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Fort Worth, Texas: Exchange Avenue
in the historic Fort Worth
Stockyards. Specialty shops like PureD-Texas and Stockyards Storehouse
sell everything from cowboy gear to
one-of-a-kind Texas treasures.

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more than 50 years of compositions, ranging
val Costume and Heritage of the Cowboy Cosfrom Broadway shows such as Tbe King and f
tume.
and Peter Pan to museum and theme park
From March 14-16, Stage Expo ,rill
launch its activity in the center of the 145,000
designs. Aretrospective exlubit of the works
square foot Convention Center. You will hare
of award winning Costume and Makeup Dethe opportunity to network with manufactUl~
signer Irene Corey is also included in the
ers and suppliers and examine up close the
exlubits at Stage Expo.
The Computer Demonstration and Trainlatest technology and products developed for
the performing arts. Helen Willard, Sales
ing Center will be set up for special computer
Manager for Stage Expo and Advertising, amoriented sessions and more casual computer
plifies the theme of ~Tlr-Lr-~~;;;;;;~~~r~~~;:1I~I!~~'ii~~~ ~
the Conference
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sa)~ng, "Fort Worth
s:
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will be Texas BIG
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with over 100 ex-<
hibitors. There are
more exhibitors
signed up for Fort
Worth than were
registered at the
sanle time last year
for the Las Vegas
show, and the exhibits will fill onethird more space than at the MGM Grand."
exploration and learning opportunities. Young
Designers Forum, scheduled at the Radisson
The increased size of the exhibit hall in the
Tarrant County Convention Center means that
Plaza Hotel will provide selected design students in their final year of training with the
all USITI exhibits will be housed on the Stage
opportunity to have their work reviewed and
Expo floor together \\~th the commercial
discussed with established designers and dibooths, and commercial and non-commercial
rectors. Watch students compete in knot t)~ng,
tables. On Thursday, March 16, be in the audience as exhibitors take the stage to demoncostume changing, sound cueing and other
strate new products and services at the ~ew
special skills at Student Tech Olympics. Bring
your portfolio and sign-up for Portfolio ReProducts Showcase.
,~ews. If you are interested in finding a job or
And there is more to this BIG event. Allooking to employ someone, register for
though your schedules will be busy meeting
THEatre Conference Employment SERVICE.
new people and catching up with others, there
Conclude your conference experience by
are exhibits, events and services that should
attending the Awards Banquet, Saturday,
not be missed. The ninth biennial Design Exposition, a juried show of Scenic, Costume
March 16th at the Convention Center. Celand Lighting Design will showcase the work of
ebrate and socialize with your colleagues in a
"Texas Big" tradition of \1'estern music, line
USITI members. Plans for Design Expo include a PQ Representative Exhibit, a sampling
dancing and a buffet filled with a host of barbecued morsels and Tex- lex victuals.
of works from the .S. Exhibit of the prestiCoveling a fourteen city-block area, The
gious Prague Quadrennial held tlus past summer in the Prague Palace of lndustly. Designs
Fort r orthlfarrant County Convention Center
that are selected for the Design Expo '96 and
is ideally suited to a USITI conference. With
·98 Catalogs may be featured as the nited
25 meeting rooms and a 3,000 seat theatre,
we will have state-of-the-art facilities for our
States entry for the Prague Quadrennial for
conference activities. The landmark Radisson
1999.
Plaza Hotel, located just across the street from
Other exlubits include a look at Broadthe convention center, will be our conference
way in the 50s and 60s, featuring the work of
Bill and]ean Eckart. The Eckarts designed
headquarters. The hotel, with its 516 rooms,
provides spacious and pleasant surroundings
costumes and scenery for famed Broadway
shows including Mame and Damn Yankees,
in wluch to relax and socialize. The six-stOlY
and have worked with such luminaries as
atrium lobby, adorned with waterfalls and koi
Angela Lansbury and Bob Fosse. The Stage
and turtle filled ponds, opens the way to various restaurants and bars. USITI has also conDesigns and Career of Peter Wolf will offer

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