
Hopefully, your plans for the evening have already been made.
But just in case, Tucson’s arts community has a few performances in store:
Ballet Tucson
Ballet Tucson is transforming its annual Roots of Choreography show into a tiffany and co V-Day extravaganza this year.
The series, dubbed “Ballet Tucson ROCS III: Dances From the Heart” this year, is meant to showcase works created by company members and artists around Tucson.
The program will feature choreography by Amy Barr-Holm for members of the Thom Lewis Dance Company and by Ashley Bowman, a Ballet Tucson alumna earning her master’s in choreography from the University of Arizona. The evening will also include a performance by Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers Margaret Mullin and Andrew Bartee.
Patrons will be treated to champagne, chocolate and a chance to win jewelry for their significant other.
The event is at the intimate Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. Tickets are $25, with discounts available. 903-1445.
Zuzi Dance Company
Modern-movement fans can catch Zuzi Dance Company’s youth night edition of its “Gotta Have pendants HeART! No Frills Dance Happenin’” on Saturday.
The evening, which may or may not sound at all romantic, will include performances by the hip-hop club from University High School, El Graves from the Human Project, acro yoga, belly dancers and the Utterback Middle School dance team. This in addition to performances by Zuzi company members and its “Many Limbs” youth aerial troupe.
Zuzi will host its adult choreographers showcase tonight at 7:30. The evening will feature works by The Human Project, Mirasol, The Movement Salon, Elizabeth Breck and Carie Schneider.
Saturday’s performance also begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for either show are $10. 629-0237.
Tucson Jazz Society
If music is more your thing, the Tucson Jazz Society is hosting smooth-jazz sax players Marion Meadows and Jessy J at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive.
Meadows lives in Phoenix, so it is not uncommon to see him playing Tucson. Jessy J, on the earrings other hand, brings a new flavor to the Old Pueblo.
Jessy grew up in California with a deep admiration for artists such as John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley. She went to USC and earned a degree in jazz studies as well as the title of Most Outstanding Jazz Student in her class.
Her official career as an artist began on Valentine’s Day three years ago when she performed as part of guitarist Paul Brown’s band at a festival in Fresno.
Jessy has performed and recorded with the likes of Michael Buble, The Temptations and Jessica Simpson, as well as Mexican artists Gloria Trevi and Armando Manzanero.
Doors for the show open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35, with discounts and specials available, through the Tucson Jazz Society, 903-1265.
Contact reporter Gerald M. Gay at 573-4137 or ggay@azstarnet.com.
Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release:
Conference rivals Northwest Missouri State and Missouri Western square off in a tiffany jewelry Valentine’s Day tussle Saturday at MWSU Fieldhouse in St. Joseph, Mo. Tip is 7:30 p.m.
The Griffons (11-12, 8-8 MIAA) can clinch their first MIAA tournament berth since 2006 with a win on their home court and ultimately sweep the Bearcats (10-12, 5-10) for the first time in 10 years. Missouri Western was 1-11 against Northwest since 2002 prior to a 66-63 win in Maryville back on Jan. 7.
It’s nearly a must-win for Northwest, which currently stands one game behind Missouri Southern and 2.5 games behind the Griffons for the eighth and final spot in the tournament. The Bearcats next two opponents hold a combined record of 17-29 (.370). Their final three boast a mark of 54-15 (.783).
Northwest has just one road win this season, that being a 72-63 decision against lowly Truman on pendants Jan. 10. The Bearcats are averaging 11 fewer points and shooting 11 percentage points lower in true road games.
Northwest is coming off a 75-72 home win against Pittsburg State last Saturday and has had a week to prepare for the Griffons due to the mid-week bye. Missouri Western, meanwhile, got just one point from leading scorer Dominique Thuston, but pulled out an 83-77 win on the road at Nebraska-Omaha Wednesday. Marcus Rhodes and Lonnel Johnson combined to score 44 points.
Rhodes had a team-high 17 points in the first meeting between Missouri Western and Northwest. The Griffons saw a 10-point, second-half lead dissolve down the stretch, but held the Bearcats scoreless in the final 97 seconds to earn the win.
Mike Larsen scored 15 points to lead Northwest against Missouri Western. Elijah Allen added 14 and earrings Hunter Henry finished with 12 points and 10 boards.
Henry, the MIAA’s top rebounder, has averaged 18.7 points and 9.3 rebounds in road games this season. He became the second player in program history with 1,500 career points and 750 career rebounds during last weekend’s win against Pittsburg State.For more information about US Fed News contract awards please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, US Fed News, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.com.
Natalia Corp., Waltham, Mass., has been issued the tiffany jewellery trademark WISHLETS (Reg. No. 3695391) by the USPTO.
The trademark application (serial number 77695479) was filed on March 20, 2009 and was registered on Oct. 13.
The description of the mark registered is “The color(s) yellow, blue, pink, green and orange is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the word “WISHLETS” in capital letters in blue lettering. There are different kinds of star shapes all around the the word “WISHLETS” in the colors of green, pink earrings and orange. The whole image is placed on a background of the color yellow”.
The goods for which registration was sought are “Bracelets, Jewelry, Necklaces”. For more information about US Fed News trademarks please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, US Fed News, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.com.
The Salvation Army held its “Big Ring” event Tuesday, officially starting the tiffany jewellery bell ringing request for donations that goes along with the holiday season.
Officials were hoping to raise $12,000 in just 12 hours, with multiple kettles stationed around the Valley Dairy at North Washington Street and University Avenue. The goal of the kettle drive, which goes until Christmas, is to raise $106,000, plus an additional $154,000 in mail and online donations.
Salvation Army Maj. Ed Wilson said volunteers began ringing bells last week, but Tuesday’s event was the official start. “This is really where we get the fundraising going,” he said. “We always look forward to this event because it really does get people excited for the season.”
The snowy weather Tuesday was maybe even a boost to the event because “people are feeling more Christmas-y,” Wilson said.
A big attraction
This year’s “Big Ring” became somewhat of a tourist trap Tuesday with the addition of “Big Sal,” money clips the world’s largest kettle, on loan from Salvation Army offices in the Twin Cities. The 8-foot-by 8-foot kettle is similar in some ways to towns that boast of having the world’s largest bass or largest buffalo, Wilson said.
Weighing more than a ton, “Big Sal” was an eye-catching sight in the Valley Dairy parking lot. He said he got a lot of curious looks from UND students as he drove it down University Avenue early Monday morning after picking it up in Minneapolis.
The kettle will make its rounds around North Dakota and Minnesota the next few weeks.
Wilson said the holiday charity drive is the Salvation Army’s major campaign. “One-third of our budget is raised in a very short six weeks,” he said.
That money is important because of the programs it provides to people in Grand Forks, East Grand Forks and all of Grand Forks County, Wilson said. The Salvation Army offers housing assistance, prescription medicine assistance and youth programs, and also runs a food shelf.
But many in the area associate the Salvation Army with the organization’s emergency disaster assistance, especially important during spring flooding along the Red River Valley.
New this year
Donors may notice a few changes this year — including the switch from metal to plastic kettles, which are designed pendants more securely and make it harder for people to grab a few bills out of the kettle.
And donating will be easier this year, with the addition of $1 “paper kettles” for purchase at local businesses. There are 22 local bell ringing sites this year, more than in the past, with new additions including L&M Meats and all Hugo’s locations. The previous locations will still be involved, including the Columbia Mall, Wal-Mart and Grand Cities Mall.
Some kettles in other parts of the country can even accept credit cards, but those are just on a trial basis and Grand Forks isn’t yet participating, Wilson said. But donors can still give cash, coins and checks at the local kettles, or can donate online by visiting www.thesalarmy.org and following instructions to designate the gift to the Grand Forks Salvation Army.
Wilson said the poor economy has made it harder than ever to get donations. “It’s going to be tough,” he said. “Some of our donors aren’t giving as much as they did last year.”
In fact, many donors only gave 50 percent of the amount they had donated in the past, he added. Still, Wilson seemed earrings optimistic his organization would be able to raise its $260,000 total goal before Christmas.
He’s spent 25 years with the Salvation Army, including about 18 months now in Grand Forks, but didn’t have to think twice when asked if he is sick of listening to the bell ringing each year.
“Never,” Wilson said. “When I hear the bell, it really is ringing in the sound of hope.”
Reach Johnson at (701) 780-1105; (800) 477-6572, ext. 105; or send e-mail to rjohnson@gfherald.com.
Louisiana State University issued the following news release:
The sights, sounds and all the 19th century trimmings of Christmas time in the country come alive during buy tiffany the annual LSU Rural Life Museum’s “A Rural Life Christmas” on Sunday, Dec. 6, from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Guest can relive memories of an old-fashioned Christmas, while experiencing seasonal activities that are traditional to south Louisiana. Smell the freshly cut greenery and what’s cooking in the period open-hearth kitchen. Candlelight and cypress wreaths will adorn each building to add to the old-fashioned Louisiana Christmas atmosphere.
Costumed re-enactors and artisans will perform various activities including candle making, soap making by Julia Hooker, blacksmithing by Karl Nettles, rosary crafting by Elaine Bourque, textiles by Linda Hall, doll making by Monique Metrailer and much more.
Nineteenth century yard games and storytelling by local professionals will continue throughout the day. Wagon rides tiffany pendants will be offered for everyone to enjoy. The day’s festivities will conclude with a traditional bonfire, as it lights the way for Papa Noel’s annual visit with the kids.
For Christmas shopping, the museum’s gift shop will feature an assortment of traditional, handcrafted Louisiana pieces. This year, tickets to the annual Zapp’s Beerfest will be made available for purchase to go into those Christmas stockings.
Jambalaya and gumbo dinners will be available for purchase and hot apple cider will be served to visitors. Tickets may be purchased on the day of the event. Admission is $7 per person, and children 10 years old and younger are admitted for free.
The event will be held at the Rural Life Museum at 4650 Essen Lane in Baton Rouge. For information, call 225-765-2437.For tiffany earrings more information please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.com.
Melissa Foley, 225/578-3869.
The L & L’s BBQ in Refugio will jingle the town into the holiday tiffany and co season with a Christmas Extravaganza on Saturday.
The 2,500 square-foot restaurant will house at least 10 local vendors who will showcase and sell their jewelry, crafts and other merchandise, said Lenny Anzaldua, restaurant owner.
“We just want to get through the day and prove that it can be done,” Anzaldua said.
Anzaldua, his manager Sharon Lowrance, and Juanita Freudiger, the silver money clips owner of the Gifts of J 4, came up with the idea in early November, he said.
The Chamber of Commerce and Go Texan have sponsored the event by name only, he added.
Hopes are that those sponsorships will provide for a bigger and better event next year, Anzaldua said.
Food will be available as well as wine tasting, free wine silver pendants glasses and door prizes awarded every 30 minutes.
The extravaganza is still accepting vendors interested in signing up.
There is no fee. The only charge is that the business bring a door prize.
“If those go well, we will probably find a bigger venue,”silver earrings Anzaldua said.
This is not the old, familiar “Christmas tiffany Carol.” Here, Scrooge moves over, and Jacob Marley tells his side of the ghost story.
Mad Hatt’r Theatre Co. will bring an uproarious holiday comedy to the community theater at Twin Falls’ senior center with its reading of “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol.” At 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 21 and 28, the readings will feature Magic Valley actors Michael Johnson, Tony Mannen, Billy Perry and Jud Harmon.
The senior center, at 530 Shoshone St. W., is across from Depot Grill. Tickets are $5, available at the door.
“Scrooge? I have to redeem old Scrooge?” says Jacob Marley, Ebenezer Scrooge’s former partner tiffany earrings. “The one man I knew who was worse than I was? Impossible!”
So begins the story behind the scenes of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” — the story of Jacob Marley’s heroic but hysterical efforts to save old Scrooge’s soul and, in the process, save his own. Aided by a Bogle, a malicious little hell-sprite with an agenda of his own, the journey takes them from the Jaws of Death to the Mouth of Hell.
Note to families:It’s an irreverent farce, and Mad Hatt’r caters to adult theater crowds.
“Jacob Marley’s Christ-mas Carol” played for two seasons at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, a Mad Hatt’r tiffany key rings press release said. The show was nominated for four Joseph Jefferson Awards and received an After Dark Award and the Goodman School of Drama’s Cunningham Prize for Playwriting. The play has since been performed in theaters across the country, and for seven seasons it has been broadcast nationally on NPR.
Charity donations made in lieu of presents are becoming common gifts at birthdays and Christmas. tiffany Now a new beneficiary is being marketed alongside victims of famine and endangered species: the Treasury.
Britain’s national debt, currently at record peacetime levels, has become a charitable cause.
The Charities Advisory Trust, which has offered to collect donations and send them to the Treasury to help “whittle down Britain’s national debt”, has already received individual gifts of up to pound(s)500 from publicly minded citizens.
The scheme is being promoted as an ideal Christmas present for those worried about bequeathing the legacy of the banking crisis to the next generation. “Why lumber your descendants with a staggering debt burden?” the advertisements ask. “A wonderful present for children and grandchildren . . . Now is the time to start reducing the National Debt in their names”.
A donation of pound(s)20 is suggested, although bankers feeling weighed down by guilt have the option silver pendants to pay in pound(s)1,000. Higher rate taxpayers should be able to claim back tax relief on donations made to the Treasury, according to PwC, the professional services firm.
Dame Hilary Blume, director of the Charities Advisory Trust which disburses donations to charities, said that although the idea had raised eyebrows, money was already arriving. “This is a way for people to feel that they are helping,” she said. “People feel that the only way we can sort out this situation is if we all take responsibility.”
The scheme evokes the “I’m backing Britain” campaign of the late 1960s, when office workers volunteered to stay at their desks for an extra half-hour each day to help the flagging economy, while the Treasury received envelopes containing “conscience cash” from the public to pay off government debt.
Public-spirited action on national debt is not confined to the UK. In the US, contributions to reduce the country’s silver earrings debt have risen this year, at just more than $3m, according to the Bureau of the Public Debt.
Unfortunately for the Treasury, it will take more than pound(s)20 a person to dig Britain out of its fiscal hole. John Sibson, partner and government and public sector leader at PwC, estimates the current debt equates to pound(s)17,000 for each adult in the country.
The Budget predicts a deficit of pound(s)175bn this year and debt is expected to more than double from 37 per cent of national income to almost 80 per cent by 2015. Accountancy firms say high levels of national debt could lead to persistently high interest rates, higher currency volatility and uncertainty for business.
Recent postal strikes have not deterred public from shopping online for presents tiffany jewellery. By Rosie Baker
Do you plan to do more or less of your Christmas shopping online this year?
Despite the recent postal strikes, online retailers should be relieved that people plan to do more online shopping this year than in previous years, according to a MarketingWeek.co.uk poll.
When asked if they planned to do more or less of their Christmas pendants shopping online this year, more than two-thirds (68.7%) said they intend to do more. Only 31.2% of respondents plan to do less Christmas shopping online.
Polling was carried out before the Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) called off further strike action between now and Christmas.
Strikes in September and October and the threat of more to come, led many e-retailers including Amazon.co.uk, John Lewis and Argos, to switch mail carriers.
Last week a report by the Centre for Retail Research on behalf of online earrings comparison site Kelkoo predicted that internet retail sales would grow 24% this year to pound 8.9bn and account for a fifth of all shopping during the festive season.
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