Fashion tips, product demonstrations, and live entertainment at Aurora Farms Spring Festival '96.AURORA, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1996--Aurora Farms Factory Outlets announces Spring Festival '96, two days of live entertainment, product demonstrations, fashion shows, and family-oriented activities on the grounds of its early American styled village. Virtually all of the 70 factory outlet stores from the world's leading designers and manufactures will participate. Held this year all day Saturday, April 27, and all day Sunday, April 28, the Festival features dozens of demonstrations on everything from how to build a fashionable and versatile wardrobe to a seminar on the proper care of silver. Gift giveaways, store specials, guest appearances, and family-oriented entertainment are also featured all weekend. Highlights of Aurora Farms Spring Festival '96 include: o Wardrobing seminar at Off 5th - Saks Fifth Avenue Saks Fifth Avenue is a chain of upscale American department stores that is owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE), a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. It competes in the elite luxury department store market with Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys New Outlet, Saturday, April 28, 12:00 p.m. o Special appearance by artist Michael Doulton at Royal Doulton The Royal Doulton Company is one of the world-renowned English companies producing tableware and collectables, with a history dating back to 1815. Operating originally in London, its reputation grew in the area known as The Potteries, where it was a relative latecomer compared to , Sunday, April 28, 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. o Book signing and gardening demonstration by Susan McClure, author of "Cleveland Garden Handbook" at Dansk, Sunday, April 28, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. o Updating and selecting your intimate and hosiery apparel by Bali and Champion Jogbra professionals at L'eggs/Hanes/Bali/Playtex, all day Saturday and Sunday o "Kids Karnival" broadcast, with the WDOK band, WDOK bear, and Magician Bob Durante presented by WDOK (102.1 FM), Saturday, April 27, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. o "Children's Day Children's Day is a holiday in many countries around the world. International Children's Day The International Children's Day (ICD) is celebrated in numerous countries, usually (but not always) on June 1 each year. " broadcast, featuring balloons, prizes, Sea World characters, and a chance for children to be on-air DJs presented by WQAL (Q104 FM), Sunday, April 28, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. o Pasta cooking and creative tablesetting demonstrations at Dansk, Saturday, April 28, 3:00 p.m. "A weekend event that's fun for the whole family, provides good product information and shopping tips, and offers incredible savings is in keeping with the Aurora Farms kind of premium outlet shopping. That is, shopping as a destination, as well as a recreational activity," said Michele Rothstein, vice president, marketing of Chelsea GCA GCA, ground-controlled approach: see instrument-landing system. Realty Inc. "The recent addition of more upscale designer-oriented outlet stores in our charming village setting just naturally makes for an environment that's fun." Aurora Farms Factory Outlets attracts more than one million people a year. An Ohio landmark, it was initially established in 1929 as an auction house and flea market See computer flea market. flea market yard sale of used items at low prices. [Pop. Culture: Misc.] See : Inexpensiveness . In 1987, Aurora Farms expanded with the addition of factory outlets making it Ohio's first outlet center. Chelsea GCA Realty Inc., which pioneered the outlet village concept, acquired the property in 1989, and has expanded the center several times to its current size of 300,000 square feet. Aurora Farms Factory Outlets is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Aurora Farms is owned and operated by Chelsea GCA Realty Inc., a leading developer of manufacturer's outlet centers. The company, based in Roseland, N.J., is a real estate investment trust (REIT REIT See: Real Estate Investment Trust REIT See real estate investment trust (REIT). ) listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CCG CCG Chicago CCG Collectible Card Game CCG Canadian Coast Guard CCG Country Commercial Guide CCG Children's Cancer Group CCG Commission Canadienne des Grains (Canadian Grain Commission) ) with a portfolio of 16 outlet shopping centers in eight states nationwide totaling over 2.9 million square feet. -0- Editor's Note: A complete schedule of events, store specials, and giveaways for Aurora Farms Spring Festival '96 is available. For more information, or to arrange an interview with an Aurora Farms spokesperson, contact: Judy Cerne or Terri Kysilka; McKinney Advertising & Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most ; 216/631-5133; fax 216/631-1181. CONTACT: McKinney Advertising & Public Relations Judy Cerne or Terri Kysilka, 216/621-5133 |
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