"The Quest for America's Best -- QVC's 50 In 50 Tour" continues year-long, state-by-state series with forty-seventh live broadcast from Nashville.NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1995--QVC will go "live" Tuesday, Nov. 14 (6:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET) when it kicks off its forty-seventh of 50 primetime specials to support "The Quest for America's Best -- QVC's 50 In 50 Tour." Lamont's barbecue sauce and cookbook, a Jack Daniels Tipsy Cake, and Miss Daisy celebrates Tennessee cookbook are among the 20 diverse, native Tennessee products destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for national success during the broadcast to a national viewing audience of 52 million households by the very entrepreneurs who created them. This television event represents a partnership among the Tennessee Small Business Development Center and QVC QVC Quality Value Convenience QVC Question Valid Command , Inc., the world's preeminent electronic retailer. Live from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, customers and guests will gather to lend support to the homegrown stars of the state. The broadcast will be hosted by QVC's Judy Crowell and Lisa Robertson. "The Quest for America's Best -- QVC's 50 in 50 Tour" which spans nearly the entire year of 1995 is traveling to each of the 50 states in the Union to discover 1,000 of the best new American-made products, and then to highlight these treasures -- and the entrepreneurs who created them -- in a landmark series of 50 national primetime broadcasts. "The Quest for America's Best -- QVC's 50 In 50 Tour' is an opportunity for 1,000 businesses to get their products on the map with national marketing and sales support, and get a shot at the American Dream," stated Doug Briggs, president of QVC, Inc. To find these unique items and their producers, QVC merchandisers held a series of trade shows in collaboration with each state government at which 20 of the best indigenous items were chosen." Briggs continued, "Our viewers will have the very first chance to purchase these special pieces of Americana. The winning products will be combined with entrepreneur interviews and unique location footage about each state on the specials, which will be viewed by the more than 52 million households nationwide that receive QVC." A complete list of Tennessee's products that will be featured on the November 14th QVC broadcast are: - Rubber Stamp Kit, Hot Potatoes, Mary Benagh O'niel, Nashville - Jack Daniels Tipsy Cake, Pepper Patch, Angela Petrusha, Franklin - Grand Ol Opry Throw, Opryland USA, Mike Goddard, Nashville - E-Z E-Z Engdahl-Zigangirov (bound) Soil- condensed potting soil, E-Z Soil, Tim Morris, Brownsville - Nautilus nautilus, in zoology nautilus, cephalopod mollusk belonging to the sole surviving genus (Nautilus) of a subclass that flourished 200 million years ago, known as the nautiloids. Shell Jewelry Box, Artistic Glass Creations, Richard Monnich, Chatanooga - Garden Angel Doll, Sweet Annie's, Ann Stover stover stalks of maize plants from which mature corn cobs have been harvested as grain, or grain sorghum plants from which heads have also been removed. The stover is usually fed by turning the cattle into the field and is subject to fungal infection, sometimes causing mycotoxicosis. Bell, Knoxville - Red Tartan Plaid Teddy Bear, Ward's Edinburgh Bear's, Katherine Ward, Collierville - Feeter Heaters, Nu Stuf, Mack Hargis, Madison - Miss Daisy Celebrates Tennessee Cookbook, Providence House Publishers, Charles Flood, Franklin - Set of three Apple Butters, White's Old Fashioned Apple Butter, Steve White, Russellville - Lamont's BBQ BBQ barbecue Sauce and Cookbook, Lamont's Food Products, Lamont Burns, Cordova Cordova, Spain: see Córdoba. - Pipe Cleaner pipe cleaner, n a small, brushlike device used to clean the spaces between the teeth (used also for other purposes). It should not be inserted all the way between the teeth, but rather just far enough to massage the tissue and remove any plaque. Christmas Tree Christmas tree Evergreen tree, usually decorated with lights and ornaments, to celebrate the Christmas season. The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands as symbols of eternal life was common among the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. , Bigelow's Barn, Jan Bigelow, Crossville - Flavored Popcorn, Southern Popcorn, Murrey mur·rey n. See mulberry. [Middle English murrei, from Old French more, from Latin m Watkins, Memphis - Decorative Gingerbread Christmas Tree, Enchanted en·chant tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants 1. To cast a spell over; bewitch. 2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. Gingerbread Houses, Gayle O'Hanlon, Nashville - Wooden Spin Top, The Top Shop, Helen Marshall, Seveirville - Tennessee Pottery Box, Studio S Pottery, Lewis Snyder, Murfreesboro - Hand pained Sweatshirts, Jill's, Jill McCulley, Sparta - Decorative Butter Churn, American Home Trends, Jerry Meador, Pigeon Fordge - Twelve-pound Ham, Clifty Farms, Terry Murphree, Paris - Doll/Teddy Bear Furniture, Off Our Rocker, John Campbell, Woodbury QVC, Inc. is the world's preeminent electronic retailer offering a wide variety of brand name products in such categories as home furnishings, fashion and beauty, electronics and fine jewelry. QVC reaches 52 million homes across the United States. Additionally, "The Quest for America's Best -- QVC's 50 in 50 Tour" has a World Wide Web site- which may be seen at: http://www.qvc.com- reaching internet users in the United States and the world. CONTACT: QVC, Inc. Winnie Atterbury, 610/701-8224 or Tennessse Small Business Development Center Dennis Buss, 615/963-7179 or Fleishman-Hillard Marcia Schiavoni, 212/265-9150 |
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