ANN ABBOTT, GAYLE STANLEY and owner Paula Stanley are all smiles at the A Touch of Ele
gance booth, winner of the "Most Attractive" booth award.
Brunswick Living Show
They came. They looked. They questioned. They
looked again.
This year's Brunswick Living Home Show drew se
rious lookers, reports Margaret Means, the executive for
the South Brunswick Islands Home Builders Associa
tion, sponsor of the annual event.
Thirty-four commercial exhibitors plus a number of
professional groups and non-profit organizations dis
played their wares and services Friday through Sunday
at the show. Their booths showcased the best in interior
design, home construction, appliances, furnishings and
services.
This year's event returned to the N.C. National
Guard Armory in Shallotte, drawing a larger attendance
than it did a year ago at Sea Trail Plantation, Mrs.
Means indicated.
Mrs. Means said one booth that offered a prize
drawing drew registrations from up and down the East
Coast.
"Apparently we picked up either people traveling
through or a lot of tourists in the area," she said.
In any event, the people who attended this year's
show meant business.
"They were interested in what they were seeing.
They were serious lookers," said Mrs. Means. "They
weren't just walking through to see what prizes they
could register for."
As a result, the event closcd with exhibitors and
sponsors well pleased with the immediate results and
with the potential for future business transactions with
showgoers.
"I think all of the exhibitors were pleased," said
Mrs. Means. "We were all very pleased."
In addition to the 34 commercial booths, other ex
hibitors included the South Brunswick Islands Board of
Realtors, the South Brunswick Islands Home Builders
Association, Shallotte Volunteer Rescue Squad,
Brunswick County Literacy Council, Brunswick Adult
Day Care Center and the South Brunswick Islands
Chamber of Commerce. The South Brunswick Isles
Civitan Club offered hotdogs Friday and Saturday of
the three-day show.
Planning for next year's show will begin earlier
than in the past, said Mrs. Means, with the idea of tak
ing booth registrations in January.
The association, of which Randy Hurst is president,
is eyeing a Feburary date for the 1992 show.
"We hope to hold it when the weather's bad," said
Mrs. Means. "When the weather's good, people here
have so many outside things to do. But in the winter
they're looking for something to do."
aiArr muiO BY DOUG RUTTEI
CHAIRMAN STEVE MANN opens the 1991 Brunswick living Home Show with the cutof a saw as
Randy Hurst, president of the South Brunswick Islands Home Builders Association, and Sarah Tripp,
mayor of Shallotte, look on.
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